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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2014 16:05:15 GMT
I am looking for a way to connect to my telescope remotely I am assuming I would need a PC connected to the telescope that connects to via WiFi to another PC that is controlling the telescope. I haven't found any software, I believe it would be a server running in both PCs that understand the commands that the telescope responds to and knows how to talk to the scope. Does anyone know where I should start to look.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2014 18:45:00 GMT
It turns out once I gave the matter a little more thought all I am trying to do is bring the desktop into the house that turns out to be pretty easy All I need to do is use VNC which give me access to the desktop of the remote PC which is running my telescope control software and taking the input from the frame grabber that is also being displayed on the remote desktop. The best part is there are a few free VNC apps to chose from
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Post by davy on Jul 7, 2014 19:55:50 GMT
Hi jacoboz..you have answered your own question lol..thats exactly what I would have recommended. .what is your set up...and maybe we could throw in some more ideas
davuy
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Post by Dragon Man on Jul 8, 2014 6:50:22 GMT
Joc, how far will you be from your telescope? I run remotely from inside my house. You only need one computer. Just run cables. I run about 20 metre (70 feet) of cables from computer to scope. Here's an image of how my cables run: and here's the other end: It makes set-up and pack-up easy. I just unplug and roll them up. They are taped together as one loom. The computer end stays plugged in. The other end is rolled up and placed near computer. There is: 1 cable - mount control (connected to the Hand controller at house end, not to a computer) 1 cable - focus control (connected to focus controller in house) 1 cable - camera control (connected to computer) 1 cable - Video feed (connected to Video Grabber at computer) Mains power is separated as much as possible to prevent interference. A powerboard is located at the mount. It powers the camera, heaters and mount.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 14:10:28 GMT
Davy I have a Meade ls 6 at the moment but I plan on adding a 100 ish mm triplet refractor in the next year or so not sure what mount yet. I have the orion starshoot IV at the moment but I will be placing an order for the AVS APU-1 within the next couple of weeks.
Dragon I am setting up in the backyard the problem is getting the cables into the house it gets to cold in the winter to pass them through an open window or door so wireless it is also I am an electrical engineer by profession so I have plenty of PCs at my disposal but certainly the cabled solution would be the easiest. I have been interested in astronomy since the mid 80s I still have a Meade 8 inch LX 6 that I bought in 1989 don't use that so much anymore because of the setup time. My goal is to bring the sciences to anyone that is interested especially children, I have a 7 year old granddaughter the loves the night sky because I showed it to her through the eyepiece of a telescope. Astronomy is the tool I use to introduce them to the sciences.
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Post by davy on Jul 8, 2014 17:03:29 GMT
Hi jacoboz.. my set up..this year is a skywatcher eq3 pro mount with eqtooth (bluetooth device) this is interfaced with the eqmod and ran from cartes de ciel software..im using skywatcher ed80 pro scope wirh extension tube flip mirror/6mm eyepiece and a phil dyer camera..the feed from the camera goes to a for channel cctv dvr with a 1.5 tb hard drive the output is split and a feed goes to my monitor second feed goes to my usb video grabber to my pc or laptop.this set up is multi functional and can be varied to suit my needs
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