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When I have time for Stellarium, it's spent writing code or answering users (like here), not documentation. I know because it's still collecting dust in my branch.Īnd I'm really sorry about the state of the Wiki article. When was that and what did he said exactly? No ASCOM code has been released with 0.12.0. I have looked for more details but can not find any, even the Stellarium Wiki is quite a few months out of date. Thank you! - Nikon D7200 WO ZS81, Tamron 70-200 f2.8 and Tamron 150-600 f5.I have been given a one line reply by Alexander Wolf of Stellarium that the new interface written by Bogdan Marinov in Stellarium 12 can now work with ASCOM devices without needing StellariumScope.

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I realize the above questions depend on a certain set of conditions: -PHD2 is connected to the ASCOM Device Hub for the mount and usb to the zwo guide camera (no ST4 cable) -Stellarium is connected to the ASCOM Device Hub -ASTAP (via Backyard Nikon) is connected to the ASCOM Device Hub for plate solving (and imaging) -Device Hub is connected serial ASCOM to the PMC-Eight All of this was working last night except PHD2, so my stars weren't pinpoint, but here's the result so far. And meanwhile PHD2 will automatically pick a new star in that field of view and still guide (knowing where it's pointing in the sky now because of the ASCOM connection)? I tried just starting PHD2 pointed at Bode's, but PHD2 told me it would provide poor guiding and then for some reason also couldn't send pulse guide so I need to figure out what happened there too. And then I can slew to my actual target (for example M81 Bode's Galaxy which is in the opposite direction towards the north). So I pick a star high up in that direction, plate solve/sync.

In PHD2, I understand it's best to pick a target +/- 20 degrees to the celestial equator.

After you've plate solved, do you need to hit control-shift-1 in Stellarium to sync Stellarium to the solved location of the actual target or is that done automatically via the ASCOM connections?.

Does using Backyard Nikon or APT change any of the ASCOM settings then? Thank you! - Nikon D7200 WO ZS81, Tamron 70-200 f2.8 and Tamron 150-600 f5.6 lenses Exos-2GT PMC-Eight ZWO ASI120MM guide camera and ZWO mini guide scope PHD2 Location: Denver, CO Going through Stellarium, how does it know where the mount is pointed? I'm assuming because Parked position is staring right at Polaris? 3. How does PHD2 guiding factor into this? Does plugging the ST4 cable in directly to the PMC 8 module still do the trick or do I also need to set up ASCOM for this? 2. Then was able to select Venus for example, Control 1, and my mount went on its way. Once I was done there, I closed the program. I searched for ASCOM Device Hub on my computer and it came up. I would use explore stars but the wifi kept dropping so I figured I'd try Stellarium instead.

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Under Device Connection Tester, do I choose the Device Hub Telescope? Then click properties, then PMC8 as the telescope device? When I hit ok, it closes both windows (second screen shot below).

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But your parking/unparking problem sounds exactly the same as what I had before I realised this - and was my prompt to discover I was doing it wrong! Leigh.Ĭould some explain how to set up the ASCOM device hub? I'm getting the same issue about unparking the mount. Forgive me if this is obvious and you're already doing it. I believe POTH works in the same way, although Device Hub had already replaced it by the time I started. After you run the Device Hub, when you go in to set up a new telescope in Stellarium you'll see Device Hub Telescope (or something similar) appear as a telescope option - connect to that instead of the iExos100. This way, you can have SharpCap, Stellarium, and any other programs all sharing a connection to the same telescope.

The hub "pretends" to be a telescope, and it passes on all the instructions from the other programs. Instead, you run the ASCOM device hub first, and then all your other programs connect to the hub. If you do that you would have two programs both trying to control the telescope and they will conflict. Hi Jorge One thing to be aware of (this tripped me up when I started): if you are running the ASCOM device hub (or POTH), you shouldn't connect Stellarium directly to the telescope.