Support Digital Setting Circles (DSC)
Support real DSCs not just virtual DSC.
Have released version 6.0 of DSC Test. It supports N-star alignment. Please give it a try. A tutorial is available here:
lavadip.com/media/dscIntro.pdf
Please tell me which DSC board do you have?
I currently plan to support the following bluetooth boards:
- Craig Combe’s Bluetooth board (which is a modification of David Ek’s serial board)
- BETI by AstroDevices
If you know of any other Bluetooth boards, or serial boards with a Bluetooth adapter, please let me know.
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Mayank Raichura commented
Hi Harshad, I tested out your DSC app with my Arduino based DSC using 2048 CPR (8192 PPR) encoders. I'm using BBox/SkySafari protocol and is working with SkySafari as well as your DSC app. As for your app, I'm able to reliably get encoder counts but haven't actually mounted and aligned. Will try and post the result.
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Mayank Raichura commented
Hi Harshad, I'm developing two versions of DSCs for my dob. The first one is partly based on your concept of using Accelerometer/Gyro board mounted on OTA and a digital compass mounted on wooden base (less magnetic interference). The sensors are connected to an Arduino board with HC-05 bluetooth-to-serial adapter. Now I'm able to reliably get Alt/Az positions but calculating RA/DEC from them requires lot more calculations that are best left with devices such as android smartphones. Can you help me out in integrating them in Skeye?
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AdminHarshad (Developer, SkEye) commented
@claes I was not aware of that board, thanks. Since it supports the EkBox protocol, it should be compatible with the DSC-Test app already.
Craig Combe's board also uses EkBox protocol. I should perhaps scratch out the names of the board and just say "EkBox protocol".
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claes commented
Regarding Bluetooth boards, are you aware of BDSC?
www.bdsc.biz
It is gerrman but builds upon David Ek as far as I can see. -
joel commented
Harshad,
1: i am currently using what we can call rS232 over tCP/IP protocol.The way it is managed for example in C is to open an tcp socket (internet adress, port number) and then communicate through it by read and write or put and get. The board i made is based on Roving networks module, you can find documentation ther:
http://www.rovingnetworks.com/resources/download/93/WiFly_User_Manual
Hope it helps. I used to program things in C, but not sure that i am able to do so in android. The telnet client in android is probably a good starting point2 not sure that the skyfi's protocol is open
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AdminHarshad (Developer, SkEye) commented
@Joel
I can certainly consider Wifi support. Some questions:
1. For the board you are creating with WiFi, what protocol do you use for communication? Are you staying compatible with SkyFi?
2. Is SkyFi's protocol open?
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joel commented
Hello HArshad,
i personally build a dave ek board for a friend of mine but with wifi instead of bluetooth. Would it be a huge work to add the possibility to use either wifi or bluetooth? This way you will provide ability to some iphone users to use their skyfi system with an android based phone !!