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  1. #1
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    Default Experience With Astrohaven?

    Hi all,

    We've been having trouble using ACP with our DigitalDomeWorks dome and are looking at replacing it. One option is an Astrohaven clamshell. Does anyone have experience with these domes? I'd be interested to get an evaluation of how reliable they are (both hardware and software). We'll be using it for an automated telescope, so we need excellent reliability.

    thanks,
    Josh

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    Josh --

    Hang in there. I am working on a shim driver that may be able to recover fcrom the random comm errors produced by the current TI DDW driver, as well as the "shutter error" problems on startup. I have it written, and it derives from some code I already had in use at New Mexico Skies where they have lots of TI domes and where a few people have been plagued by these errors.

    The Astro-Haven does not even have a driver (well a 'guy' on the ASCOM list popped up saying he wrote one, but he has been non-responsive since then). Plus, Mike Rice at New Mexico Skies has several and he said that they rebuilt the electromechanics to prevent the clamshells from destroying themselves, and had to beef up some things. But they are operated manually using a stand-alone program that can't be accessed by any other software.
    -- Bob

 

 

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