BYEOS and Ascom Filter Wheel

[jolasa1]

I have installed ASCOM drivers for an Atik filter wheel, but I cannot get it to show at the top of the BYEOS main page.

 

Here is an image a friend sent me of what his BYEOS looks like with an Atik filter wheel with ASCOM driver:

http://www.dragonflybridge.net/Astronomy/BYEOSPage.jpg

[ note he also has an ASCOM focuser, and an ASCOM telescope installed ]

 

How do I check to see why I cannot see and control my ASCOM Atik filter wheel in BYEOS?

 

JonS

[admin]

Is the filter wheel shown in the ASCOM picker?

 

Regards,

[astroman133]

Guylain,

 

The screen shot that he attached showed that he chose the Atik filter wheel, but he was not connected.  It seems that either he was not connected, manually disconnected, or did not connect because the filterwheel was not available on the configured serial port.

[dts350z]

Unless you're talking about an email, the user said the screen shot (in the top post) was of a friend's setup, not his. 

[admin]

Guylain,

 

The screen shot that he attached showed that he chose the Atik filter wheel, but he was not connected.  It seems that either he was not connected, manually disconnected, or did not connect because the filterwheel was not available on the configured serial port.

 

Yes, but that screen shot is from a friend, not his.  So I'm guessing he does not even get that far with his... which means it could be a driver issue.

[astroman133]

Thanks, I totally missed that the screenshot was not related to his issue.  So, we don't know what his problem is, or even if he has ASCOM installed.  We need more info from him.

[admin]

Did you click the check mark icon to connect it?

 

Also, BYE is a 32 bits application so you need the 32 bit version of your filter wheel ASCOM driver.

 

I also have the Atik filter wheel and I can get mine to connect... if that helps.

 

Regards,

[s3igell]

Which Edition of BYE do you have - Classic or Premium ??

 

ASCOM Support is a Premium Edition Feature.

[jolasa1]

3.1.2 Premium edition.

 

Also, I am using Windows 7, 64-bit.

 

I have been using BYEOS 3.1.2 on this 64-bit machine, works fine.  But the problem is with the new ASCOM filter wheel I just added.

 

JonS

[astroman133]

Jon,

 

The jpg screenshot that you posted shows that you are NOT connected to the focuser.  If you were connected, the checkmark would have a lighter gray background. If you click on the checkmark and still are not connected, then I would try connecting to the ASCOM Simulator Focuser Driver.  If you can connect to the simulator driver but not the Atik driver, then you most likely have a problem with installing the Atik driver.  If that is the case, I would suggest contacting Atik for support.