private void ImageAbort_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//Stop the imaging, clean up form
ccdsoftCamera tsxc = new ccdsoftCamera();
tsxc.Abort();
ImageButton.BackColor = Color.LightGreen;
ImageAbort.Visible = false;
RepsBox.Value = 1;
return;
}
public bool CLSToTarget(SpeedVector sv)
{
int clsStatus = 123;
sky6RASCOMTele tsxmt = new sky6RASCOMTele();
ClosedLoopSlew tsx_cl = new ClosedLoopSlew();
sky6StarChart tsxsc = new sky6StarChart();
//Clear any image reduction, otherwise full reduction might cause a problem
ccdsoftCamera tsxcam = new ccdsoftCamera()
{
ImageReduction = ccdsoftImageReduction.cdNone,
Asynchronous = 1 //make sure nothing else happens while setting this up
};
//Abort any ongoing imaging
tsxcam.Abort();
double tgtRAH = Transform.DegreesToHours(sv.RA_Degrees - RA_CorrectionD);
double tgtDecD = sv.Dec_Degrees - Dec_CorrectionD;
tsxsc.Find(tgtRAH.ToString() + ", " + tgtDecD.ToString());
tsxmt.Connect();
try
{
tsxmt.SlewToRaDec(tgtRAH, tgtDecD, TgtName);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Slew to target failed: " + ex.Message);
return(false);
}
//********** CLS AVOIDANCE CODE FOR SIMULATOR DEBUGGING PURPOSES
//tsxsc.Find(TgtName);
//return true;
//*********************
try
{ clsStatus = tsx_cl.exec(); }
catch (Exception ex)
{
tsxsc.Find(TgtName);
return(false);
}
tsxsc.Find(TgtName);
return(true);
}
public void CameraAbort()
{
tsxc.Abort();
return;
}
public static bool CLSToTarget(string tgtName, SpeedVector sv, bool IsPrecision = false)
{
//first, couple dome to telescope, if there is one
sky6Dome tsxd = new sky6Dome();
try
{
tsxd.Connect();
tsxd.IsCoupled = 1;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//do nothing
}
int clsStatus = 123;
sky6RASCOMTele tsxmt = new sky6RASCOMTele();
ClosedLoopSlew tsx_cl = new ClosedLoopSlew();
sky6StarChart tsxsc = new sky6StarChart();
sky6Utils tsxu = new sky6Utils();
//Check to see if target is above horizon
double tgtRAH = Transform.DegreesToHours(sv.RA_Degrees);
double tgtDecD = sv.Dec_Degrees;
tsxu.ConvertRADecToAzAlt(tgtRAH, tgtDecD);
double tgtAzmD = tsxu.dOut0;
double tgtAltD = tsxu.dOut1;
if (tgtAltD <= 0)
{
MessageBox.Show("Slew failure: Target is below the horizon");
return(false);
}
//Clear any image reduction, otherwise full reduction might cause a problem
ccdsoftCamera tsxcam = new ccdsoftCamera()
{
ImageReduction = ccdsoftImageReduction.cdNone,
Asynchronous = 1 //make sure nothing else happens while setting this up
};
//Abort any ongoing imaging
tsxcam.Abort();
bool returnStatus = true;
// diagnostic
string strRA = Utils.HourString(tgtRAH, false);
string strDec = Utils.DegreeString(tgtDecD, false);
//
tsxsc.Find(tgtRAH.ToString() + ", " + tgtDecD.ToString());
tsxmt.Connect();
tsxu.Precess2000ToNow(tgtRAH, tgtDecD);
double jnRAH = tsxu.dOut0;
double jnDecD = tsxu.dOut1;
//tsxmt.Asynchronous = 0;
try
{
tsxmt.SlewToRaDec(jnRAH, jnDecD, tgtName);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Slew Failure: " + ex.Message);
returnStatus = false;
}
if (IsPrecision && returnStatus)
{
//*** precision slew
try
{
clsStatus = tsx_cl.exec();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
returnStatus = false;
}
}
try
{
tsxsc.Find(tgtName);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
returnStatus = true;
}
return(returnStatus);
}
/// Windows C# Sample Console Application: AutoGuide
///
/// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
///
/// Author: R.McAlister (2017)
///
/// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
///
/// This application performs the following steps:
/// Finds a target, M39 in this case
/// Turns off Autoguiding (if on)
/// Performs a Closed Loop Slew to the target
/// Takes an image with the Autoguide camera
/// Turns on Autoguiding
///
///
public void AutoGuideSample()
{
///Set connection to star chart and perform a find on M39 -- this will set the target for a CLS
sky6StarChart tsx_sc = new sky6StarChart();
tsx_sc.Find("M39");
///Create connection to autoguide camera and connect
ccdsoftCamera tsx_ag = new ccdsoftCamera();
///Attach this object to the guider camera
tsx_ag.Autoguider = 1;
///Find out with the guide camera is up to. Abort if autoguiding or calibrating
if (tsx_ag.Connect() == 0)
{
if ((tsx_ag.State == ccdsoftCameraState.cdStateAutoGuide) | (tsx_ag.State == ccdsoftCameraState.cdStateCalibrate))
{
tsx_ag.Abort();
}
;
}
;
///Create closed loop slew object
ClosedLoopSlew tsx_cls = new ClosedLoopSlew();
///Set the exposure, filter to luminance and reduction, set the camera delay to 0 -- backlash
/// should be picked up in the mount driver
ccdsoftCamera tsx_cc = new ccdsoftCamera();
tsx_cc.ImageReduction = ccdsoftImageReduction.cdAutoDark;
tsx_cc.FilterIndexZeroBased = 3; ///Luminance
tsx_cc.ExposureTime = 10;
tsx_cc.Delay = 0;
///run CLS synchronously
///tsx_cls.Asynchronous = False ///-- this setting doesn///t appear to work (member not found) as of DB8458
///Execute
try
{
int clsstat = tsx_cls.exec();
}
catch
{ ///Just close up: TSX will spawn error window
MessageBox.Show("Closed Loop Slew error");
return;
///Let it go for demo purposes
};
///Connect AutoGuide camera in case it isn///t
try
{
tsx_ag.Connect();
}
catch
{
MessageBox.Show("Guide camera connect error");
return;
};
///Take an image to use for Autoguiding, run the function synchronously
tsx_ag.ExposureTime = 2;
tsx_ag.Asynchronous = 0;
tsx_ag.Subframe = 0;
var tstat = tsx_ag.TakeImage(); ///Just assume it works
///Turn asynchronous back on to get out of this
tsx_ag.Asynchronous = 1;
///Fire off Autoguiding
tsx_ag.Autoguide();
return;
}
