Re: Python module for the LX200 command set

[A.M. Kuchling]

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:20:09 -0800, 
RayS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Hi Ray - I'm the co-ordinator of Project Galileo - great to see 
>>someone else is developing code too, especially in Python.

(Assuming this refers to ...)

This subject would make an interesting lightning talk or open space
session at PyCon.  (It would have made a good selected talk, too, but
too late for that now...)

--amk
-- 
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python module for the LX200 command set

[RayS]

Hello Dez,

Thanks for the reply - I was hoping to hear from your project.
It will be interesting to see what John Lucey is doing before I go 
too far along - I hate re-inventing the wheel.
I was wondering why the directory was simply empty.  I will try to 
email him, if I can. I suspect that he also implemented a useful 
sub-set of the protocol.

My basic idea was a comprehensive set of commands, and as many 
convenience functions as we desire - it is an exercise in 
Pythonic-ness as well, so I'd like to see design issues agreed on early.
I also am thinking of getting place and time from my PCMCIA GPS (I 
have a 10" non-GPS LX200 EMC).

Cheers,
Ray


At 11:47 PM 1/29/2006, you wrote:
>Hi Ray - I'm the co-ordinator of Project Galileo - great to see 
>someone else is developing code too, especially in Python.
>
>It might be we can do some dovetailing with what you're doing; my 
>main developer, Tm Northover, is pretty busy during term time, but 
>it might be possible to do some collaboration.  There's also the 
>possibility of some help with some undergraduates at York 
>University, too.  I'm not very familiar with Python yet, so I'm not 
>at the prductive stage yet in terms of code development.
>
>Finally, John Lucey at Durham university is currently updating his 
>lx200 code, which he is due to release fairly soon - I think he 
>might have removed the existing code whilst he updates it, as the 
>new code will make use of pyro in a much better manner.
>
>I'll try &chat with Tim in the next few days or so & see how he's 
>placed in terms of possible collaboration; I suspect that in 
>principle he would be, but as I say, his term time study often means 
>he's unable to help out.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Dez.

-- 
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list