[guide-user] Problems connecting telescope from guide9.1 with the new ASCOM 6.5 platform

[Mark Spearman (FPI)]

Dear Bill,

I am having trouble getting Guide 9.1 to run with Maxim DL and recognize an ASCOM scope on a new PC.  I really like Guide and have been using it for around 20 years now.  I get a message saying, "You have not yet configured your telescope type and settings" and it will not synch with Maxim controlling the mount.

I first thought it was a recent update to ASCOM but I installed the previous version that WAS working on my old PC to no avail.  

Then I found the email below that sounded like a similar problem.  But I cold not find the "dynamic.exe" or even the "temp" folder.  

Thanks,

Mark



-----Original Message-----
From: guide-user <guide-user-bounces at projectpluto.com> On Behalf Of Bill Gray
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 12:35 PM
To: guide-user at projectpluto.com
Subject: Re: [guide-user] Problems connecting telescope from guide9.1 with the new ASCOM 6.5 platform

Hi Joaquin,

    You are right,  the problem is (I am almost certain) on Guide's end.

    To be honest,  my understanding of ASCOM has never been all that great.  I took some of the example code,  put it together in 2009,  and it worked,  and I've not touched it since then for fear of breaking something.

    However,  I got an e-mail today from "Peter" (dunno a last name),  saying that debugging on his end revealed a stack overflow problem.  The code I'd put together had a 2009-era stack size of 32 KBytes.  It's unclear as to whether we need 256K or a megabyte now,  but in either case,  we're thinking that stack size is probably the issue.

    Which is good.  It means that if you use this file :

https://www.projectpluto.com/temp/dynamic.exe

    (about 45 KBytes),  replacing an existing file in your Guide folder,  things will probably work.  It's exactly the same executable,  except compiled with a larger stack size.

    It is not entirely certain that this will solve the problem.
It's been eleven years,  and some other incompatibility may have been introduced.  But there definitely appears to be a stack overflow,  so this is a good thing to try.

-- Bill

On 8/12/20 12:54 PM, Joaquin Tapioles wrote:
> Hello;
> Since a few days the guide 9.1 has problems to connect with a telescope from telescope control using Ascom Scope.
> I installed the new ASCOM 6.5 platform on my W10 and since then when I try to access from telescope control to use my telescope from guide 9.1 the guide 9.1 program crashes and closes and I can no longer use my telescope in my observatory.
> I know that ASCOM controllers have already contacted the Pluto Project 
> controllers informing them of the problem that currently exists so 
> that it can be solved as soon as possible. I have sent several 
> messages to the user guide list; 
> http://projectpluto.com/pipermail/guide-user_projectpluto.com/
> But until now I can't even see my messages in the user guide.
> I do not know who is responsible for solving this problem of the communication of the guide 9.1 with the ASCOM 6.5 platform but I would like it to be solved as soon as possible.
>  From what I have been told in the ASCOM help forum, it is because Guide 9.1 has become somewhat obsolete in communication with the ASCOM 6.5 platform that has recently been released.
>  From what little I know about the subject it may be due to the file
> (asc_link.dll)
> https://www.projectpluto.com/asc_link.dll
> Greetings and I hope that soon they will get to work to solve this problem.
> Sincerely;
> J.Tapioles
> 
> 
> Hola;
> Desde hace unos dias el guide 9.1 tiene problemas para conectar con un telescopio desde control de telescopio usando Ascom Scope.
> instale la nueva plataforma  ASCOM  6.5  en mi W10 y desde entonces en el momento que intento acceder desde control de telescopio para usar mi telescopio desde guide 9.1el programa guide 9.1 se bloque y se cierra y ya no puedo usar mi telescopio en mi observatorio.
> Se que ya se han puesto en contacto controladores de ASCOM con los 
> controladores de Proyecto pluto informandoles del problema que existe 
> actualmente para que se solucione lo antes posible.He mandado varios 
> mensajes a la lista de guia de usuarios; 
> http://projectpluto.com/pipermail/guide-user_projectpluto.com/
> Pero hasta ahora ni tan siquiera puedo ver mis mensajes en la guia de usuarios.
> No se a quien corresponde resolver este problema de la comunicacion del guide 9.1 con la plataforma ASCOM 6.5 pero desearia que se resolviera cuanto antes.
> Por lo que me han comentado en en el foro de ayuda de ASCOM se debe a que Guide 9.1 se ha quedado algo obsoleto en la comunicacion con la plataforma ASCOM 6.5 que ultimamente  a sido lanzada.
> Por lo poco que conocco del tema puede que sea devido al archivo ( 
> asc_link.dll ) https://www.projectpluto.com/asc_link.dll
> Saludos y espero que pronto se pongan manos a la obra para resolver este problema.
> Atentamente;
> J.Tapioles
> 

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