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jbrazio / ardufocus

:telescope: The most accurate Open Source focus controller
https://ardufocus.com
GNU General Public License v3.0
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SGP won't connect #1

Closed kingjamez closed 7 years ago

kingjamez commented 7 years ago

Hi! Thanks for putting this up for us all to use! I've got ardufocus on a Arduino Nano. From the standalone Moonlight focusing software everything works. I can also control it as expected from putty to my COM port. However, SGP won't connect to the device. When I sniff on the serial port, I see that the Ardufocus is sent :GH# and then it times out with no response. I can send :GH# through putty and I get a response.

jbrazio commented 7 years ago

You may need to put the cap to hold the reset line, without it the ASCOM driver will not work.

jbrazio commented 7 years ago

Closing after discussion on Cloudy Nights forum:

I added the cap and it's all working perfectly now. I'm using the Moonlight DRO Focuser driver and I have excellent performance on my Moonlight High Res stepper motors. I needed to Mod the steppers in the moonlight unit to be bi-polar instead of unipolar, but they are six wire stepper motors, so I only had to cut one of the six wires and then my DRV8825 controlled the motor perfectly.