Cannot connect properly in NINA

[sidiouss]

Hello, I've successfully prepared slightly modified flat panel and telescope cover projects which I am very thankful for. I managed to register both drivers and setup properly the flat panel in Nina. However, I cannot launch the cover in the Nina software. It says both that the switch is connected, but then also prompts that there is invalid response from the cover. Can you help me investigating this issue? The cover properly shows up in the device manager as a com port, I can send the commands through the COM terminal so I know the cover works, but I cannot launch it with NINA. I am using the newest dll and firmware is uploaded to Arduino Nano.

Prompt from NINA:

[jlecomte]

I do not know what is causing this, and I cannot provide you with any support because this is out of the scope of my project.

[sidiouss]

Hi, You may not be eager to solve such problems and I understand that. However, I have run conformance checker on your driver and as you are more familiar with ASCOM platform, maybe you could identify the underlying issue presented in the following report:

ConformanceCheck ASCOM Device Conformance Checker Version 6.6.8048.17861, Build time: 2022-01-13 08:55:24 ConformanceCheck Running on: ASCOM Platform 6.6 SP2 6.6.2.4294

ConformanceCheck Driver ProgID: ASCOM.DarkSkyGeek.Switch

Error handling Error number for "Not Implemented" is: 80040400 Error number for "Invalid Value 1" is: 80040405 Error number for "Value Not Set 1" is: 80040402 Error number for "Value Not Set 2" is: 80040403 Error messages will not be interpreted to infer state.

21:45:03.873 Driver Access Checks OK
21:45:04.535 AccessChecks OK Successfully created driver using late binding 21:45:06.583 AccessChecks OK Successfully connected using late binding 21:45:06.588 AccessChecks INFO The driver is a .NET object 21:45:06.593 AccessChecks INFO The AssemblyQualifiedName is: ASCOM.DarkSkyGeek.Switch, ASCOM.DarkSkyGeek.TelescopeCover, Version=1.0.0.0, 21:45:06.599 AccessChecks INFO The driver implements interface: ASCOM.DeviceInterface.ISwitchV2 21:45:07.277 AccessChecks INFO Device does not expose interface ISwitch 21:45:09.339 AccessChecks INFO Device exposes interface ISwitchV2 21:45:10.014 AccessChecks OK Successfully created driver using driver access toolkit 21:45:12.063 AccessChecks OK Successfully connected using driver access toolkit

Conform is using ASCOM.DriverAccess.Switch to get a Switch object 21:45:12.099 ConformanceCheck OK Driver instance created successfully 21:45:14.211 ConformanceCheck OK Connected OK

Common Driver Methods 21:45:14.265 InterfaceVersion OK 2 21:45:14.305 Connected OK True 21:45:14.352 Description OK DarkSkyGeek’s Telescope Cover 21:45:14.398 DriverInfo OK DarkSkyGeek’s Telescope Cover ASCOM Driver Version 1.0 21:45:14.445 DriverVersion OK 1.0 21:45:14.492 Name OK DarkSkyGeek’s Telescope Cover 21:45:14.538 CommandString INFO Conform cannot test the CommandString method 21:45:14.547 CommandBlind INFO Conform cannot test the CommandBlind method 21:45:14.557 CommandBool INFO Conform cannot test the CommandBool method 21:45:14.565 Action INFO Conform cannot test the Action method 21:45:14.574 SupportedActions OK Driver returned an empty action list

Properties 21:45:14.734 MaxSwitch OK 1

Methods 21:45:15.001 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.009 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID below 0 was used in method: CanWrite: CanWrite set - '-1' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.019 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.027 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID above MaxSwitch was used in method: CanWrite: CanWrite set - '2' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.037 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.045 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID below 0 was used in method: GetSwitch: GetSwitch set - '-1' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.055 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.063 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID above MaxSwitch was used in method: GetSwitch: GetSwitch set - '2' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.075 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.085 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID below 0 was used in method: GetSwitchDescription: GetSwitchDescription set - '-1' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.095 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.106 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID above MaxSwitch was used in method: GetSwitchDescription: GetSwitchDescription set - '2' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.119 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.126 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID below 0 was used in method: GetSwitchName: GetSwitchName set - '-1' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.138 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.147 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID above MaxSwitch was used in method: GetSwitchName: GetSwitchName set - '2' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.158 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.168 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID below 0 was used in method: GetSwitchValue: GetSwitchValue set - '-1' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.178 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.188 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID above MaxSwitch was used in method: GetSwitchValue: GetSwitchValue set - '2' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.200 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.209 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID below 0 was used in method: MaxSwitchValue: MaxSwitchValue set - '-1' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.221 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.229 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID above MaxSwitch was used in method: MaxSwitchValue: MaxSwitchValue set - '2' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.241 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.258 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID below 0 was used in method: MinSwitchValue: MinSwitchValue set - '-1' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.270 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.281 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID above MaxSwitch was used in method: MinSwitchValue: MinSwitchValue set - '2' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.294 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.305 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID below 0 was used in method: SetSwitch: SetSwitch set - '-1' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.320 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.330 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID above MaxSwitch was used in method: SetSwitch: SetSwitchValue set - '2' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.343 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.356 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID below 0 was used in method: SetSwitchValue: SetSwitchValue set - '-1' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.369 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.379 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID above MaxSwitch was used in method: SetSwitchValue: SetSwitchValue set - '2' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.394 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.406 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID below 0 was used in method: SwitchStep: SwitchStep set - '-1' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:15.419 SwitchNumber ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:15.430 SwitchNumber ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when a switch ID above MaxSwitch was used in method: SwitchStep: SwitchStep set - '2' is an invalid value. The valid range is: 0 to 0. 21:45:18.735 GetSwitchName OK Found switch 0 21:45:18.748 GetSwitchName OK Name: DarkSkyGeek’s Telescope Cover 21:45:18.764 GetSwitchDescription OK Description: Automatically opens or closes the telescope cover 21:45:18.778 MinSwitchValue OK Minimum: 0 21:45:18.790 MaxSwitchValue OK Maximum: 1 21:45:18.805 SwitchStep OK Step size: 1 21:45:18.819 SwitchStep OK Step size is greater than zero 21:45:18.831 SwitchStep OK Step size is less than the range of possible values 21:45:18.845 SwitchStep OK The switch range is an integer multiple of the step size. 21:45:18.860 CanWrite OK CanWrite: True 21:45:18.883 GetSwitchValue OK 0 21:45:19.463 SetSwitch INFO Skipping GetSwitch confirmation because of an issue with the GetSwitch method 21:45:19.478 SetSwitch OK GetSwitchValue returned MINIMUM_VALUE after SetSwitch(False) 21:45:23.130 SetSwitch INFO Skipping GetSwitch confirmation because of an issue with the GetSwitch method 21:45:23.144 SetSwitch OK GetSwitchValue returned MAXIMUM_VALUE after SetSwitch(True) 21:45:29.843 SetSwitchValue INFO Skipping GetSwitch confirmation because of an issue with the GetSwitch method 21:45:29.857 SetSwitchValue ISSUE GetSwitchValue did not return MINIMUM_VALUE after SetSwitchValue(MINIMUM_VALUE): 1 21:45:32.955 SetSwitchValue ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:32.966 SetSwitchValue ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when setting a value below SwitchMinimum - -1: SetSwitchValue set - '-1' is an invalid value. The valid range is: Switch(0) range 0 to 1. 21:45:36.617 SetSwitchValue INFO Skipping GetSwitch confirmation because of an issue with the GetSwitch method 21:45:36.632 SetSwitchValue OK GetSwitchValue returned MAXIMUM_VALUE after SetSwitchValue(MAXIMUM_VALUE) 21:45:39.727 SetSwitchValue ISSUE Received ASCOM.DriverException(0x80040401), please use ASCOM.InvalidValueException to report invalid values 21:45:39.739 SetSwitchValue ERROR Unexpected DriverException(0x80040401), when setting a value above SwitchMaximum was set: 2: SetSwitchValue set - '2' is an invalid value. The valid range is: Switch(0) range 0 to 1. 21:45:42.820 SetSwitchValue WARNING Skipping multi state tests because of earlier errors 21:45:42.837 SetSwitchValue OK Switch has been reset to its original state

Conformance test complete

Your driver had 22 errors, 1 warning and 23 issue