Hello
First time user of Voyager. Fantastic piece of software - hidden gem!
I currently use MaxIM DL v6, FocusMax, CdC and other ASCOM drivers for my RoR and Weather Safety monitor.
Voyager seems to work with most of my current setup which is great; I may actually drop MaxIM and FocusMax if the native ASCOM support for camera and mount and RoboFire improve the flow of my sequences.
I do have one question about the Weather options available. Is the ASCOM SafetyMonitor standard not supported? My cloud detector only issues a safe/not safe flag under this ASCOM protocol and this is how I currently monitor good observing conditions.
Thank you
Actually not for SafetyMonitor ASCOM but its really simple. I never do because have just one level of alert instead the 2 level of Voyager (Suspend and Exit). Also Voyager receive this info or from I/O Cards (Viking) or from Weather control. I add for sure.
Leo
Thank you!
On Viking, does it support IP switches such as the Digital Loggers switches? I thought I could get away by using the bottom option in the drop down menu but although it connects to the switch it cannot detect the relays correctly (DL number them 0 to 7, whereas Viking is expecting 1 to 8!).
Viking doesn’t support this I/O Card at now … if i receive the specification on protocol used for a particular Card i can add if license was purchased.
Please tell me what I need to send you to look into the DigiLoggers switch. I know many observatories use it in the US. There’s no license necessary; it is controlled over https. I have written a few batch files to switch on and off specific relays and there is actually an ASCOM driver for it:
i can import in Voyager like switch ASCOM. Like i do for Lunatico DragonFly, Tecnosky or PegasusAstro Ultimate Powerbox. But just for the user with license … like i tell you on the previous message.
Hi Leo
Any chance of incorporating this feature in the next daily build? It’s the last piece of the puzzle for me to be able to fully automate with Voyager.
Thank you
Roberto
I’m just adding now what you ask but i want to be sure you understand working with it is a limitation of what Voyager can do in a normal way for Emergency management. You will lost one grade of security with SafetyMonitor.
What do you mean by losing a grade of security? I am aware that by not using a full fledged cloudwatcher like device I can only get an IsSafe/NotSafe flag but that is sufficient for me.
All my Emergency Exits are driven by this flag and are all temporary. Permanent Exits for me only occur at the end of astronomical twilight.
Am I missing something else here?
Roberto
Safe or not safe is only one grade … Voyager have a suspend and resume system event on plus.
With safe and not safe you can only decide if exit or no from Script or just suspend and resume. One only decision. Emergency exit in Voyager mean finish of all activities.
It will have to be a Suspend/Resume for me. I assume I can run it in a loop with Voyager checking for an IsSafe flag to trigger Resume? That was my intention at least…
When you setting up in Voyager the SafetyMonitor you must choose if unsafe condition is Emergency exit or Suspend conditions … if you choose Emergency exit DragScript finish after do event blocks. If you choose suspend Voyager go in suspend event do block ad wait for resume (Is Safe in this case) to restart doing code in resume and continue script where is suspended or where you choose.
Now that is clear i can continue… thanks for your time.
Have your safety monitor driver an integration time before send Safe and Unsafe events ?
Because voyager have an integration time for I/O card events, wheater controls inside have integration time … if your driver doesn’t have it mean Voyager could bumping over decision.
My safety monitor is in fact a cloud/rain watcher IR based device. It has a “Clarity” measure just like Boltwood but the only ASCOM compliant driver for it is a SafetyMonitor one.
Internally it can be graduated to report safe/not safe conditions depending on different levels of clarity/clouds and/or rain.
Roberto
I am aware that by not using a full fledged cloudwatcher like device I can only get an IsSafe/NotSafe flag but that is sufficient for me.