I am putting together a new system based on a RASA 11. I plan to use Baader UFC to manage filters, however, the process is manual. I plan to use a single filter per imaging session.
Setting the filter data and propagating it across file names, directories and fits metadata is very convenient (not essential or a showstopper). Any suggestions on how to achieve this? I am looking into ASCOM to see if there is such a thing as a filterwheel simulator, so I can artificially instruct Voyager what filter I am using during the image session.
you can use filter wheel simulator on ASCOM , other users with manual filter use this escamotage.
Select in Voyager like filter wheel the simulator, set the filters in Voyager filter list and select the filter in the sequence. Voyager will do a dummy filter select for you.
I can see how the ASCOM Simulator will “select” the filter. However with my ageing years I forget
things and would like some sort of Flag to tell my aging memory to change the filter. Is this possible?
in an automation software like Voyager you cannot forget to set the filter because you must specify for each actions. What could happen is that you can use a wrong filter for a test shot … this is not so bad.
I used the email feature to send a text to my cell phone… I linked my gmail (like your option allows). You’d just need to have the sequence ‘wait’ until you action it. I’m assuming there is an option to do that.