I agree with Steve and Lawrence. Especially for imagers, the lack of ASCOM integration is becoming a bigger and bigger shortcoming in Guide. I still wouldn't be without it but I think that when potential new customers survey the offerings in "planetarium" type software, it could be the deciding factor to go a competitor.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lawrence <lawrence@...>
Sent: Jan 5, 2005 5:52 AM
To: guide-user@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [guide-user] Re: Guide + ASCOM??


Hi Steve

This is my only problem with Guide now. I use Guide for all planetarium work
eg., comet and asteroid locations, but it will not communicate via ASCOM so I
have to clumsily write RA and Dec from Guide (eg comet data) into Maxim to say
GOTO. I do have the option of configuring Carte du Ciel into my system
because it is ASCOM, but I am reluctant to start learning yet another piece of
software. That program would enable me to do everything that I wish to do.
Mmm... just maybe!

regards

Lawrence Harris

> From: "Steve" <Astro-Geek@...>
>Subject: Guide + ASCOM??
>
>
> I know this topic has been brought up here before, but is there
>any plan to make Guide 8.0 compatible with ASCOM or ACL-based
>telescope control systems? In my opinion, Guide is far and away the
>BEST charting software program and I do not care for using The Sky to
>control my scope's GoTo system. Last time I saw a shooting star I
>wished for a version of Guide with ASCOM drivers.
>
> C'mon Bill, you can do it!!!!

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