P. Clay Sherrod Mar 2, 2011
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From: "Bill J Gray" <pluto@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 8:56 PM
Subject: [guide-user] Celestron 'Slew Guide' bug fixed (I think!)
> Hello all,
>
> I took another try at the above-mentioned bug, and found something that
> was definitely a bug. (A rather embarrassing bug, actually: I was
> checking the error code from a function that was supposed to send a string
> of text through the COM port, but mis-interpreted the return value. In
> other words, when things worked fine, it decided an error had occurred;
> probably, if an error _did_ occur, it would report success.)
>
> Anyway. The fixed version is now at
>
> http://www.projectpluto.com/new.htm
>
> Note that this is an "in-testing" version. As always, please let me
> know what you find... specifically about the Celestron bug, but also about
> any other issues you see.
>
> I mentioned two other improvements on the 'new.htm' page: better
> handling of constellations and (very slightly) improved ephemerides for
> the Galilean satellites of Jupiter. There are actually other improvements,
> but I'll get around to documenting them later; it'll involve digging
> through various notes and e-mails to remind myself of what I've been
> doing, and I really wanted to get the Celestron fix out into the world.
>
> Clay, I also made some changes that _might_ address the NexRemote
> problem. I'm not so confident on that score, though... that one is
> still quite weird.
>
> -- Bill
>
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