Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Problems of 1/4/2012

With the new year here it is time for BORAT to be on the fast track to first light. The history of the "Things To Do" list is something fixed, another item comes up. Same is true with this list, some of our original driver code giving us troubles.

Soon will have pics up of electrical and maybe inside of dome with final equipment.

Software
  • AstroHaven dome driver needs update to stop spamming error messages and to add feedback from new dome control hardware - Currently Rewriting
  • Add user friendly GUI to control primitive features of the system - Website in progress
  • Current SVN RTS2 won't compile with our drivers - DONE
Hardware
  • Repair crack on AstroHaven Dome - Still don't know what to do...??...
  • Add lens heater on LX200GPS to reduce night dew. - Held off till summer
  • Focuser rewire - DONE
Security
  • Dome lights need work - DONE
  • All external wiring needs to be finished - DONE
  • ZM notification needs to be solved