PS This message re-posted to fix misspellings.
I would like to welcome everyone to this new users group.
Ren¨¦ and I are co-owners, and Dave (goes by twobones) is the moderator.
Dave is also the moderator of the Gemini Users group.
I am sure that this group will be as much an success as the Gemini users group is. Why 2 Groups? Well the memory space of user groups are
limited. There are still many Gemini 1 units in the field and working.
We do not want to use up the Gemini User Groups space, and also feel
that this Gemini 2 is such a new development that it deserves it's own
user group. I hope you all agree.
This controller is a completely new design, with a totally new graphical interface. It has a very fast ARM 32 bit processors in both the main unit and the hand controller. There are now 2 serial ports for connecting the unit up.
The feature port also contains 2 more serial ports, but an adapter will have to be used to bring the voltage levels of these ports to the RS232 standard level.
There are 2 USB ports also, one of which can now be used and the other for future expansion.
The unit also supports a Web interface, that can be used to set all
setting, and Modes, upload firmware and catalogs. This Web interface also supports virtual serial port for connecting with programs like Starry Night,CCDWare, TheSky6/X and MaximDL, using the new Gemini.Net
ASCOM driver. There are also mobile web interface pages in development so that you can control the Gemini 2 with an Android or iPhone smart phone. Please see the Gemini 2 Quick Start Guide in the files section under Documentation and Manuals.
I want to personally thank Ren¨¦, Scott, and the Beta testers for all
there hard work in bringing the Gemini 2 into a fully functional
controller. Ren¨¦ has put many, many hours into programming this
controller. Robert has helped with the Web hand controller and Mobile
Web Hand controller interface, and Paul modified the ASCOM driver to
work with the Gemini 2 Web Interface and USB port. Benoit Robert has provide the Catalogs translated into Fench. Jim McKay is providing some new catalogs also. You can make your own custom catalogs and upload them to work in either the Hand Controller, Web interface or both. The rest of the beta tester made suggestions and tested fixes. The 4 tactical push buttons on the back of the hand controller
was a suggestion by the beta testers. Dave wrote the Quick Start guide, with a very small bit of help from yours truly.
I hope that everyone enjoys using the Gemini 2 and this group.
Sincerely
Thomas Hilton
