I've begun a Python module to provide a complete interface to the Meade
LX200 command set:
http://rjs.org/Python/LX200.py
and would like input from potential users or people interested in
developing it further.
The code I have online is a very alpha start - it contains all of the
command set, parsed from
reg-exp'd into methods, but few methods are actually complete yet.
My thinking is to have it useful for Python command line testing, as well
as GUI programs.
(cross-post disclaimer: I also posted this to python-list)
History: after searching for such a thing, I had found only:
q=cache:hOgO7H_ MUeYJ:phl3pc02. phytch.dur.ac.u k/
~jrl/source/source_code.htm l+lx200.py&hl=e n&gl=us&ct=clnk &cd=1
from University of Durham, but the code is not available...
and
from the Galileo project, but which only has a subset and is aimed at
their needs, mostly. Some of the Galileo code looks useful, and so I
might want to make use of at least some of the methodology, even if only
to get their interest as well.
Current input I would most like is on module structure and Pythonic-ness:
-Only one class, or two?
I was considering splitting the commands into two classes: Telescope and
Library, as either could be used without the other for a scope session.
(If you have large libraries on your PC, you do not need the LX one - or
if you don't, or have a PDA, then just doing a Library lookup alone might
be useful.)
If you were to "import LX200", how would you expect it to work?
-Should I have module methods, as I do? (Galileo uses some static
methods)
-What constants might be useful to define?
-When should the com port be opened/tested? (I have it on init...)
-What about the class names?
It is already ~1200 lines code and comments, even without most of the
commands actually useful yet, and so I'd like to get a good form started
before getting too far along.
Is anyone here interested in using such a module, or willing to critique?
Thanks,
Ray
arr-ayy-why-ess at blue-cove.com
LX200 command set:
http://rjs.org/Python/LX200.py
and would like input from potential users or people interested in
developing it further.
The code I have online is a very alpha start - it contains all of the
command set, parsed from
reg-exp'd into methods, but few methods are actually complete yet.
My thinking is to have it useful for Python command line testing, as well
as GUI programs.
(cross-post disclaimer: I also posted this to python-list)
History: after searching for such a thing, I had found only:
q=cache:hOgO7H_ MUeYJ:phl3pc02. phytch.dur.ac.u k/
~jrl/source/source_code.htm l+lx200.py&hl=e n&gl=us&ct=clnk &cd=1
from University of Durham, but the code is not available...
and
from the Galileo project, but which only has a subset and is aimed at
their needs, mostly. Some of the Galileo code looks useful, and so I
might want to make use of at least some of the methodology, even if only
to get their interest as well.
Current input I would most like is on module structure and Pythonic-ness:
-Only one class, or two?
I was considering splitting the commands into two classes: Telescope and
Library, as either could be used without the other for a scope session.
(If you have large libraries on your PC, you do not need the LX one - or
if you don't, or have a PDA, then just doing a Library lookup alone might
be useful.)
If you were to "import LX200", how would you expect it to work?
-Should I have module methods, as I do? (Galileo uses some static
methods)
-What constants might be useful to define?
-When should the com port be opened/tested? (I have it on init...)
-What about the class names?
It is already ~1200 lines code and comments, even without most of the
commands actually useful yet, and so I'd like to get a good form started
before getting too far along.
Is anyone here interested in using such a module, or willing to critique?
Thanks,
Ray
arr-ayy-why-ess at blue-cove.com