com.raben.telescope.comm
Class MeadeCommand

java.lang.Object
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public class MeadeCommand

extends java.lang.Object

Facade to generate command string for various Celestron telescope models

Author:

Vern Raben

Constructor Summary

MeadeCommand()
Creates a new instance of CelestronCommandAdapter

Method Summary

java.lang.String	alignmentComplete() Get alignment complete command
java.lang.String	cancelGoTo() Get cancel goto command
java.lang.String	declinationTarget(double decl) Declination target command string
double	decodeAltitudeString(java.lang.String altitudeString)
double	decodeAzimuthString(java.lang.String azimuthString)
java.awt.geom.Point2D	decodeCoordinatesFromNemaString(java.lang.String nemaStr)
double	decodeRightAscensionString(java.lang.String raStr)
java.util.Calendar	decodeTimeFromNemaString(java.lang.String nemaStr)
java.lang.String	getAltitude() Get altitude command
java.lang.String	getAzimuth() Get azimuth command
java.lang.String	getDeclination() Get declination command
java.lang.String	getRightAscension() Get right ascension command
TelescopeModel	getTelescopeModel() Get telescope model
java.lang.String	goToAzimuthAltitude(double azimuth, double altitude) Get goto azimuth and altitude command string
java.lang.String	gpsLinked() Turn on GPS and check if it links
java.lang.String	handControlVersion() Get hand control version command
boolean	isHighPrecision() Check if high precision coordinates are set
java.lang.String	nema() Command to get GPS NEMA string
java.lang.String	rightAscensionTarget(double ra) Right ascension target command string
void	setHighPrecision(boolean highPrecision) Set whether high precision mode should be used
void	setTelescopeModel(TelescopeModel model) Set telescope model
java.lang.String	slewEast()
java.lang.String	slewNorth()
java.lang.String	slewRate(int rate) Slew rate command
java.lang.String	slewSouth()
java.lang.String	slewWest()
java.lang.String	trackingMode(int mode) Tracking mode command string

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MeadeCommand

public MeadeCommand()

Creates a new instance of CelestronCommandAdapter

Method Detail

setTelescopeModel

public void setTelescopeModel(TelescopeModel model)

Set telescope model

Parameters:

model - Telescope model

getTelescopeModel

public TelescopeModel getTelescopeModel()

Get telescope model

Returns:

The telescope model

setHighPrecision

public void setHighPrecision(boolean highPrecision)

Set whether high precision mode should be used

Parameters:

highPrecision - True if high precision coordinates ISSUE - what if high precision not available ?? ISSUE - maybe this should be protected and set indirectly by telescope model, not user

isHighPrecision

public boolean isHighPrecision()

Check if high precision coordinates are set

Returns:

true if high precision (24 bit) mode

goToAzimuthAltitude

public java.lang.String goToAzimuthAltitude(double azimuth,
                                            double altitude)

Get goto azimuth and altitude command string

Parameters:

azimuth - in degress (0 to 360)

altitude - in degrees (0 to 90)

Returns:

Command string for selected telescope model

rightAscensionTarget

public java.lang.String rightAscensionTarget(double ra)

Right ascension target command string

Parameters:

ra - Right ascension in hours (0 to 24)

Returns:

Command string

declinationTarget

public java.lang.String declinationTarget(double decl)

Declination target command string

Parameters:

decl - Delination in degrees (-90 to 90)

Returns:

command string

getAzimuth

public java.lang.String getAzimuth()

Get azimuth command

Returns:

Command to get azimuth

getAltitude

public java.lang.String getAltitude()

Get altitude command

Returns:

Command to get altitude

getRightAscension

public java.lang.String getRightAscension()

Get right ascension command

Returns:

Command string

getDeclination

public java.lang.String getDeclination()

Get declination command

Returns:

Command string

handControlVersion

public java.lang.String handControlVersion()

Get hand control version command

Returns:

Command to get hand control version

cancelGoTo

public java.lang.String cancelGoTo()

Get cancel goto command

Returns:

Command to cancel goto

alignmentComplete

public java.lang.String alignmentComplete()

Get alignment complete command

Returns:

Command to check if alignment complete

trackingMode

public java.lang.String trackingMode(int mode)

Tracking mode command string

Parameters:

mode - 0=off,1=altaz,2=eq-n,3=eq-s

Returns:

command string

gpsLinked

public java.lang.String gpsLinked()

Turn on GPS and check if it links

Returns:

command string

nema

public java.lang.String nema()

Command to get GPS NEMA string

Returns:

command string

slewRate

public java.lang.String slewRate(int rate)

Slew rate command

Parameters:

rate -

Returns:

command string

slewNorth

public java.lang.String slewNorth()

slewSouth

public java.lang.String slewSouth()

slewEast

public java.lang.String slewEast()

slewWest

public java.lang.String slewWest()

decodeAzimuthString

public double decodeAzimuthString(java.lang.String azimuthString)

decodeAltitudeString

public double decodeAltitudeString(java.lang.String altitudeString)

decodeRightAscensionString

public double decodeRightAscensionString(java.lang.String raStr)

decodeCoordinatesFromNemaString

public java.awt.geom.Point2D decodeCoordinatesFromNemaString(java.lang.String nemaStr)

decodeTimeFromNemaString

public java.util.Calendar decodeTimeFromNemaString(java.lang.String nemaStr)