Folks, if * you are not using the "official" 3.6 release of MetRec, but a newer beta version I gave you in recent month for testing and * if you have set...
Will metrec work with the Matrox Meteor RGB PCI card? Is there a FAQ avaiable for newbies? Has the program been ported to Linux or is it only a PC Dos program?...
Hello Robert, ... yes, but the performance will be lower, i.e. you will need a faster computer to run MetRec in full resolution. ... MetRec comes with a readme...
... I thought that I had a the MIL source code in C. Is that there are some pre-built driver(s) tied to DOS? ... Meanwhile Sirko is monopolising the world's...
Malcolm J. Currie
mjc@...
Jan 20, 2006 3:45 am
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Sirko, -Thanks for the reply. I'm attempting to do this on an amateur's budget, probably emulating the design shown on Cloudbait observatory -- unless there's...
Hi Malcolm, ... there are some aspects tied to DOS (e.g. the accurate readout of the PC clock), but these parts shouldn't be too difficult to be translated. If...
Hi all, Okay, I'm now the owner of a Matrix (sic) Meteor II MC/2 PCI Frame Grabber Card. The only reason I probably got it for $120 is that the seller...
Hello Robert, ... the Meteor II is definitely the right board. ... The most common cameras are the Mintron 12V1 EX and the Watec 902H. Among the best lenses...
Hi Robert- Last time I ordered lenses it was from www.digitalssinc.com. We also just recently identified a handful of other sources. Googling on L163VDC4P...
If detections are named by sequential number rather than hhmmss, does this mean that no data is lost for each detection and no files are overwritten? Using...
Robert McNaught
rmn@...
Jan 29, 2006 2:19 pm
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Chris, Thanks. I won't have full view of the horizon anyway, and I have a limited budget, so I'll probably emulate you. Besides, that way I might be able to...
My Meteor II isn't in yet, but I spend part of the weekend setting up a hobbed together Pentium II 450 mhz machine/256m RAM to run Win98/DOS. A few basic...
Hi Rob, ... given that one meteor appeared after the other within the same second, that is true. If, however, the second meteor started while the first was not...
Hello Robert, ... it's an old test program under DOS that came with the Meteor I. But you really don't need it. Just provide a video signal and type "grab -2...
Robert- Some warnings are in order. The Meteor II card has some real problems. Amongst other things, I've found that it does not work under DOS on many ...
Robert- Some warnings are in order. The Meteor II card has some real problems. Amongst other things, I've found that it does not work under DOS on many ...
Hi Chris, ... you are right: The routine to determine the accurate time is a rather dirty hack. Unfortunately, there are no standard procedures (interrupts,...
Hi Sirko- I understand what you are saying about the additional frames in the buffer, although the behavior is unpredictable in practice- meteors covering ...
Chris, ... if you set SaveMeteorData to yes, for each meteor a file hhmmss.inf will be created. This file contains detailed information about each video frame ...
Thanks. I haven't tried that, since it seemed to require providing some calibration data that I have no good way to generate. Is it possible to get useful data...
... No, it requires the equatorial coordinate transformation. Best, Sirko -- ************************************************************ * Sirko Molau...
Just heard of the following web page that includes a fireball detector of which I have no further information. Thought it would be of interest to this group. ...
Robert McNaught
rmn@...
Mar 11, 2006 7:35 am
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Sirko, I've only used Autorestart once before and thought I had somehow lost the second night's data. In the last 4 days I've been away so used it again and...
Robert McNaught
rmn@...
Mar 18, 2006 6:56 am
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... Sorry, that should be .inf files. My modified files are called .in2...
Robert McNaught
rmn@...
Mar 18, 2006 7:01 am
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Folks, currently there are 49 (!) Matrox Meteor II grabber offered at EBAY for US$ 120 each. The item number is 5879054388. From my experience in the last few...
Check with the seller if he is willing to ship to your location. He was going to ship to Australia (based on my email address being .AU), but I'd given a US...
Robert McNaught
rmn@...
Mar 20, 2006 2:08 am
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... My own fault. I had autorestart time as 20 00 00 and not the time of evening twilight. I made this error as in my batch program that creates the .cfg...
Robert McNaught
rmn@...
Mar 29, 2006 12:10 am
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Folks, two weeks ago I pointed you to a special offer at EBAY for 49 Matrox Meteor II grabbers at US$ 120 each. Today I received 15 grabbers, and they were all...
Sirko, Thanks for the heads up and reminder. I had a visitor from Beijing for the last few weeks. It's difficult to cram in non-work and non-galaxy research...
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