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Ihab Ali — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:42:21 -0000

WikiPage Running DSControl modified by Ihab Ali

Ihab Ali — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:39:58 -0000

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-![Main Screen](http://sourceforge.net/projects/dscontrol/files/screenshots/MainScreen.jpg/download)
+![Main Screen](http://citylan.dl.sourceforge.net/project/dscontrol/screenshots/MainScreen.jpg)
 
 1) Enter the COM port name/number in the "Serial Port" field. At this point your #497 controller should be connected to a serial port on your machine or on a USB-Serial adapter. On windows the serial port name/number can be found through Control Panel->Device Manager->Ports.

WikiPage Running DSControl modified by Ihab Ali

Ihab Ali — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:38:20 -0000

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+![Main Screen](http://sourceforge.net/projects/dscontrol/files/screenshots/MainScreen.jpg/download)
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 1) Enter the COM port name/number in the "Serial Port" field. At this point your #497 controller should be connected to a serial port on your machine or on a USB-Serial adapter. On windows the serial port name/number can be found through Control Panel->Device Manager->Ports.
 
 2) Click on the "Connect" button next to the "Serial Port" field. The button will change status from "Connect" to "Disconnect"

WikiPage Running DSControl modified by Ihab Ali

Ihab Ali — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:26:07 -0000

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 3) Move the DS head with the #497 or the software control pad(the + shaped button in the middle of the screen) to the desired start position(vertically and horizontally)
 
-4) Click on "Capture From". You should now see some numbers in the "Horiztonal" and "Vertical" fields next to the button. Those are the degrees/minutes/seconds representing the current position of the head from the initial position at startup(which is alway registered at 0 degrees horizontaly and vertically irrespective of where the head is pointing at startup)
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+4) Click on "Capture From". You should now see some numbers in the "Horizontal" and "Vertical" fields next to the button. Those are the degrees/minutes/seconds representing the current position of the head from the initial position at startup(which is always registered at 0 degrees horizontally and vertically irrespective of where the head is pointing at startup)
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 5) Move the DS head with the #497 or the software control pad to the desired end position. This is where the head will end up pointing at the end of your timelapse run.
 
-6)Click on "Capture To". You will see the similarly formated numbers as step 4. These is the end position of the head at the end of your timelapse run.
+6)Click on "Capture To". You will see the similarly formatted numbers as step 4. This is the end position of the head at the end of your timelapse run.
 
 7)Enter the duration of the timelapse in minutes in the "Duration" field. This is the amount of time you want the head to take in moving from the "From" point to the "To" point. 
 
-8) Chose the direction of horizontal movement: As there are alway 2 ways to get from one point to another on a circle(clockwise or counter clockwise), you must specify how you want the head to get from the horizontal start angle to the horizontal end angle(From and To points). CW is for clockwise, CCW is for counter clockwise.
+8) Chose the direction of horizontal movement: As there are always 2 ways to get from one point to another on a circle(clockwise or counter clockwise), you must specify how you want the head to get from the horizontal start angle to the horizontal end angle(From and To points). CW is for clockwise, CCW is for counter clockwise.
 
 9)Click on the "Calculate" button. At this point the program will calculate the vertical and horizontal speeds the head should move at in order to get from the "From" point to the "To" point in the specified duration. The speed calculated(in Degrees/minute) will be populated in the  respective fields.
 
-10)At this point select, the actual directions of motion for the timelapse from the timelapse control pads in the far right of the screen(the big squares). These allow you to "arm" the head wihtout actually moving it.
+10)At this point select, the actual directions of motion for the timelapse from the timelapse control pads in the far right of the screen(the big squares). These allow you to "arm" the head without actually moving it.
 
 
 11)Click "Start/Stop" to actually start moving the head.
 
 
 Notes:
-*The head will not actually move to the "From" point when you click "Start/Stop". It will simply move in the selected direction of motion from the current poistion. It will however cover the exact angle difference between the start and end points("From" and "To" points) in the duration specified.
+*The head will not actually move to the "From" point when you click "Start/Stop". It will simply move in the selected direction of motion from the current position. It will however cover the exact angle difference between the start and end points("From" and "To" points) in the duration specified.

WikiPage Running DSControl modified by Ihab Ali

Ihab Ali — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:23:32 -0000

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+1) Enter the COM port name/number in the "Serial Port" field. At this point your #497 controller should be connected to a serial port on your machine or on a USB-Serial adapter. On windows the serial port name/number can be found through Control Panel->Device Manager->Ports.
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+2) Click on the "Connect" button next to the "Serial Port" field. The button will change status from "Connect" to "Disconnect"
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+3) Move the DS head with the #497 or the software control pad(the + shaped button in the middle of the screen) to the desired start position(vertically and horizontally)
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+4) Click on "Capture From". You should now see some numbers in the "Horiztonal" and "Vertical" fields next to the button. Those are the degrees/minutes/seconds representing the current position of the head from the initial position at startup(which is alway registered at 0 degrees horizontaly and vertically irrespective of where the head is pointing at startup)
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+5) Move the DS head with the #497 or the software control pad to the desired end position. This is where the head will end up pointing at the end of your timelapse run.
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+6)Click on "Capture To". You will see the similarly formated numbers as step 4. These is the end position of the head at the end of your timelapse run.
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+7)Enter the duration of the timelapse in minutes in the "Duration" field. This is the amount of time you want the head to take in moving from the "From" point to the "To" point. 
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+8) Chose the direction of horizontal movement: As there are alway 2 ways to get from one point to another on a circle(clockwise or counter clockwise), you must specify how you want the head to get from the horizontal start angle to the horizontal end angle(From and To points). CW is for clockwise, CCW is for counter clockwise.
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+9)Click on the "Calculate" button. At this point the program will calculate the vertical and horizontal speeds the head should move at in order to get from the "From" point to the "To" point in the specified duration. The speed calculated(in Degrees/minute) will be populated in the  respective fields.
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+10)At this point select, the actual directions of motion for the timelapse from the timelapse control pads in the far right of the screen(the big squares). These allow you to "arm" the head wihtout actually moving it.
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+11)Click "Start/Stop" to actually start moving the head.
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+Notes:
+*The head will not actually move to the "From" point when you click "Start/Stop". It will simply move in the selected direction of motion from the current poistion. It will however cover the exact angle difference between the start and end points("From" and "To" points) in the duration specified.
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WikiPage Running DSControl modified by Ihab Ali

Ihab Ali — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:20:24 -0000