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Fixed UTC Offset in SOLO

Fixed UTC Offset in SOLO As you probably already know, Lunatico’s SOLO CloudWatcher allows the user to specify the time zone the device lives in by navigating to https://aagsolo/config in your internet browser and selecting the wrench icon. This value is very important, as it affects: The time in the X-axis of the charts in […]

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CloudWatcher related software

New complete CloudWatcher software suite   Hi all, we are releasing updated versions of all CloudWatcher related software, that is, Windows software, Solo, and ASCOM drivers (INDIGO and INDIlib software have their own paths). These not only support our new combined RH+Pressure sensors, but in general provide more modern functionality, such as: – a new

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Hydreon rain gauge rg-9 adapted to CloudWatcher

How the Hydreon works with the CloudWatcher

How the Hydreon works with the CloudWatcher The Hydreon works by opening or closing a contact when it detects rain, and it’s been adapted to work with the CloudWatcher, who expects a variable reading depending on the amount of rain. A special cable has been devised, that will result in two different readings (from the

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Dragonfly to remotely control your roll-off roof observatory. Hot Product 2018 - Sky & Telescope.

CloudWatcher operated roll off roof

CloudWatcher operated roll off roof Many motor systems include a push button to open or close the roof. They typically require the button to be pushed for a short period of time, and that will trigger the roof to open if closed, or close if opened.  One safe way to have the CloudWatcher relay close

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Pushbullet and dragonfly

PushBullet, PushOver – instant notifications

From Lunático we have been playing around a little bit with Node-RED – as they say “…a programming tool for wiring together hardware devices, APIs and online services in new and interesting ways.”

Truth is, it is fun, quite easy, and very useful and interesting things that can be accomplished with relatively little effort.

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Pushbullet and dragonfly

PushBullet notifications – now from the Dragonfly

For a long time, we’ve been using and recommending PushBullet as a very convenient way of receiving notifications from astronomy equipment. We added support for them in the Solo CloudWatcher, and then explained how to send the messages from scripts, so they could be issued from almost all of our products. Just now, we’ve added

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