GS Server for scope control?

[StuartT]

I just watched one of Cuiv's youtube videos and noticed that he uses something called GS Server (https://sites.google.com/view/greenswamp/) instead of EQMOD for scope control (tracking, mount limits etc).

I'd never heard of this before and wondered if any of you guys use it? What is are the advantages?

Thanks

[Cornelius Varley]

Looks interesting. The interface looks cleaner than EQAscom. I wonder what GSS can/can't do compared to EQAscom ?

[malc-c]

Its a nice application, and the development team are active via a google group. - The 3D scope tool showing the scope orientation is a nice touch.

The basics that EQMOD/EQASCOM does, GSServer can do - just in a nice new modern GUI - but think on, Chris and the team developed EQMOD well over a decade ago, and whilst it still gets tweaked to incorporate individuals requests, to rewrite the application in a more modern language to give it a more polished look would be a very large task, especially when the guys behind GSS have already done essentially that.

[rwillett]

The other side to this is that they have had ten years to get it all right and address all the foibles and gotchas. A new system brings with it new bugs and issues.

Well worth looking at though.

Rob

[malc-c]

19 hours ago, rwillett said:

The other side to this is that they have had ten years to get it all right and address all the foibles and gotchas. A new system brings with it new bugs and issues.

Well worth looking at though.

Rob

I think it was more a problem with limitations of the language EQMOD was written in (VB I believe) that held EQMOD developing into something with a nice glossy GUI...