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Roll Off Observatory Roof Remotely from anywhere in the world- Astrophotography
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2021
- A very cheap solution to remotely operating a motorized Observatory roll off roof.
Using a wi-fi enabled relay switch costing just £22.90 I can now open my roll off roof with my phone from anywhere in the world.
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Thanks for the shout out Glenn!
Anytime Joe and looking forward to our coding project lol
Thats a great solution there Glenn with double backup including the neighbour. I suggest leaving a pint in the shed so your neighbour might remove and replace your dust caps also :)
Now thats a top tip lmao
well done on 1000 Subscribers!
Thank you very much
Nice cheap solution.. looking forward to see how your collaboration goes. Grats on 1k!
Thanks Darrell.
These videos are great and very informative - taking notes as I’ll start building my own shed observatory with rolling roof in a couple of weeks, keep up the great work!
Thank you so much I really appreciate the kind comments. Any help I can offer please just ask.
Nice work, looking forward to the next collab, thanks mate!
You may not have to wait long sir
Awesome Observatory!! Congrats For 1K Subs, Keep going Man!! 👏👏👍
Thank you
Congratulations on the 1000 Subs mate. Interesting video, Looks simple to set up. Observatory is coming along nicely.
Thank you Ben. Yes its a lot easier than it even looks
Looks a very nice affordable solution Glenn, nice work.
Thanks Ollie.
I’m not jealous at all 😂 looks amazing mate, great work. Congratulations on the 1000 sub, well deserved!
Well when you are ready to sort one you have help at hand. Thank you Russell, its a milestone you will also pass soon.
Nicely done Glenn! Be interesting to see what you and Joe come up with!
Coming soon!
Brilliantly done
Thank Derek
Glenn, this is awesome. As a controls guy I really dig this! DIY!
Thank you. Nice when something works
Smashing vid Glenn...💯
Thanks Mitch. How are things going with you? Have you got your mount yet
@@Astrobloke yeh things are good,but no mount yet...😭 End of June but is more going to be end of July 😭😄
Nice one Glenn! Cool backup solution in the event of computer/Arduino crashes etc. Will look into this for my Obs. You will need to add sensors to monitor the state of the roof (open/closed). I have two sets of magnetic sensors for the roof and then park sensors for the mounts. Because I have two scopes in operation, my setup is a bit more complicated because I need to make sure both scopes are safely parked before closing. It’s a fun project. Look forward to seeing your updates.
Thank you. I will add sensors but because I can also remote in to the live feed camera from anywhere I can visually monitor the scope and roof before moving anything. The only thing at the moment that automatically moves is the scope parks at the end of a sequence. I am sure in the end I will have cloud/rain sensors and all sorts.
Great solution Glen !! I reckon you'll save at least £1000 compared to a non DIY automated roof. Great video and congrats on 1k subscribers
Thanks Paul. I have definitely saved a lot of money. Would rather spend my money on a scope or camera. I also love the projects to be fair. I think someone who paid £1000’s for theirs must have watched my video as I got a dislike 🤣😂
Really clever stuff
Thank you for that
Another point: you may consider magnetic contacts on the appropriate altitude and azimuth on your mount instead of infrared detectors.
Thank you Jean. Yes I will look at all options
Nice one mate
Thanks ryan
Thanks for the inspiration - I will be doing almost the exact same setup for now (I have a digital dome works that will be connected to it eventually) - great work! How do you handle the momentary contact with the wifi relay device or does the motor controller not care if the contacts are kept closed the full motion of open or full motion of closed? Normally I would think this would just be a momentary contact but I imagine the relay is on the whole time until you press the close button. Just curious - keep us the great work!!
hi and thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. I no longer use this as I now run the roof through NINA and use an Arduino uno with a relay shield to control the motor. the motor only switches to move to open or close after the relay has cycled through its switch. There ws always about a 1 sec delay after relay switched before the roof moved. Nothing special had to be set or changed, it just worked out the box.
@@Astrobloke Thanks for the reply - I see that you use NINA and I will actually be using Digital Dome Works (was given to me by a good friend that didn't want to use it with his dome). I will have to modify slightly to use with the gate motor control and other interlocks, but for now I will keep it simple to get things up and running. Thanks!
Very Nice: Have you investigated NINA's Switch capabilities?
Hi Dale and thank you. I use the switch feature to control my pegasus powerbox. I do now have it fully automated and can remote in even via my iphone. Roof controlled through NINA dome controls. Works great
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Glen, How do you wire it for reverse eg close?
You just connect one wire to the open switch and one to the close switch, the open/close controls are done by the motor you are just switching to one or the other
did you put your "internet of things" on it s own vlan to preempt possible security issues with devices like these?
Yes I am all secure.
hi mate i have a question! how do you control you mount home position? do you have the mount parked at 90 from north while the lid is on them just move the scope manually to PA? i use the asiair and wondered how or if i can set a custom home position...thanks
unfortunately I have not used ASIAIR so not sure what features it has. In Eqmod I have a parked scope position which is both axis being horizontal so the roof clears any scopes. When I unpark the scope it goes to the home position and from there It will slew and platesolve to whichever targets I select.
@@Astrobloke hi ok thanks, what happens when you power down?
@@stxe34 sorry I am not sure what you are asking here. If I power down it just stays parked and then after powering up I can then say unpark to home and it will go to home position. Because the mount is permanently fixed to a pier there is no PA needed as it never moves once it is set
Glenn that’s great thanks for sharing. Can I ask what gate motor system you have? I am looking at automating the roof and worried about compatibility. Thanks a lot. (Chris. UK, Kent)
Hi Chris. I have links to the one I bought and all the installation details here
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Lovely thanks I will take a look. I am just starting the build of the observatory. Big learning curve. Thanks again. Chris.
@@liveinthesunshine3018 very much so. I have a few videos on my build which may help with ideas. Happy to help if you have any questions
Thanks a lot. I have laid the base and set the bolts for the pier. That’s it so far. Just going to order the materials then build starts in a couple of weeks. Can’t wait. Aim is 100% automation as south uk clear sky is few and far between so need to make the most of the time. Thanks.
@@liveinthesunshine3018 You will love it. Best thing I ever did for my hobby. Where in UK are you as I am SE basically Southend-on-sea