[APBeta] Crash when I connect AP with my mount Celestron CGE

[Paul Rodman]

On Oct 9, 2008, at 04:50 AM, Dieter Welnowski wrote:

> Hallo,
> I have a lot of problems to connect my Celestron CGE mount with my  
> notebook.
> Neither a connection via Ascom nor a connection with Celestron: CGE  
> is working. Sometimes I get a connection, and then I get a crash.
> When I am connecting via CGE direct, I see a window with a  
> connection Problem: Incorrect telescope mount controller detected or  
> controller not responding as expected. When I press EDIT, I see the  
> correct COM-Port. Dataflow shows me wrong R.A and Dec. (00:00:00  
> +00°00). The same I can see in the main-window on the top (right).
> Connection to Ascom is very hard. At first I open POTH an make the  
> connection. Then I mark the Connect to telescope (V5.0). Now I have  
> to move the mount with the hand pad and then I get the coordinates  
> of the telescope on the top right in the main window of AP. Now I  
> can move to an object. After two or three movements I get a crash  
> again. Same is, when I try to open “Compare Computer-Telescope  
> Settings”.
>
> Windows Vista
> AP V2.0a33
> Celestron CGE
> Connection via Com-Port direct
> Ore via ASCOM
>
> Dieter Welnowski, Germany

I think you're possibly the first user to try out the new telescope  
control software (which was completely redesigned and rewritten), so  
I'm not surprised it's causing a crash or three. When I tried it with  
my Meade scopes it was working, but unstable. That was quite a while  
ago. I will be getting back to testing it soon. 2.0b1 is fast  
approaching.

Paul R.

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