[APBeta] Startup and scope control

[Bruce Pipes]

Hmmm....this is puzzling. As I said, I saw it once before, but I did  
not know what was causing it. Since the wireless network is being used  
for the control of other scopes, could AP be seeing that traffic and  
trying to make a scope connection or something like that.

Bruce

On Aug 14, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Paul Rodman wrote:

>>
>> I tried using APv2b53 last night to control my Meade 8" LX200R out  
>> at the observatory I use. When I started AP up, I noticed something  
>> I had seen before, namely that it was veeeerrrryyyy slow to start  
>> up (even though an hour earlier at home it had started up quickly).  
>> I found the source of the problem. Some of the other folks at the  
>> observatory control their scopes over a wireless local network.  
>> Apparently, when I started my Mac up, it connected to the wireless  
>> network. It was this wireless connection that was causing the slow  
>> startup for AP. When I turned off Airport on my Mac, AP started  
>> normally. It was as if AP was trying to connect to the internet  
>> when it started. Unfortunately we do not have internet at the  
>> observatory.
>
> I don't know why that would be. V2.0b53 does not do any network  
> connects AFAIK, unless you ask for some on-line resource. V2.0b54  
> (released yesterday) does do a very brief connection after 30  
> seconds (if an Internet connection is detected), but that shouldn't  
> last for more than a few seconds at most (if the connection can't be  
> made).