[APBeta] Compare Telescope Computer Settings/ Telescope Control panel

[Paul Rodman]

That gives me something to work with. Thanks. The Slew to Home crash is something that has been reported by several people.

Paul R.

On Dec 8, 2009, at 8:43 AM, Ken Harrison wrote:

> Paul,
> Retried all the scopes listed in the AP drop down list - no difference! ( The Celestron Ulima2000 gave better and more solid Mimic Panel info, but crashed on "slew to home"!)
> The Auto-detect came up with nothing either.
> The HEQ series mounts by Skywatcher use the Synscan V3 hand controller ( similar to the Celestron), and the manual recommends "Celestron NexStar 5i or Celestron 8/9/11 GPS"
> In the Appendix B of the manual it gives some details of the RS232 commands.
> http://www.skywatchertelescope.net/swtinc/customer_support.php?class1=1&class2=180
>  
> Under CdC V3 the ASCOM ( V5.5) driver comes up as "Celestron Telescopes" (V5.0.14) and a selection of "NexStar 8i or 8iSE" works very well as does the "Synta Skywatcher mount"
> Don't know what else I can offer at the moment....
> Ken
> 
>  
> On 08/12/2009, Paul Rodman <paul at ilanga.com> wrote:
> 
> On Dec 8, 2009, at 3:57 AM, Ken Harrison wrote:
> 
> > Cashes. Error log sent.
> >
> > Telescope Control Panel  - No option to change tracking rates??? Greyed out??
> 
> Is there a document available somewhere that describes the protocol used by the mount you're using? The NexStar 5/8 protocol is very rudimentary, so I'm guessing it's using a superset thereof.
> 
> Paul R.
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