[APBeta] Problems connecting to AP1200 or to ASCOM

[James Miller]

Paul,

Thanks for the heads up on ASCOM - I will steer clear of it until you give the all-clear.  However, I still have a basic problem that I cannot connect to my AP1200 directly even without ASCOM (something that worked fine previously)...  Any hints about where I should look?

Particulars are:

Dell XPS laptop
Windows XP
Prolific chipset based USB to Serial converter
Astro-Physics 1200 GTO CP3
Astroplanner 2.0b11

James

On Jan 1, 2009, at 02:28 PM, James Miller wrote:

> I am having problems connecting Astroplanner directly to my 1200GTO  
> or to te 1200GTO driver in ASCOM.  The symptom is that the  
> application "beeps" at me and gives an error message "Unhandled  
> Exception: Nil Object Exception".  While obviously the ASCOM  
> connection was not existent in 1.6, I was always successful  
> connecting directly to the AP 1200 (I know what comm port is in use,  
> for example).
>
> The particulars are:
>
> Dell XPS laptop
> Prolific chipset based USB to Serial converter
> Astro-Physics 1200 GTO CP3
> Astroplanner 2.0b11
>
> Because neither direct connect or ASCOM are working I think I have  
> done something basic wrong...  Does anyone have any suggestions?

Trust me when I say it's my problem. I haven't gotten around to fixing  
up ASCOM yet (mostly because I can't get ASCOM drivers to work -  
seamingly an ASCOM installation problem). Be patient.

Paul R.


      
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