[APBeta] EX 125 Telecsope Control

Paul Rodman paul at ilanga.com
Mon Jun 14 16:02:44 PDT 2010


On Jun 13, 2010, at 12:15 PM, Michael Wright wrote:

> I'm having a similar problem connecting with my ETX90.  I get "No response from telescope mount controller.  Please check cables and serial port."  I checked the cables and serial port, and I ran through the the instruction that you gave Tim, but still no connection.  There was no file left on the desktop either. 
> 
> I'm running Astroplanner on an Acer Aspire One netbook with Windows 7 Starter.  The ETX90 is connected with a USB-to-serial cable and Prolific software to emulate COM3.  Cart du Ciel can connect and control the scope via COM3 with no issues; however, I'm using ASCOM driver with CdC.
> 
> I love the new version too, but just can't get past this problem.

Does COM3 show up in the serial port popup in AstroPlanner?

Paul R.





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