[APBeta] EX 125 Telecsope Control

[Paul Rodman]

OK. Try this:

With the scope cable connected, switched on, etc.:

a. Telescope->Test Telescope Communication
b. Select your serial port (COM3) in the popup
c. In the Input Command field, enter   #:GR#
   (this is the Meade command to get the current RA reading)
d. Click the Send button.
e. In the telescope response, you should see a number of the form hh:mm:ss#.

Do you?

(screenshot below shows this done while connected to my ETX-60AT via a KeySpan USB-to-Serial device)



On Jun 14, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Michael Wright wrote:

> Yes
> 
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Paul Rodman <paul at ilanga.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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