[APBeta] EX 125 Telecsope Control

[Michael Wright]

Nothing happen.  No response from telescope.

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Paul Rodman <paul at ilanga.com> wrote:

> 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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