<div>When I try to define a mounting as ASCOM, it doesn't connect... when I check, there's no comm port selected and the option is greyed out.</div>
<div>I've tried this both through the HEQ5pro handcontroller (normal synscan setting) and through the PCDirect utility setting ( supposed to work directed on RS232 commands....)</div>
<div>If someone else has this working under XPsp3 can they let me know how it's done... otherwise Paul just add it to the bottom of the list of things that would be nice to do.....</div>
<div>Ken</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 08/12/2009, <b class="gmail_sendername">Paul Rodman</b> <<a href="mailto:paul@ilanga.com">paul@ilanga.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote"><br>On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Ken Harrison wrote:<br><br>> What about the ASCOM/ EQMOD route? Works very well with CdC<br>
> This gives quite comprehensive control over the Synscan mounts?<br>> <a href="http://eq-mod.sourceforge.net/">http://eq-mod.sourceforge.net/</a><br>> Would that be an easier solution for you??<br><br>Well, (in theory) you can use ASCOM in V2 now. There is some flakiness I still need to deal with.<br>
<br>Paul R.<br><br>><br>> On 08/12/2009, Paul Rodman <<a href="mailto:paul@ilanga.com">paul@ilanga.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> On Dec 8, 2009, at 3:57 AM, Ken Harrison wrote:<br>><br>> > Telescope Control Panel - No option to change tracking rates??? Greyed out??<br>
><br>> Well, for the SynScan, all of the stuff on the control panel is inapplicable (according to the Synscan manual). Although it has a subset of the Nexstar GPS protocol, it's pretty limited (i.e. pretty much getting RA/Dec and slewing to RA/Dec). There's no movement commands, etc.<br>
><br>> I have created a separate SynScan driver (for 2.0b69), which hopefully will work a bit better than the more generic NexStar driver that's currently used.<br>><br>> Paul R.<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>
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