<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">OK. Try this:<div><br></div><div>With the scope cable connected, switched on, etc.:</div><div><br></div><div>a. Telescope->Test Telescope Communication</div><div>b. Select your serial port (COM3) in the popup</div><div>c. In the Input Command field, enter #:GR#</div><div> (this is the Meade command to get the current RA reading)</div><div>d. Click the Send button.</div><div>e. In the telescope response, you should see a number of the form hh:mm:ss#.</div><div><br></div><div>Do you?</div><div><br></div><div>(screenshot below shows this done while connected to my ETX-60AT via a KeySpan USB-to-Serial device)</div><div><br></div><div><img id="87059637-413c-4f30-80a2-c215141f8339" height="330" width="575" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:B338C8D0-E464-4B02-BBD5-E1ADEAB3087E@home"></div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 14, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Michael Wright wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Yes<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Paul Rodman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul@ilanga.com">paul@ilanga.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; ">
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On Jun 13, 2010, at 12:15 PM, Michael Wright wrote:<br>
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> 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.<br>
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> 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.<br>
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> I love the new version too, but just can't get past this problem.<br>
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</div>Does COM3 show up in the serial port popup in AstroPlanner?<br>
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