Thanks everyone for jumping in and trying to help with this problem.<br><br>I am using a Sabrent USB-to-serial connector to the Meade serial/RS-232 cable to the Autostar controller. The driver that came with the USB-to-serial is by Prolific Technology. According to Windows, it is up-to-date. It is configured to emulate COM3 at 9600 Bits/sec. I played around with the port settings tonight. If I turned off the FIFO buffers or changed them to a low setting, I could get the scope to return the RA (18:50:27) in response to the #:GR# command using the "Test Telescope Communications" panel. AP still would not connect from the main window.<br>
<br>I left the FIFO buffers off and tried this. On the Telescope resource tab, I used the Auto-Detect option to tell AP to scan COM3 for "Meade: ETX series". It returned "Autostar detected on COM3". Still AP would not connect from the main window.<br>
<br>There appears to be limited communication between AP and the ETX, but not enough to connect. Any thoughts?<br><br>Paul, Is there a way to use the ASCOM driver for the ETX with AP? It's already installed on my computer because Cart du Ciel uses it.<br>
<br>Mike<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Michael Conte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mwconte@verizon.net">mwconte@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Okay,<br>
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I tried my ETX-90 with AP both in the direct and in the ASCOM mode and it connected up fine. I'm using some generic off the wall brand of USB => RS-232 converter though in the Device Manager it does say it's a Prolific device (COM4 - baud rate 9600 bps).<br>
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Mike, if you'd like to take this off the list I'd be more then happy to try and help you resolve this.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Mike<br>
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Then I'm stumped (assuming you are correct about other apps having the ability to connect to the scope via the same serial port). Exactly what brand and model of USB-to-Serial converter are you using (perhaps someone else here has the same setup)?<br>
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Anyone have any suggestions?<br>
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On Jun 15, 2010, at 5:08 PM, Michael Wright wrote:<br>
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Nothing happen. No response from telescope.<br>
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On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Paul Rodman <<a href="mailto:paul@ilanga.com" target="_blank">paul@ilanga.com</a>> wrote:<br>
OK. Try this:<br>
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With the scope cable connected, switched on, etc.:<br>
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a. Telescope->Test Telescope Communication<br>
b. Select your serial port (COM3) in the popup<br>
c. In the Input Command field, enter #:GR#<br>
(this is the Meade command to get the current RA reading)<br>
d. Click the Send button.<br>
e. In the telescope response, you should see a number of the form hh:mm:ss#.<br>
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Do you?<br>
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(screenshot below shows this done while connected to my ETX-60AT via a KeySpan USB-to-Serial device)<br>
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On Jun 14, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Michael Wright wrote:<br>
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Yes<br>
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On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Paul Rodman <<a href="mailto:paul@ilanga.com" target="_blank">paul@ilanga.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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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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Does COM3 show up in the serial port popup in AstroPlanner?<br>
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Paul R.<br>
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