![]() Wont help as they only do telephone support. You can make the latter yourself quite easily. You plug that into the lappie, then make/buy a std adapter cable ( Avoid Belkins, try and get one with an FTDI chipset in it ) ![]() ![]() For rs232 comms, you will need a std USB to serial adapter. and weight) would be enough instead of picking a scope from a scrolling list of Meade products.Ĭorrect. Ideally I had hoped to run the mount with Stellarium direct from the Netbook, though it seems now the hand-controller is necessary and therefore Mead's own PC software is also necessary.Ī further Question: Why does the Hand Controller want to know which MEADE telescope is mounted? It seems that, if it is important to it's correct tracking, that knowing the scope dimensions (Aperture/F No. Phil: I take it you are talking about an USB>RS adapter with a controlling chip to interpret and change the signals from the USB to make it look like an RS232 port? As opposed to a simple plug adapter.īarry, your comment ".it may be possible to connect the computer directly to the mount but you will need that special cable and run the Meade Autostar Suite." is worth a follow up and I will email Meade about the possibility, so thanks. ![]() "If it is a 497/497EP/Audiostar type Hbx, you MUST use the serial port in the hbx to connect to the PC, as the Hbx doesnt look for the active cable on the Aux Bus. Andrew, I noted the following in your comment:
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