Thanks to both of you for the info. I am new to the AS and did not know all of its limitations and quirks. Brian
--- In [email protected], "Bob Rose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What Patrick says is true. The AS must think it is aligned and > tracking before the serial port becomes fully active. You can get > around doing a full alignment if you do a "GoTo" an astronomical > target from the hand pad. This will start the full serial interface. > Your alignment may or may not be worth a hoot at this point. You can > use the hand pad and manually sync to the current object. A caveat > with this procedure is that if you are precisely polar aligned and > you make a Dec adjustment from the handpad it will in effect rotate > what the AS perceives as the celestial sphere by that much. I have > had better luck just un-clutching and manually centering. > > I was able to duplicate your original findings using the Meade > interface, not the ASCOM interface and only then buy not aligning the > AS from the handpad. The ASCOM interface will not allow the "Set > Time" or "Set Location" with the AS using ASCOM 4.1 with the newest > Meade 4.1.14 drivers. Also note that in the serial interface command > set the AS(I) is listed as the "Sync" command not being fully > implemented. This may or may not be true, as the command set pdf from > Meade has not been updated in a long while. > > Anyway what I am saying is that I am unable to break either interface > on my system while staying within the documented parameters of either > interface. I hope some of this helps. > > Bob > > > --- In [email protected], "brisleyastro" > <brisleycpc@> wrote: > > > > I went to the ASCOM site and downloaded the latest from there. > > Brian > > >
