Gary, I've got bad news for you. The CAT socket ONLY works with the Meade CAT Digital Setting Circles add on hardware. Nothing else will "talk" to that socket! I tried many times when I had my 10" LX6 to make it work. And when eventually I found and bought a set of LX5 DSC harware it still didn't work with the mounting!!!! In all honesty, the LX6 mounting was good for what it was at the time, but is now due for retirement. I sold mine and replaced it with a 12" LX200, which obviously communicates with CdC etc etc etc. Sorry mate! Ken
--- In [email protected], "garyr317" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I'm new to this group and have what might be a slightly OT question. > > I am still using an old 10" Meade LX6 and would love to interface CDC > with it (Not for telescope control but inplace of the digital setting > circles). These scopes had a socket on the control panel for a CAT > (computer aided telescope) Accessory. I have been wondering if this > socket could be used to somehow connect to a PC to interface with CDC. > I've already asked on the LX5/LX6 group but seems nobody knows or can > find out what the pinout is for that socket or what signals it > outputed. Has anybody done anything like this? > > Thanks - Gary >
