Thanks for the quick replies and sorry about the slow reply. I was at a Star Party and there was no internet hookup.
Concerning drivers, as I noted in my original post I have the latest Ascom driver plus the "update" they note on the Ascom site. (As a part of reloading all the lost software on my laptop I had to replace Ascom, too.) And I've selected "LX200 plus Autostar" as my scope type. I'm using a USB to serial adapter to connect the 505 cable to my laptop (my laptop doesn't have any serial connectors). Do I need a null modem between the 505 cable and the USB adapter? I have one in my "parts I sometimes need" box, but I don't remember whether I used it in this setup or not. Thanks again for your help, Travis --- In [email protected], John Mahony <jmmah...@...> wrote: > > Are you sure those are the latest drivers? The current drivers as listed on > the ASCOM site > <http://ascom-standards.org/Downloads/ScopeDrivers.htm> are > > "Meade LX200 Classic and Autostar #494, #495, and #497 (combined > telescope/focuser, 5.0.3)" and > "Meade LX200GPS and LX200R (combined telescope/focuser, 5.0.0)" > > Those names may be abbreviated in the "scope chooser" window. > > The first one should be the correct one for your LXD75. > > -John > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: travisedwin <travised...@...> > > > > I recently had a serious laptop failure and had to reformat my hard drive. > > A > > consequence is that I had to reload all the software, including CDC. > > CDC > > loaded fine and I put in the (new to me) Ascom Platform 2008 (V5_0) plus > > its > > update and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. I set up the Com port to Com3. > > In my > > last setup, I selected "LX200 and Autostar" as my scope type, which I did > > again > > in the new setup. But when I tried to connect I got a "...unrecognized > > Meade > > scope type..." error message. So I changed the scope to "Meade Telescope > > and > > focuser." I still got the unrecognized scope message when I tried to > > connect. > > It seems I went through this same problem when I originally set > > up CDC way back when. But I can't remember what the solution was. > > Would > > someone be kind enough to help me > > out? > > Travis > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! > > Groups Links > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/ > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/join > (Yahoo! > > ID required) > > > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected] > > > > > > > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected] > > > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected] > > > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ >
