----- Original Message ---- > From: travisedwin <[email protected]> > > 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 No, you said you had the latest _platform_, but the drivers are separate. The names vary a bit between what's listed on the Ascom driver page and the scope chooser window, so I wasn't sure if you were using the right driver. -John > 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 > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[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: > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]"> > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected] > > > > > > > ymailto="mailto: > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]" > > > > href="mailto: > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]"> > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected] > > > > ymailto="mailto: > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]" > > > > href="mailto: > 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/ > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! > Groups Links > > target=_blank > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/ > href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/join"; target=_blank > >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] > href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/"; target=_blank > >http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
