That's a Starry Night plugin, not the Celestron driver. Try StarryNight. There's also something about this on Astro Answers www.astroanswers.org, look for...
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ksess@...
wordwrkr
May 1, 2010 1:26 pm
I've already downloaded the Celestron driver from Ascom. It said it was for all Celestron GPS scopes. I'll take a look at Astro Answers and see what I can...
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Bob Denny
dc3dreamer
May 1, 2010 1:33 pm
This is covered in the Starry Night docs I believe. When you Configure your scope, Styarry Night displays the Chooser. Similar to how all sorts of programs...
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phillipcoker
May 2, 2010 2:55 am
My system is Windows7 64bit without Framework installed and I want to install the ASCOM Platform 5.5 update. The Microsoft site now has NET.Framework 4...
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Stanley Sales
StanleySales
May 2, 2010 2:56 am
Hi, any model I try to use and click on Connect I receive the following message. Error: There doesn't appear to be a Celestron scope connected to the COM port....
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Mark Crossley
crossley_mark
May 2, 2010 8:01 am
Phil For Windows 7 you do not need to download an installer for the .Net Framework 3.5, it is included in Windows - but it is not enabled by default. Go to...
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Peter Simpson
peter_w_g_si...
May 2, 2010 9:57 am
Hi Rick, ... still cannot register Helper.dll. I've spent quite some time Googling this issue and this suggests that the issue could lie in one of two areas: ...
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phillipcoker
May 2, 2010 12:20 pm
Thanks, Mark. Now have .NET Framework 3.5.1 enabled. Phil...
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berekbannor
May 3, 2010 1:19 pm
Ok, I had to get into the registry as 'system'. I did this by using psexec.exe. I found PSTOOLS here: ...
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berekbannor
May 3, 2010 1:20 pm
I added Administrators and gave full control. I changed the owner to Administrator. Restarted. The error is still the same for helper.dll when installing the...
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Stanley Sales
StanleySales
May 3, 2010 1:20 pm
Hi all, finally I have the celestron driver installed with ASCOM. As I said in some previuos message, I uninstalled everything, re-register the vbscript.dll...
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berekbannor
May 3, 2010 1:22 pm
Hi Peter, Thanks for taking the time to look into this in more detail. I am trying to get this info and report back. The first hurdle I hit could be related to...
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rbethman
rbethman1
May 3, 2010 4:48 pm
Stanley, Use the 6SE. Same mount. It'll work fine in regard to drivers and software. There is a difference between the 4SE, 6SE, and 6SE in terms of...
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Stanley Sales
StanleySales
May 3, 2010 7:02 pm
Hi, I'll try it and I'll let you know if it works for me. thanks in advance. Stanley. Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum. Grata superveniet, quae non...
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chonton
May 3, 2010 7:05 pm
Hello! I am trying to install this driver. "TheSky Controlled Telescope (Paramount, etc., 5.1.3)" ...so that i can use the telescope from Focus Max. Everytime...
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peter_w_g_simpson
peter_w_g_si...
May 3, 2010 7:54 pm
Hi Rick, ... trying to get this info and report back. The first hurdle I hit could be related to the problem. When I run regedit, even as administrator I get ...
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Peter Simpson
peter_w_g_si...
May 3, 2010 8:37 pm
Hi Stanley, ... appear on ASCOM chooser. ... I may understand why the Celestron driver disappears when you install 5.5. The 5.5 installer checks whether your...
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Stanley Sales
StanleySales
May 4, 2010 11:19 am
Hi, I selected the 6SE and the following message appeard: Error: There doesn't appear to be a Celestron scope connected to the COM port. I thinks this is...
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Stanley Sales
StanleySales
May 4, 2010 11:21 am
Hi Peter. I followed your instructions and everything is ok. I have ascom updated and the celestron driver on the chooser. thankyou. Stanley. Omnem crede diem...
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Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
May 4, 2010 6:34 pm
That error is because the driver has sent commands to try to identify the scope and not got a response. It's almost certainly either the USB to serial port...
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rbethman
rbethman1
May 4, 2010 6:42 pm
Adding to Chris's comments. The scope must be turned on and aligned. You have to select the RS-232 input from the Hand Control Menu. Give it a try. Bob - N0DGN...
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Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
May 4, 2010 7:54 pm
... Good point. I've used an original SE so little this escaped me. Chris...
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Peter Simpson
peter_w_g_si...
May 4, 2010 7:56 pm
Hi Stanley, ... updated and the celestron driver on the chooser. Excellent, I'm glad that you now have 5.5.1 working OK. Regards, Peter...
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mischa_schirmer
May 5, 2010 12:22 am
Dear Bob, ... When I'm going to http://community.tigranetworks.co.uk/media/p/222.aspx as suggested in the first link, I'm getting a 'server error'. Could...
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rbethman
rbethman1
May 5, 2010 12:33 am
First, that is Bob Denny. Second: <http://ascom-standards.org/Downloads/Plugins.htm> The "other" Bob. Bob - N0DGN...
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rbethman
rbethman1
May 5, 2010 1:27 am
Tim - There is a big error page when "go to site" to get the "focusAPI.dll". Says server is TOO busy and throws an XML exception ... -- ...
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mischa_schirmer
May 5, 2010 11:33 am
Hi Bob, sorry for confusing you with the other Bob! ... That's the page I mean. Upon following the 'visit site' link, I end up on a dead page, or at least it...
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Tim Long
t_p_long
May 5, 2010 11:37 am
If you are a user of the AstroAnswers site (formerly Ascom Answers),
please visit this question on meta-stackexchange, find my answer and
vote it up....
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Chris Rowland
scope_sapiens
May 5, 2010 12:18 pm
It's fine for me, I've just tried it. Maybe there was a problem and Tim has fixed it. Chris...
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Arlen Beiler
arlenbee
May 5, 2010 2:13 pm
I don't think most people can vote things up because they don't have enough rep, I could be wrong though....
