I'm having a problem with my guide star drifting in PHD? I have done a drift alignment at 200X and perceived no noticeable drift in either the south or east...
Is it drifting in the North-South or East-West? Bouncing around sounds like a possible balance issue. If the mount is perfectly balanced, it can rock back and...
Floyd, Thank you for your response. I think the problem is I’m auto guiding at to great of a focal length 1927mm and imaging at 396mm. In a previous post Kel...
Before Olympus have a chance to unpack their concept model, Panasonic have released the second model in the Micro FourThirds system. The GH1 offers a few new...
This person has been banned from the group. Matt ... From: idophotoss To: Meade-DSI-Advanced@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 10:57 PM Subject:...
Hi, I bought a Meade DS2090AT Telescope with a 497 handbox & a Meade DSI-C & i would like to do some Imaging with the scope, But the tracking jumps around too...
I am tring to upgrade the database on my 497 handbox, first the connection was good and i saved the info, but when i tried to start the mount back up the...
Hi Mike, Unfortunately the mount you're using was not designed for astrophotography at all. It's a visual use mount, but that's not to say that it " can't " be...
try this start up the Autostar in Safe Mode (hold ENTER and SCROLL DOWN as power is applied). Have it attached to the telescope, too. First, Meade has a...
Hi, I have the 497 handbox in Flash Load Ready 3.0 mode. I held down Mode when tring to update the firmware and database. Sometimes it reads the firmware as...
Hey Matt, Yeah, Its a good visual mount. I bought a good L bracket and mounted an Orion 100mm F/6 to do some Imaging but like you say, Its a visual mount. It...
Hi, Yes, I did get it & tried to reply but it bounced. The ad you saw is being placed by the author of the software so no worries. Matt ... From: Michael To:...
Hi Mike, are you using a "real" rs232 port on your PC or a USB to rs232 adapter for the download? some of the adapters work better than others, Keyspan is...
Hello Folks: I am very, ... very green in astrophotography even though have been in astronomy for a few years. I just bought Meade DSI III and 2-DVD set of...
Hey Norm, This is a crazy handbox!! I dont have a onboard RS-232 port, So i use a Beklin USB-Serial adaptor. I tried your instructions, The handbox connects...
Hello Mike, A friend, Richard Seymour, has done extensive research in the area about which adapter to use and here is snippet of one of his emails that may...
Hey Dick, I have looked at that site, But i dont fully understand it :-) I tried the 497 Handbox on a PC with XP and a onboard RS232 port. I had the same issue...
I have an XP machine on which I installed autostar suite 5.0. Cleverly, I did not test that I had the drivers for my LPI and DSI pro before I removed Norton...
I would just remove & re-install autostarsuite. Matt ... From: spraudp To: Meade-DSI-Advanced@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 11:40 AM Subject:...
You could re-install Envisage from your CD-ROM, but you probably want to download the newest version of Envisage from Meade's web site and install that....
Open Windows Explorer (its in Accessories). In C:/Program Files/Meade/AutostarSuite/DSI/Driver/2K-XP/DsiUsb.sys this is the path for the DSI driver. From:...
Bud, and all, Many thanks. I guess I was having a senior moment -- hard to believe. Went out to the Meade site and noticed that Envisage was a separate item...
This thread caught my eye... and although the end result satisfied the original problem, it may cause a seperate problem... First, if you install (re-install)...
Hi everyone, I am contemplating switching from an LX200GPS imaging setup to a GEM setup and could use some advice as to what mount/telescope combo would work...
Hello Joel, I have a Meade LX200 GPS 8" also. I bought a Celestron CGE and love it. I
have had it about 10 months, and I love the mount, Nexremote software...
Thanks for the recommendation Gary. Am I to assume that you have the LX200GPS OTA on the CGE? Can the CGE handle the weight of the SCT and Orion 80ED...
Hello Joel, I don't have the 8" on the CGE. Yes it will handle the 8" just fine. It has
a weight limit of 65 pounds. I have a Celestron 6" SCT, a Orion 80ED,...
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