an autostar to lxd75 link works fairly well meade has patents on their system ... From: Colten Edwards To: RoboScope@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May...
... Folks have made attempts... reading the archives of this group will show a few examples. Since the communication protocol is the same, the work has...
How differant would it be from the current project involving the APM909? We'd be sniffing the bus between the motors and the AS unit and decoding the protocol...
I would say >>>>LOTS<<<< worse. "My advice is always free and worth every penny!" -Christopher Erickson Network Design Engineer 5432 E. Northern Lights Blvd.,...
So are you saying that the Elba ZX-24p and faster would be a reasonable choice but the Parallax BS2p and slower would not be? Is the microcontroller...
Comparing inst/sec versus MIP's is always a tough one. The specs for the ZX's say 'based on b = b + 1' Given the following C source code and assuming a 20Mhz...
Dick, ">As has been frequently shown by the difficulty folks have performing ... Agreed. After extensive research, I can say that I haven't managed to find a...
I recently bought a second hand EQ3-2 mount with a DS motor autostar conversion. I'm looking for some documentation for Autostar, the manual on the meade web...
Hi, James, If you look at the manual for the LXD75 at http://www.meade.com/manuals/TelescopeManuals/LXDseries/LXD-75C.pdf that has Smart Drive documented (page...
... The trick is to download manuals for the most recent -telescopes-, and seek/pray for updated usage instructions there. For SmartDrive, you track a star,...
I could be wrong, but if the autostar detects DS or DH motors, it will not give you the Smart Drive option. Pec is not available on DS models. I am not an...
I have done some mount conversions using DS, DH and LXD motors in the past . However, I've never done any tinkering with the APM909 , LNT and GPS and have some...
Hi all, My 'tuppence-worth' :- The last time I worked with Microchip PIC controllers I used the EXCELLENT 'PIC BASIC' language - which allowed me to...
Celestron sells the NextRemote SW. Believe this was developed by users after C published their Nexstar communication protocols. Meade hasn't put theirs in the...
That really isn't the issue. Generally stated, Meade's Autostar GOTO design consists of three tiny specialized and dedicated CPU's that talk to each other and...
the Celestron Nexremote software was originally developed by users under the name HCAnywhere . At the time it had a Yahoo group of its own. It was later...
Hi, Jerry, I'm afraid you are wrong. I have a DS modded EQ3-2 (http://www.madpc.co.uk/~peterv/astroplover/equipnbits/EQ3.htm ), and the Autostar (497)...
... As Peter posted, the critical item needed to have PEC (Smart Drive) appear in the menus is to set the Setup/Telescope/Telescope Mount to "Polar"(enter). ...
... (my 909 is elsewhere at the moment ;-), so this is from swiss-cheese memory, instead of try-before-post): It may only be offered in Polar, but my patch...
... I made a slight overstatement there... an LNT attached to a Polar mounted scope will still set the time and date. It's the "L" and "N" portions which have...
On paper, with real-time kernel, PC based control w/ bells+whistles is possible. In reality, the system architect decides what make sense to distribute the...
Man it seems to be really tough to figure out what microcontrollers are best overall and for what reasons. Parallax PBASIC stamps. Parallax Propeller. ...
Gday Chris Its like telescopes, theres no perfect solution ;-) Microchip PICS are cheap and powerful, but you have to be able to program them. I use PICAXES...
Or as autostaretx would say, the "(0.5566556655665566?)" I think autostaretx made a comment a few posts ago about 'how well it would guide'. I've cobbled...
Obviously you have not used EQMOD? ... From: RoboScope@yahoogroups.com [mailto:RoboScope@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Christopher Erickson Sent: Tuesday, 3...
Guys Having failed to find any further damage to the boards / components I did ANOTHER reset (must have been about the 10th time!), and the wild RA slewing...
EQMOD has nothing to do with the Meade Autostar. And unless you are in a fixed observatory, I believe EQMOD has very little value in the real world at any...
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