Hi Michael,

in my observatory I have two piers with two FS2 boxes and two SBig
cameras. The problem I would like to discus here, is when it comes to
long, guided exposures in spectroscopy. Then my ST-8 is attached to
the spectroscope and from here it is unable to guide the telescope at
the same time. So I use a ST-7 to do the job, but this is a waste of
resources. I would be nice to do it with a cheap webcam, but my
attempts to do so, were not satisfying.

I tried several free software products, but none did a good job for
me.
I connected the Philips webcam to the USB-port of my computer and
from here I used a serial connection to the FS2. (I had no problems
with goto and other remote operations.) As I am not an expert for the
LX200 protocol, I don't know if the subset, implemented in the FS2,
is sufficient to allow for this desired sort of guiding.

What are your experiences? Which software is recomended?

Regards,
Udo