Hi Udo,

I would like to suggest you Guidedog (www.barkosoftware.com). It does
the best job for me, if I use a webcam for guiding. This software
supports the ASCOM-Standard. You have to choose the Generic LX200
Driver for ASCOM.
I would suggest you the following parameters for guiding:
RA 8..10
DE 8..10
Min Error ...depends on seeing...0..2
Max Error ...depends on Resolution of your exposure cam and binning.
All values are defined in arcseconds.
Kind regards,
Gerrit
--- In fs2users@yahoogroups.com, "uzlender" <uzlender@...> wrote:
>
> 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
>