Hello to all I have had my Gotostar about a week now. have fitted it onto my Celestron EQ5 mount that carries my 8" Celestron newtonian reflector. no problems...
... when you do your start up alignment,does it find these stars ok. just a thought that your time zone or lattitude settings could be wrong! also can you...
Hello to all thought i would post a tip i have found, may help any deep sky lovers. get yourself a note book and pen, also access to a sky chart program on a...
Dear Sirs, refer at the new " RoHS Directive " for electrical and electronic equipment. One customer ask me if goto and gps came with this certification. ...
Sorry Andrea I don't know about that Good skies are dark skies Derek _____ From: ideaxuwen@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ideaxuwen@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
Just a quick post to let you know they have now created a custom ASCOM driver for the Gotostar! It can be downloaded from their site at the bottom of this...
Hi Derek, This is the driver that you can use to control the telescope using a PC with software that supports ASCOM telescope control (the standard for PC...
Thanks for that Chris Had thought it was for that, found out more info after I had e-mailed you I am going out today to try to get a longer serial cable to...
Hello to all I was just wondering if any of you guys have tried or do control your gotostar setup via the serial control on the handset Also if you do "What...
hallo derek I work with ascom and starry night and i have no problems greatings peter 52° 29' 30' N 4° 17' 12'' E south west of the netherlands ... From:...
Thanks Peter Will see if I can get hold of a copy of starry night Will also be trying this weekend to connect to pc running Windows XP ,to see if that helps. ...
Hi All Am new to this so please excuse any daft or silly errors. can any one point me in the right direction to help solve this problem. I am trying to control...
Hello All Because of the problem with the "exception error" I have been having with Gotostar/ascom/CDC, I thought I would try to upgrade the firmware for the ...
In reply to Derek's firmware upgrade issues: When upgrading your firmware, did you change the filename in the settings dialog of the upgrade app? It defaults...
Hi All I have some additional details regarding the updating of the firmware. Some people have experiencd difficlties when upgrading the software. Some have...
Me too. I just ordered a gotostar and EQ5. Have to pay it off but will have it soon...ish. Looking forward to using it. Any other Australian users here? Also...
Hello, i´am using my GotoStar (with yellow LCD and usb) since february with a EQ5-Clone-Astro-5. I try since the beginning to set up and aligning the GotoStar...
Hi All I just joined the group today as I am thinking about changing my current GOTO setup for the GOTOSTAR. Unlike the more established GOTO systems available...
Hi everybody I have just ordered a GotoNova, the new name for the GotoStar, from Astronomica (Leeds, UK). They informed me that an American company has taken...
Hi Bob, And Welcome to the Group. That is interesting, I take it the company in question is Ioptron. I'm still deliberating between the Gotostar (now Gotonova)...
Hi Nidge Thanks for the welcome, yes the company is Ioptron. I will of course, post my impressions when the gear arrives. I live in Worthing on the south coast...
Hi Guys We now have the black Gotonova units in stock. I have posted an image on the re-designed (now black) handset into the photo section of this group. If...
Anyone know where the ASCOM drivers and firmware files have gone? The old http://www.nj-idea.com/INDEX2.htm site appears to have shot thru? Anyone know if the...
Hi I checked the original GOTOSTAR website and I was able to download the ascom driver. I have uploaded a copy of the file into the files section of this forum...
Thanks...I swear it wasn't there the other day..It is at least now. Ahhh I now see that the site http://www.nj-idea.com/INDEX2.htm was down yesterday...or...
Hello all-new to group. Does anybody know how you connect handset other than through power unit on motor i.e. if I connect usb to PC to update, do I also have...
