Hi has anybody had any luck using the gotonova (goto kit) for autoguiding? I realise there has been a lot of discussion about this topic but I cannot work out...
Hello Dave, Sadly the gotostar binary firmware you downloaded is not compliant with the gotonova. Firmware for the gotonova is available from Ioptron's...
Thanks John Is there any point in looking at the USB shoestring autoguider or does that work only with the gotostar??? Currently I cannot afford to purchase...
Hi Dave, I am one of the people who has GotoStar (not GotoNova) guiding and it works impressingly well! The 'secret' is not to try the PHD/ASCOM direction, for...
Thanks Ger Do you know of any other programs apart from astroart which would work? I assume AstroArt doent use the pulseguiding method which is absent in the...
Hello Dave, Buying Shoesting's autoguider would be a waste of your money. The ports on the gotonova are not compatible with autoguiders. They use a 2 wire HBX...
Hi Dave, As I am a longtime AstroArt user, I actually never tried something else. But you could try IRIS (http://www.astrosurf.com/~buil/us/iris/iris.htm)....
Hi Ger thanks again. Should I remove the ascom software from my computer as I wont be needing it??? regards Dave ________________________________ From:...
Thanks John you have managed to compress all the discussions about his subject which now make sense to me - cheers. regards ________________________________ ...
Hi Ger I had partial success last evening - i was able to detect a com port. I found guidedog which uses the LX200 mode and on connecting to the GTN via a usb...
Hi Dave, Great news! At the very least you busted some of the most persistent myths on this group, like 'GTN won't communicate without ASCOM' etc. I suspect ...
Hi Ger I will be writing a small program to generate an artificial star which moves across the screen - cant wait for a gap in the clouds. I will ley you know...
1st try with PHD & Ioptron autoguide interface. Fail. PHD could not calibrate. In fact it didn't move the mount at all thru the interface during the...
Brendan: That is not happy news. DARN! We are all looking forward to knowing how it works with the ASCOM drivers. Thanks for the update and clear skies, Steve...
Hi Stephen. In PHD you use the camera drivers not ASCOM. I used a USB (QHY 5) which sends pics to a computer, which is processed by PHD. This sends movement...
Ahh there is a bit of info on the "IsPulseGuiding property" error I saw when using PHD <http://www.stark-labs.com/wiki/doku.php?id=tutorials:phd:faq> and ...
Allll righty. Progress at last. After alot cct tracing and pin tracing I could not fault the interface but decided to try a cheats test of the interface! ...
Brendan Thanks for the info Think I'll wait until you have every thing sorted and then request all the details of hard & software that you use to get it all...
I saw this post over at cloudy nights <http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/305161\ 2/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1>...
Hi Brendan, I had a look and found out a couple of other things. The RS232 interface has been replaced by a USB interface. It is Ioptron's 8401 hand...
Just a quick post as I'm tired & cold. Finally I got the IOptron ST4 to HBX interface working & autoguiding my system, after much trials and failures. Yahoo! ...
Thanks John. I noticed the limited payload and am on the prowl somewhat for a better paylod more accurate mount. Maybe even one of the run out CGE mounts from...
Nice to hear you've got it guiding Brendan. Why don't you try out Pempro? With that, you can set up the backlash so that it's as perfect as can be. Likewise,...
Hi John. That's a good idea about Pempro....but that program does cost a bit. Probably more than I'd get out of my EQ5 mount! I'm also looking at Stark Labs...
Hello Brendan, The thing with Pempro, download it but don't install it untill you have some clear skies. That way you can use its features to tune your mount's...
