No, you should not have to enter your code again, if you download the update file (not full setup) and copy the files into your original LXSAT folder. If you...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Apr 7, 2001 6:28 pm
I've put on my web site a freeware program which will allow you to set your LX200 date/time and site information from a GPS. Click the download link. I have...
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Ray Talipsky
ray@...
Apr 10, 2001 1:59 pm
This is great Brent BUT most laptops only have ONE serial port this fact twarted LX-contol and CCD imaging to my Laptop does your SW allow one to set LX-200...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Apr 10, 2001 9:15 pm
... Mine has one too. You can connect with the GPS, take your readings and then sync the computer time. Then disconnect the GPS, connect the LX200 and sync the...
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Eddie Trimarchi
eddiet@...
Apr 11, 2001 10:39 pm
Hi there, I recently won Sattrack software as a lucky door prize at the Orange County Astronomers 'Imaging the Sky' conference and have been trying to get it...
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G6GAK - Mike Tyrrell
g6gak@...
Apr 11, 2001 11:39 pm
Brent, Thanks for the GPS sync code - used it for the first time tonight on an ISS pass. It certainly saved a lot of time manually setting the LX200 time and ...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Apr 12, 2001 2:17 am
Eddie: What version are you using? There was a bug in an earlier version that it used ASCII 233 instead of ASCII 223 for the degree character. It didn't matter...
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Eddie Trimarchi
eddiet@...
Apr 12, 2001 3:21 am
Thanks Brent, You could be right, I'm not sure which version I have, but I will check when I get home. I downloaded it several weeks ago so if the latest...
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Ray Talipsky
ray@...
Apr 12, 2001 4:18 pm
Will Satellite Tracker SW drive ETX-70AT? ETX-70AT has watered down AUTOSTAR. but has "aux" interface (I think it is i2c not RS-232) With its slow slew...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Apr 12, 2001 9:10 pm
Ray, I have a ETX-70-AT in addition to my LX200. Great little scope for the money (I paid US$199.). Satellite Tracker version 2.0.4 and higher supports the...
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Ray Talipsky
ray@...
Apr 12, 2001 9:58 pm
So if I find an Autostar 497 it will give me ETX-70AT scope control and RS-232 interface? CozmicRay...
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ftherrmann@...
Apr 14, 2001 6:04 am
Has anyone come up with the magic combination that will allow my new G-11 Gemini track continuously with SatTrack? It's in a mode now where it switches from...
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ftherrmann@...
Apr 14, 2001 6:08 am
... Anthony, Have you had any luck with your G11? I'm trying to get mine to work properly with SatTrack... Fred...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Apr 14, 2001 1:03 pm
Fred: I have been working with Rene ( goerlich@... ), the programmer of the Gemini system. At this point the Gemini system can only do leap frog ...
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anthony@...
Apr 14, 2001 1:55 pm
... compatible ... so, ... Hi Fred, I sent Brent the necessary documentation to make the software compatible with the G-11 mount about three weeks ago and have...
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James Lofton
n5yyx@...
Apr 14, 2001 7:50 pm
Just tried got my 232 cable made and tried out Satellitetracker in the living room for the first time last night(cloudy). Wow! Great job Brent!! I am impressed...
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Ray Talipsky
ray@...
Apr 14, 2001 10:59 pm
Does your Compaq have a "Joystick Port" (DB-9 female) I doubt it -- usually need dock or mini-dock for laptop to get joystick port. I use a Finger Mouse...
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James Lofton
n5yyx@...
Apr 15, 2001 12:39 am
... Thanks for the reply Ray. No, it's an older LTE-5280, and the PS-2 port is also the external keyboard port. ... I went and looked at it. Yes, it looks like...
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Scott Baker
scottb80@...
Apr 15, 2001 3:40 pm
Check out ebay for the finger mouse, they have a bunch of them, that's where I bought mine. Scott B) ... joystick ... while ... in the ... can't ... has ... ...
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Bill Powers
powers_w@...
Apr 16, 2001 4:21 pm
Hello, gang -- With all the talk about applying SatTrack to various machines, I've had a heretical thought that might be worth keeping in the back of our...
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no_more_jnk@...
Apr 16, 2001 5:45 pm
Ray, I think I saw Finger Mouse on ebay recently. Fred P.S. Sat Tracker is Great! ... joystick ... while ... in the ... can't ... has ... there is ... plugged ...
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ftherrmann@...
Apr 16, 2001 6:14 pm
Brent, Arent' the chances of hitting the target a bit slim while operating in leap frog mode? Losmandy switches from slew to center, etc... etc... I'd guess...
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Paul Goelz
pgoelz@...
Apr 16, 2001 6:44 pm
... [snip] ... I too was thinking along those lines a while back. If I were Meade or Celestron, I would make all my scopes dumb devices with raw encoder...
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ftherrmann@...
Apr 16, 2001 6:48 pm
I'd like to see the command set that Losmandy is using. It's obviously a subset of the LX-200 command set. I'm sure that Brent has looked at forcing the...
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ftherrmann@...
Apr 16, 2001 8:21 pm
I just d/l'ed the command set for the Gemini. The most straight forward way is to issue the basic Sr xx:xx.xx followed by the Sd xx xx command, as Brent...
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anthony@...
Apr 16, 2001 8:25 pm
Hi Fred, The complete documentation is available at www.skyeng.com in PDF format. You should look for "Appendix B" as they describe the complete RS-232...
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Brent Boshart
brentb@...
Apr 17, 2001 12:45 am
I think what you are proposing would be very difficult. The issue is the electronics of the scope and its ability to process data coming over the interface. A...
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dan@...
Apr 17, 2001 4:20 am
I often use SatTracker to predict ISS passes then email the info to friends. For some reason, I cannot "cut & paste" the text from the Predict Pass dialog...
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anthony@...
Apr 17, 2001 11:38 am
... the ... the ... do not ... standard ... stationary object ... to poll ... opposed to ... second!) ... commands we must ... Brent, Beggars can't be choosers...
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anthony@...
Apr 17, 2001 11:42 am
Dan, The cut-and-paste limitation is something that also crossed my mind a large number of times. Part of my modus operandi is to process my downloaded TLE's...
