Anybody get ST to communicate with a Meade LS (Lightswitch) scope?...
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autostaretx
Jul 3, 2011 6:51 pm
... At this time, ST cannot communicate with LS scopes. The reason is that the LS driver requires the "logical" signals CTS and DSR (clear to send and data...
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leotaylor2
Jul 4, 2011 2:48 pm
... Is that all? I must have a dozen devices where I wired a connector to assert the handshaking signals to achieve communication. As long as the...
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autostaretx
Jul 5, 2011 4:38 pm
Unfortunately, the only available connection to the LS is a USB cable. There is *no* physical "rs232" connector available. The DTR/CTS issue is purely a...
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hellobozos
Jul 6, 2011 7:20 pm
Hiya folks, Been many moons since i last messaged, I caught the ISS last night an made neat lil movie at the link below ...
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jimmyjujames
Jul 6, 2011 8:22 pm
Thanks Brent I've been having ISS image withdrawals. I'm better now. Thanks I personally prefer your SRB separation movies from Orlando. As far as downloading...
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Worsel
bryancashion
Jul 6, 2011 11:56 pm
Jimmy: GetTLEs.VBS just downloads the four files from celestrak.com site. This site periodically downloads and stores a number of TLE files. This allows...
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Worsel
bryancashion
Jul 6, 2011 11:58 pm
Jimmy: GetTLEs.VBS downloads the four files from celestrak.com site. This site periodically downloads and stores a number of TLE files from space-track.org....
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jimmyjujames
Jul 7, 2011 1:00 am
I agree with everything you said except for the last line. Space-Track's visual catalog is generated and is unchanged until it's generated again. Not sure how...
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jimmyjujames
Jul 7, 2011 3:50 pm
Hello Bryan I checked space-track and celestrak at 8:07 PM CT (0107 UT) and both have the newest ISS TLE's. I checked both just before 8:00 maybe 7:45 and both...
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Worsel
bryancashion
Jul 7, 2011 5:17 pm
Jimmy: That's useful to know. Thanks! Bryan...
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hellobozos
Jul 7, 2011 6:46 pm
... Woohoo!! done deal..(i believe) I won't know till i test it,possibly tonight, but it's only a 28 degree pass, Sat-Trackers up,running, i think fresh TLE, i...
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hellobozos
Jul 7, 2011 6:47 pm
... Works Perfectly,...Just watch your optics,be ready to hit "Stop Track" if anything gets to close to something..Theres a way to limit the slews but i...
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Darwin Teague
zappafan13025
Jul 7, 2011 8:34 pm
... Very, very nice work there! And it's good to hear from you again! I don't undestand your problem with ST. I get my TLEs via my Favorites Page at Space...
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Worsel
bryancashion
Jul 7, 2011 8:48 pm
Brent: I've always used the gzip.exe that comes in the original Sat Track install. To what other version are you referring? Bryan ... --snip-- \ Another...
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jimmyjujames
Jul 7, 2011 9:55 pm
Hello Brent I don't understand your question about gzip? Are you referring to upgrading SatelliteTracker from v2.4.8 to v2.4.9? Setup.exe(v2.4.8) and...
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Björn Gimle
bg_26934
Jul 7, 2011 9:58 pm
There are files for all elsets each day the previous week - one is alldata_2011_187.zip For day 187 it has: 25544U 98067A 11186.98390209 0659 25544U 98067A...
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hellobozos
Jul 8, 2011 5:14 am
It was in a differant post couple weeks ago, I said replace gzip with i can't rember ,gdog or something, it was differant,an was in the file section, i could...
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hellobozos
Jul 8, 2011 5:18 am
I just use the red-dot star finder to get ahead of it, an when it zips in my camera's viewer i hit that direction on rate "7", but it is a dance,,,left,right...
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hellobozos
Jul 8, 2011 5:25 am
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/satellitetracker/message/6823 Was in that origianl post...
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jimmyjujames
Jul 8, 2011 6:21 am
Hello Bjorn There it is. I was confused before. I think I'm okay now. Thanks jimmy...
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John Mahony
jmmahony
Jul 8, 2011 8:12 am
The latest version of optictracker now has basic sat tracking like ST built into it, but then has the optictracker part on top of that- in other words, it...
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Darwin Teague
zappafan13025
Jul 8, 2011 1:55 pm
... The free version of Optic Tracker doesn't track the ISS , but it works like your method, only with the joystick and much more control. You might download...
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jimmyjujames
Jul 11, 2011 6:05 pm
I'm made some more calculations to show the importance of a good polar alignment when tracking with SatelliteTracker. For this example the ISS approaches from...
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leotaylor2
Jul 12, 2011 2:02 pm
... Hi Jimmy, This whole letter makes little sense to me. The ISS angular movement you specify is 120 degrees in 165 seconds or .7 degrees per second. Sidereal...
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John Mahony
jmmahony
Jul 12, 2011 4:53 pm
... The speed doesn't matter. If a mount is misaligned to the pole (and if the computerized alignment system is not advanced enough to compensate for that),...
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jimmyjujames
Jul 12, 2011 5:33 pm
Hello Leo It won't be the first time I am 180 out of sync. You may very well be correct and my logic may be wrong again. For Meade and Celestron: Even with a...
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John Mahony
jmmahony
Jul 12, 2011 6:25 pm
... A small correction: it's not quite that the goto corrects the drift. The drift happens because even mounts that use enough stars to compensate for polar ...
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autostaretx
Jul 13, 2011 2:25 pm
I think the effect is even simpler: Assume a misalignment that would cause a drift of a full degree across the width of the sky (star rising in east to setting...
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John Mahony
jmmahony
Jul 13, 2011 3:29 pm
... Than what? You clipped all previous messages, so it's not clear. But I went to the messages on the group site and the "message chain" at the bottom makes...
