I was introduced to this jewel of a program this past Sat night. Two q's if I may: 1) I don't know if the demo I saw had the "Real Time" module loaded or not....
I can't get SkyTools2 to see my new Tak EM200 Temma mount. The mount uses an RS-232 which I didn't have on my laptop, so I had to buy a port replicator. The...
Hi Chuck You need the Temma driver available here http://ascom-standards.org/downloads.html . Scroll down the page and look for "Updated Takahashi Temma...
Hi all, I've uploaded a patch for Planet Vistas to version 1.00.01. This fixes the following issues: (1) The drive and directory for Windows was accidentally...
Greetings: "I'm a bit disappointed in that I've had very little feedback about this program." Haven't had a chance to fire it up yet! Anybody able to run it on...
Awesome program Greg! I had the same Win2K problem others had. I've messed around with some of the different modes, and the graphics are beautiful. Keep it...
Hi Greg, I don't post to often because most of my problems with software is that I don't read the instructions;-) That being said, I have to tell you that of...
Hi Greg, Yes, the patch worked great! I also downloaded the latest version and installed it on my laptop. That worked great too. One request, have the...
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Do you need Admin rights to load this? I'd love to load it at work. Mark...
Hi Greg, Here's a bit of feedback for you... (hey, you asked for it! :) ) 1) I can't wait until ST3 just for this functionality to be built in! 2) It would be...
I was curious whether the sun image was correct, checked it against http://www.spaceweather.com/images2005/02nov05/midi512_blank.gif, and they were identical. ...
... asked ... Snip ... Yeah, I know what you mean. My desktop is cluttered with icons. Here is a solution. Download DeskSweeper. Its freeware. Once you...
I love this! Just fantastic. Some comments: 1. I would like to see the "auto scale" feature that would show the planet and all it's satellites as well. 2....
Greg, Although I'd love to see the below capability, another thought would be to allow each of the planet scales to be set individually. That way I could see...
Hi Len, ... So far I haven't had any success in reproducing this one. I suspect there may be some element of the problem that I'm missing. If you can think...
Hi Steve, ... Yeah, that's been top request. I guess I'll have to do it! Thanks, Greg -- Greg Crinklaw Astronomical Software Developer Cloudcroft, New Mexico,...
Hi, ... If not connected to the internet the program tries to connect every 20 minutes. Once a connection has been established the image on the web is checked...
Hi Mark, ... I'm thinking on it. ... Drag the shortcut out from the Start --> Programs --> Startup menu out to your desktop. The patched version is supposed...
My thanks in general to everyone who made suggestions. I do have one burning question: which operating systems is PV currently working on? I know it works on...
... That's all I can think of - Unfortunately, I was busy observing and many other things (typical star party), so I guess I need to dedicate some time to...
... I don't see a problem here. The time you entered is in fact the one used and that time and date are clearly displayed in the date/time hypertext on the...
Hi all, Just some feedback and questions re Planet Vista. First off, love the graphics/pictures. They are truly great. Can't wait for ST3. I enjoy using Planet...