From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>
Date: March 30, 2006 3:53:44 PM MST
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] LXD75 mount and guiding
Hi Dale;
Okay great.
Astro IIDC 2.04 always grabs the first serial port it finds - which is pretty dumb in retrospect. The RA control should be fairly good, but the Dec support isn't great.
In version 3.0 of Astro IIDC, it allows you to select which serial port to you want to use. Also the guiding code has been completely re-written and works a lot better, including being able to specify pixel tracking accuracy (0.1 to 10 pixels) and dec direction (None, Up only, Down only, Both) control etc.
And Astro IIDC 3 is about 6 to 8 weeks away from being released - depending on any major bug issues.
HTH..
Milton J. Aupperle
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ASC - Aupperle Services and Contracting
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On 30-Mar-06, at 3:42 PM, Dale J Martin wrote:
Hi Milton,
Okay I got it to work by removing all the serial ports other than the one going directly to the AutoStar......
Dale