The Sailor

Brett, thank you. The machine I will be using will be an XP with a USB Serial attachment to a Celestron Advanced C6 SGT XLT. I have already downloaded the Ascoms for the Stellerium for the Vista so can work from there, thanks again.

Jim

Thanks for that Brett but I am being a dummy, which programmes do I need to download , sorry!!

Jim

I have not been able to get it working either so can someone please tell me where I can get this CDC . Have Googled it and got zilch .

Jim

Brett, thanks for that, have just found that that is the problem lol. I have setup all on SWMBO's puter and still nothing. Thanks for that link, have just bought it .

Jim

Hi all, yes have changed the Com ports, a few times , and I purchased the USB adapter locally, I believe theres no problem there. Just to chuck another problem into the melting pot I went out late last night and powered up inputting the info as normal and as I had done a Polar align earlier and had not moved anything I just asked it to slew to the moon, it went completly in the opposite direction!!! Turns out once I power down I lose all my home info, so am now trawling to get answers, will be back

Jim

Thanks lads, yes have a usb to serial and designated as Com 1, Stellarium setup on Com 1 as well. One thing that does happen in Stellarium, when I start it the telescope part starts auto, if I do anything like configure telescope it stops the connection and then I have to restart the programme again because the telescope refuses to start. I don't believe myself that the connection is true, by this I mean that I have started Stellarium and the telescope was shown as connected but the cable was not connected to the computer. I think my problem is the Com ports and I will have to go back to the drawing board .

Jim

I have asked SWMBO to leave her puter on and I will install Stellarium and the serial adapter on it and see what happens.

Thanks for that Rob, still no go, just don't understand it .

Jim

Okay, have upgraded the programme and followed the instructions and still zilch. The telescope window say it is connected but am not sure. I have used the simulation now and that works perfectly so nothing wrong with the programme. The Com Port is 2 and the settings are 9600,8,N,1,N, can anyone tell me what port settings they are using?

Jim

Peter, thank you. Did not realise that there was a new upgrade, will do as you say and tell you the results later, thanks again.

Jim

After many frustration hours I need to ask a question. I have plugged the cable into the handset, now what should be showing on the handset screen, at the moment it has "Advanced GT" should I be doing something else beside just switching on and setting up?

Jim

Well I have tried everything and still can't get the thing to work, have deleted everything, cleaned the registry and reinstalled just Stellarium 10.3. After reboot, started the scope up and then started Stellarium, still nothing, where am I going wrong lol.

Jim