Altair

This week, my Postie brought me an Astro engineering shield for my Coronado PST. Courtesy of Brian here and a Celestron DSLR camera mount for my SCT. 

I really would like the chance to test them out but the dreaded grey skies... hey ho!

Problem with SPC 900 & Win 7

I flashed an 880 to 900 on my XP laptop - no problems, thanks to Russ's tutorial. The camera was then tried on a friend's Win 7 laptop but it did not work. Downloaded spc900.00dw7_eng.exe from Morgans, ran it (no error reports) and connected the 900. The camera's light came on and there was the usual sound when things are plugged into USB port; however, Win 7 did not ask for the driver.

Windows reported “device working properly” but on opening capture software (Sharpcap), the camera was not listed , only the laptop's built in webcam. Over 2-3 hours we tried reinstalling software and anything we could think of - without success. We tested the ports with other devices and they were OK. If the 900 had inadvertently been plugged in before the correct drivers had been installed, would that prevent the 900 from working? Any help would be much appreciated.

If you havent resolved it yet - try disabling your laptop webcam first then start up sharpcap hopefully it will then find your 900

Spent hours already just looking back at previous postings and have many more to go. At least there'll be something to do when it's cloudy.

HeHe when isnt it cloudy?

I have only been a member for a few weeks and I have really learnt alot from all these great people here .. Ooooh and SPENT alot too ! I love the reviews reading so many peoples thoughts on equipment and the good humour that abounds here, You really are such a nice bunch of people - No wonder you have got so many lovely comments. OH and i downloaded the software Stellarium - great viewing - as someone else said on cloudy nights you can see what ur missing! and ONE OTHER THING being a female I dont feel an outsider!