bruno Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Does anyone have the backyard eos program and a long USB cable if so does it work with it, my problem at the moment is that on my tablet i have dslr controller & a 10metre usb cable but it won't , but with my laptop it works with eos utilities so before i go spending any of my hard earned i was someone with backyard eos could let me know thanks for looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nephilim Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Depends what operating system your running, BYEOS only runs onWin XP, Win 7 & Vista.Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Milner Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Works fine in Windows 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nephilim Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Works fine in Windows 8 Shows how long its been since I last used it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kropster Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Is the 10m usb cable an 'active' one?5m is about the reliable limit for a passive cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 yes the usb is an active one & the system is 8.1 windows the cable works fine with the l/top & utilities but i'd rather have used dslr controller it's alot easier but i will buy backyard eos if i have too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CozyScaley Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Will BYE work on a 64 bit Win 7 OS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carina Lass Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I use APT - which is similar to BYE but free to download and try out. It can be used with PHD and Stellariul also - it also has live view so you can centre and focus.You can program the canon or other DSLR or CCD (most are covered) to do a run of x minutes x times etchttp://www.ideiki.com/astro/Download.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nephilim Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Will BYE work on a 64 bit Win 7 OS?Thats what I used it with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nephilim Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I use APT - which is similar to BYE but free to download and try out. It can be used with PHD and Stellariul also - it also has live view so you can centre and focus.You can program the canon or other DSLR or CCD (most are covered) to do a run of x minutes x times etchttp://www.ideiki.com/astro/Download.aspxYou get a free months trial with BYEOS aswel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirscovitch Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 BYEOS works fine on my laptop running windows 8 and I also use a 10 foot USB extension. Love BYEOS by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 My cable is activecable 10 metres long & it works on my win 8.1 with eos utilities ok on my laptop, it wont work with my DSLR controller on my tablet Im wondering the reason tit wont work is the cable is to long for the tablet, I also have a 1.5 metre cable that works ok on both tablet & laptop for the moment i can cope with utilities as im just a noobie at the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyM Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I'm not familiar with the electronics in tablets but possibly the USB socket on the tablet does not provide a 5V supply that would be needed to power the "active" bit of the USB lead?I can imagine that they might do this to avoid draining the tablet battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyroch Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Works fine in Windows 8 Yes, BackyardEOS runs on XP, Vista, W7, W8 (including 8.1).Guylain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyroch Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 BYEOS works fine on my laptop running windows 8 and I also use a 10 foot USB extension. Love BYEOS by the way!Thank you for the vote of confidence, I like it too Guylain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyroch Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Does anyone have the backyard eos program and a long USB cable if so does it work with it, my problem at the moment is that on my tablet i have dslr controller & a 10metre usb cable but it won't , but with my laptop it works with eos utilities so before i go spending any of my hard earned i was someone with backyard eos could let me know thanks for lookingIf it works with EOS Utility is will work with BackyardEOS. I use the same drivers to access the camera as EOS Utility does.Hope this helps,Guylain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I'm not familiar with the electronics in tablets but possibly the USB socket on the tablet does not provide a 5V supply that would be needed to power the "active" bit of the USB lead?I can imagine that they might do this to avoid draining the tablet battery.You can stick some sort USB accessory in the socket to see if it's powered, something like a light or fan.Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 Had a looksee on dslr controllers webpage & it says that it may causes freezes & other issuses, so looks like i'll be downloading byeos, whilst we are on the subject does anyone know what the difference is between byeos classic & premium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kropster Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 The microUSB sockets on Android tablets don't support devices, they are just for power.Maybe same with Windows tablets, though that seems too harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobby Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Some Android tablets , dependant on firmware can utilize otg USB cables. I can use DSLR dashboard with an otg USB cable to control my Nikon D7100 / D300.Google USB otg cable and your tablet modelhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B000EORX7U?pc_redir=1396792359&robot_redir=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyroch Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Had a looksee on dslr controllers webpage & it says that it may causes freezes & other issuses, so looks like i'll be downloading byeos, whilst we are on the subject does anyone know what the difference is between byeos classic & premium Go to the web site, click Products... then click [ compare edition ] at the bottom of the page Guylain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 thanks for that guy roch, & thanks for everyone who has replied all this for is to run my mount and camera from the backroom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted April 11, 2014 Author Share Posted April 11, 2014 downloaded byeos last night,but had a few issuses with the license number but sorted it now ( not byeos's fault mine )tried itr tonight when i came home from work works a treat with the 10 metre cable, just got to sort the long data cable now & weather permitting it's a go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black5f Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Some Android tablets , dependant on firmware can utilize otg USB cables. I can use DSLR dashboard with an otg USB cable to control my Nikon D7100 / D300.Google USB otg cable and your tablet modelhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B000EORX7U?pc_redir=1396792359&robot_redir=1Hi.There's also free Canon remote and something called DLSR Controller for Androids. Now, what I really want is a budding Android programmer to produce an app that records the live view feed onto my HTC? That would be extremel very useful.Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefrance Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Backyard EOS is telling me that EOS Utility is running, close and restart BYEOS. BUT IT AIN'T RUNNING!!!!. Cannot get past go!!!!!! - Windows 8.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.