Stellarium settings help!

[madmikefalkirk]

Hello, wife got me a bresser messier mcx 102 telescope, 

Got stellarium installed, but trying to get settings right, 

Com port 3 for serial (confirmed on hardware monitor)

But what telescope control type? I have tried them all and makes no difference, they connect and noatter what I do the telescope does not react. Googled the life out of it, I can see how to connect other mounts.... So I know what steps... Just don't know what settings I should use!

[Cornelius Varley]

9 minutes ago, madmikefalkirk said:

Hello, wife got me a bresser messier mcx 102 telescope, 

Got stellarium installed, but trying to get settings right, 

Com port 3 for serial (confirmed on hardware monitor)

But what telescope control type? I have tried them all and makes no difference, they connect and noatter what I do the telescope does not react. Googled the life out of it, I can see how to connect other mounts.... So I know what steps... Just don't know what settings I should use!

The manual suggests that this cannot be done at this time. 

6659725e37bcd4694bed41dfa63f9dc2.pdf (bresser.de)

[inFINNity Deck]

Hi Mike,

For what I understand an ASCOM driver is available for that scope.

https://www.bresser.de/en/Astronomy/BRESSER-Computer-Cable-for-Remote-Control-of-MCX-Goto-Telescopes-and-EXOS-II-EQ-Goto-Mounts.html

Stellarium should be able to control any ASCOM scope.

Nicolàs

Edited January 3, 2021 by inFINNity Deck

[madmikefalkirk]

On 03/01/2021 at 16:49, Cornelius Varley said:

The manual suggests that this cannot be done at this time. 

6659725e37bcd4694bed41dfa63f9dc2.pdf (bresser.de)

weird... 
it comes with stellarium on a disk... includes a connection cable and a serial adaptor.... 

[Cornelius Varley]

1 minute ago, madmikefalkirk said:

weird... 
it comes with stellarium on a disk... includes a connection cable and a serial adaptor.... 

The manual probably needs updating.

[madmikefalkirk]

On 03/01/2021 at 17:33, inFINNity Deck said:

Hi Mike,

For what I understand an ASCOM driver is available for that scope.

https://www.bresser.de/en/Astronomy/BRESSER-Computer-Cable-for-Remote-Control-of-MCX-Goto-Telescopes-and-EXOS-II-EQ-Goto-Mounts.html

Stellarium should be able to control any ASCOM scope.

Nicolàs

i believe i figured it out, the cable they sent had a dodgy connection.....

[madmikefalkirk]

ok, i do have the ascom thing installed, and diagnostics seem fine, but still wont control the telescope...... im missing 'something'.......

[bottletopburly]

This may help 

 

[inFINNity Deck]

Hi Mike,

from the ASCOM-Help mail-list I understood that last night you "...downloaded a Fresh one [ASCOM driver], and boom... Telescope does telescope things."

So may we presume that al is fine now?

Nicolàs