Maxim and DSI problem

[MikeP]

For some reason, I could not get Maxim to connect to my DSI II Pro tonight. Last time out, a couple of weeks ago, I had no problems and I don't think I've changed anything since(I only use the laptop for imaging).

I have an Atik as Camera 1 and the Meade DSI I, II or III as Camera 2. I tried several times, including rebooting the laptop but Maxim would not connect to Camera 2. When I set Camera 2 to No Camera, it connected to the Atik (as Camera 1 still) and everything worked fine.

As an experiment, I started PHD and that was able to connect to the DSI and download images.

What was really strange, was when I set Camera 1 to DSI and Camera 2 to No Camera - Maxim connected but displayed the same data in the two information windows ie as though there were two DSI's connected.

Does anyone recognise this problem? I thought I'd ask here first - I'll go and have a look on the Maxim forum now.

Thanks.

Mike

PS No great loss tonight - clear for about an hour then cloudy

[MikeP]

Problem solved.

The Set Up tab for a DSI has a "Camera Id" attribute which has two allowable values "First" and "Second". Mine was set to "Second" - changing it to "First" allowed Maxim to connect. I don't recall setting it to anything at any time and since the DSI is "Camera 2" to Maxim, I didn't think to try changing it.

How it came to be set to "Second" is another matter - either it got changed somehow - certainly not by me, or it used to work with that setting. So still a mystery but at least it connects again now.

Next question - will it be clear tonight?

Mike

[steppenwolf]

Please you got that sorted - as for the sky, you have two 'hopes' and one of them is 'Bob' ......

[michaelmorris]

Personally I've always found the camera connection with Maxim downright flakey. Sometimes my Canon 1000D will connect first time, some times it takes several goes and at other times it won't connect at all. I have no idea why.