At 4:53 PM -0800 1/16/98, ken milburn wrote:
>Hi Louis,
>
>The clock in my LX200 is not very accurate over the long term either. I
>think most owners experience the same shortcoming to one degree or
>another. I have to live with being willing to reset the time when
>setting up as well.

Remember, though, that the accuracy of the clock isn't particularly
important if you use 2-star or polar alignment. The clock isn't even used
after you get aligned except for the planets; and they don't move very far
in a few minutes.

> Anybody out there know if it is possible to download the time
>via the RS232 port?

Yes, you just send it the appropriate command (":SL").

I found a little program "LX200 Time Sync V1.0.3" that does this. (This is
a Mac program. There doesn't seem to be a PC version. It seems to be an
early version of the commercial "Stars and Scopes"; see
http://www.southernstars.com/

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San Jose, CA USA not to fool yourself." -- Feynman

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