Kevin is right in his assessment of the situation with Pictorview versions 6.43 and
earlier.

The new 6.44 release (which should be available Monday or Tuesday, I will post here when
I see it available) allows for a ini file switch to change the autofocus from being done
with a Pictor Control box to LX200 connection to a computer to LX200 connection. This
means that using this option, you can have autofocus, autocenter, and automosaic without
swapping rs-232 lines. It does mean that if you connect serial to the Pictor that you
need a second serial connection to connect to the LX200. If you are using SCSI, then
you can use one serial port for all the 'auto' features.


Ralph Pass


> Gene:
>
> Here is what I've discovered so far. First of all the situation is different
> between a SCSI and Serial connection to the 416.
>
> Serial:
> I have gotten autofocus to work by connecting the LX200 to the LX200 port on
> the control box. From what I've read, I believe (but am not certain) that in
> order for autocenter and scope goto commands to work as well, you must have
> two serial ports
> - one connects with the 416 control box's rs232 port.
> - one connects directly to the LX200
> - connect LX200 port on control box to scope
> - you need a duplex RJ11 adapter to connect the pc and control box cables to
> the scope.
> Again, I understand the above to be the case, but I don't have dual serail
> ports on my laptop to test it out for sure. I have had toruble sharing the
> 416's LX200 port with anything else while in SCSI mode, some there may be an
> issue here. There is also a possibility to autofocus and calibrate directly
> from the control box.
>
> SCSI
> Again, I only have a single serial port, but this seems to be working:
> - for autofocus, connect the control box LX200 port directly to the LX200
> - for auto center and goto commands, disconnect the LX200 cable from the
> control hox and move it to the pc.
>
> Hopefully I haven't confused the situation more....its confusing enough
> already.
>
> Kevin

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