You are correct, I meant 6.43. When I look on the Meade web site there is no
mention of 6.44 as of yet. Where do I get a copy?

Thanks,
Blair


-----Original Message-----
Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [M]: Pictor 416 transmission retries


>Blair:
>
>I assume you mean 6.43. Try the 6.44 version. Until 6.44 I ran at 57.6Kb
>because the 115Kb would not reliably complete images (or large images).
The
>6.44 version allows me to run at 115Kb at will now.
>
>Ralph
>
>Blair MacDonald wrote:
>
>> Ralph:
>>
>> I am presently running version 4.3 which I downloaded last week. It still
>> has the same problem at high baud rates.
>>
>> Blair
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Date: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 8:49 AM
>> Subject: Re: [M]: Pictor 416 transmission retries
>>
>> >Please identify the version of the software you are using in such
messages!
>> >
>> >
>> >Meade has improved this part of the logic in the 6.4x series (several
>> times, in
>> >fact). However, there are still times when the serial interface is so
bad
>> that
>> >the software does give up on the image and aborts it. In this case
there
>> is no
>> >recovery of the image. In prior versions of Pictorview the 'give up'
logic
>> was
>> >'too aggressive'. It is now less agressive and more active in trying to
>> work
>> >around transmission problems. If you do not have 6.44, then try that and
>> provide
>> >feedback.
>> >
>> >
>> >Ralph Pass
>> >
>> >Blair MacDonald wrote:
>> >
>> >> Does anyone know of a way to recover the image after a transmission
>> packet
>> >> is not acknowledged by the PC. When this happens the camera retries
but
>> the
>> >> PC software is not smart enough (or more to the point the programmer)
to
>> >> accept the retry. At this point it seems that you have to reboot the
>> camera
>> >> loosing the image.
>> >>
>> >> Blair
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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