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Subject: [M]: Re: TheSky and LX200 won't Communicate Please HELP!!!
From: Aengus O'Fearghail
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Thu Apr 27 06:05:49 2000

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Ed Genord wrote

> I cannot get TheSky and LX200 to communicate...

Ed
I am a new user of Softwars Bisque's products and I am having my =
problems as well...
But TheSky and my LX200 do communicate...and did from the first moment I =
put the cable in..
I had been Running Meade's Epoch 2000...prior to that.

Ed my settings.......on Epoch 2000....communications setup were...Com 1 =
Parity Check (ticked)=20
Baud 9600 Flow Control None =
Stop Bits 1 Data Bits 8 Parity (None)

When I switched to TheSky....it worked....without me doing anything...

in the Telescope Menu.....Setup.....I have LX200 by Meade Instrument =
Corp. selected and have changed nothing in the checkboxes...

Then in 'settings'......from the setup box.....it shows COM 1 and a =
Baud rate of 9600.

I close the boxes and click the little green telescope and get control =
of the scope.

I am using a long telephone cable from the RS232 connector on the LX200 =
to a small telephone to 9 pin adaptor which fits into a male 9 pin port =
on the back of a Toshiba Laptop......(the phone cable is 4 core....we =
don't have 6 core over here in Ireland...but luckily enough the LX200 =
dosen't need the six pins (see page 86 LX200 Manual)

Ed.....I don't know if any of this helps......but it is what works for =
me....email me directly...if you want to work on it more....

Aengus O Fearghail
WEB http://homepage.eircom.net/~aengus5/aengusastro_home.htm


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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ed Genord&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&gt; I cannot get&nbsp;TheSky and LX200 =
to=20
communicate...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ed</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am a new user of Softwars Bisque's =
products and I=20
am having my problems as well...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>But TheSky and my LX200 do =
communicate...and did=20
from the first moment I put the cable in..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I had been Running Meade's Epoch =
2000...prior to=20
that.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ed my settings.......on Epoch=20
2000....communications setup were...Com 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Parity =
Check=20
(ticked) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Baud 9600&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Flow =
Control&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
None&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Stop Bits=20
1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Data=20
Bits&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Parity&nbsp;&nbsp; =

(None)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>When I switched to TheSky....it =
worked....without=20
me doing anything...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>in the Telescope Menu.....Setup.....I=20
have&nbsp;&nbsp; LX200 by Meade Instrument Corp.&nbsp; selected and have =
changed=20
nothing in the checkboxes...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Then in 'settings'......from the setup =
box.....it=20
shows COM 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and a Baud rate of 9600.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I close the boxes and click the little =
green=20
telescope and get&nbsp;control of the scope.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am using a long telephone cable from =
the RS232=20
connector on the LX200 to a small telephone to 9 pin adaptor which fits =
into a=20
male 9 pin port on the back of a Toshiba Laptop......(the phone cable is =
4=20
core....we don't have 6 core over here in Ireland...but luckily enough =
the LX200=20
dosen't need the six pins (see page 86 LX200 Manual)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ed.....I don't know if any of this =
helps......but=20
it is what works for me....email me directly...if you want to work on it =

more....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Aengus O Fearghail<BR>Email&nbsp;&nbsp; =
<A=20
A><BR>WEB=20
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href=3D"http://homepage.eircom.net/~aengus5/aengusastro_home.htm">http://=
homepage.eircom.net/~aengus5/aengusastro_home.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
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