Douglas:

OK, so we have part one working, the box sees the camera. Now let's work
on part two.

There is certainly no problem in the computer seeing the SCSI card, but for
the program to see the camera itself, it only talks ASPI directly to it,
there are no 'drivers'. I'm running Windows 2000, but the concepts are similar.

First, I'd suggest not having anything else running until you can get this
all working. Also, as a test, did you ever try to connect it up serial?
At this will make sure everything is working properly just in case it is
the camera and not the interface, but I doubt it.

You will always get an "unknown device error" on bootup, since the OS will
see the camera and doesn't know that it doesn't need a driver. I was told
that you could install a twain scanner driver to avoid this message, but
sometimes it is nice to know that everything is attached and powered up.

Now, the other thing that Pictor is picky about are the SCSI Adapter number,
especially since it sometimes thinks that an IDE CD-ROM counts as the first
SCSI device. Go into your Pictor.ini file in your main Windows directory
and see what the adapter number is. The line will look like this:

[SCSI Settings]
SCSI_ADAPTER_NUMBER=2

Try 1, 2 & even 3 to see if any of them work.

Greg Pyros



> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 5:54 PM
> Subject: Re: RE: [M]: Pictor 416XTE
>
>
> Dear Greg and Ralph,
>
> Thank you for your replies.
>
> As suggested I have now used the original Meade high speed cable to connect camera and control box. This has cured the
> controller problem as I get 2 beeps and straight away I get the camera menu and no warnings. Thank you for this, I
> obviously need to get my long cable remade.
>
> However, when I run PictorView I still get a SCSI Device ERROR warning and it fails to connect the camera. As suggested I
> downloaded from ADAPTEC their ASPI SCSI drivers and they are in use by Win 98 as checked by the Control Panel. But I have
> not had any problems with Win98 seeing the SCSI card, it is PictorView that complains. I still get an Other Device
> warning in the Device Manager listed as "MEADE Pictor 416" and when I boot up the system asks for Pictor drivers. I
> placed both Pictor floppy disks in the drive but the op system could not find any relevant drivers.
>
> I checked that the SCSI card has ID # 4 set in the PictorView default settings and also in the bios for the card. I have
> left the adapter# set to zero in the default settings as I do not know what this should be.
>
> One last question. I am using digital dome works which is the dome controller for a home dome. It uses an RS232 interface
> from my computer to a control computer in the dome and then plugs into the RS232 port on the base of my Lx200. I also
> have TheSky for controlling my scope via another RS232 port. Do I need another RS232 port available for PictorView and if
> so what do I plug it into as the pictor manual says it should go to the LX200 232 port but that is already in use?
>
> "Curiouser and curiouser..." said Alice in Wonderland, which where I think I have ended up.
>
> Best wishes and thanks.
>
> Douglas
>
>

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