Good, now that the Box and the Camera are connected. Lets tackle the next problem.

When you start Pictorview and then go to File, Setup, how many adapter numbers are in the pull down window on the SCSI Connection section of the setup window. I suspect that you have 0 and 1 there, that 0 is selected. Try selecting 1. [This is equivalent to Greg's suggestion to edit the ini file by hand]. Exit Pictorview, and then restart it. Are there any error messages during startup?

On startup, Win 98 will see the pictor as a new device and want to load drivers for it. There are no drivers needed, so just cancel. This is not a problem. In fact, I use that message box to confirm that the pictor can be seen by windows.


As for RS-232 connects. If you want to use the Pictorview software to control the electric focusser or to use the auto mosaic or the auto center features of Pictorview, you will need to have an RS-232 cable from the computer running pictorview to the RS-232 jack on the LX200.


Ralph Pass






Douglas Benn wrote:

> 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
>
> Douglas:
>
> First, I'd be doing all this testing in the daytime, no use
> wasting good observing time figuring these things out!
>
> Sounds like you have a cable problem. Connect up your original
> cable and see if you can get the control box to see the camera.
>
> After that is working and you get the double beep, THEN turn
> on the computer. Remember that you have to have the ASPI
> drivers from Adaptec installed to have the software see
> the camera.
>
> Good luck,
> Greg Pyros
> 10" LX-200 f/10; Pictor 1616XTE
> http://www.pyros.com/greg
> The 'Camera Heade Disconnected" message is not a good message to get. This means that:
>
> 1. The plugs at either end of the cable are not seated properly (this is the best option of these three).
>
> 2. There is a connector/wire problem with the cable
>
> 3. There is a bent pin in the cable
>
> 4. There is a connector problem in the camera head or the control box.
>
> I would try to unplug and replug both ends of the cable (with the power off). Power up the Pictor.
> Normally you will hear two beeps. If you hear two beeps and then a third, the head is still
> disconnected. The problem is then to get the Pictor control box to see the camera head. If you have
> someone close by with a 1616 or a 416 ask to try their cable.
>
> Keep me informed,
>
> Ralph
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:41:12 -0500
> > Subject: [M]: Pictor 416XTE
> >
> > Here is some additional information re my camera problem:
> >
> > 1. When I power up the control box there is a message "Camera head =
> > disconnected" followed by an "ABORT" message and finally it says "PICTOR =
> > Connected SCSI." I checked the high speed cable and it is connected at =
> > both ends. I have powered down and then back up the control box and the =
> > PC in the order suggested in the manual. However, when I run Pictor View =
> > it tells me there is "No SCSI device detected." From Win 98 control panel =
> >the sys

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