I had the same problem as Douglas Benn describes and found it to be a cable from the camera to control box. Meade sent me one cable replacement and it acted exactly like the first. I came to the conclusion that it was the connector on the camera and was going to sent everything back to Meade. Meade sent my yet another cable and I expected it to fail also but it worked just fine. Don't know why Meade cables seem to be so sensitive but they apparently are.

They will probably send you a new cable if you call and talk to them but also realize that the camera connector - cable connector is a poor design in my opinion. It should be supported so no stress can be applied to this connection by the cables weight and then it will usually work OK. Others have suggested hooking the camera cable to the handle on the back of the scope to give it support and that seem to solve problems caused from stressing that connection.

Lots of luck

Cliff


>
> 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 system tells me the Adaptec 2940 card is working properly and there =
> are no system errors flagged for it. There are 3 yellow flags under the =
> Other Devices section and they are all labelled Meade Pictor 416. Win 98 =
> wants me to provide drivers for the device but I don't have any.
>
> I really don't have a clue what is going on.
>
> Douglas Benn

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