I have found with my own 416 that the cable connection to the camera itself
is flaky at best. I use a rubber band around the cable and camera head to
insure a good connection. This arrangement seems to work fine. The connector
has very little retention force and will disconnect far to easily.

As for the RS232 connection I use 150 feet of cat 5 cable at 115 Kb with no
problem at all.

Blair


----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 1:17 AM
Subject: Re: [M]: FWD: Pictor 416


> Doug, I run about 35 feet at 115Kbs, with no problems. But from the box
> to the head, I had a intermittent cable, drove me nut for awhile. I sent
> a e-mail to Meade, and thought they forgot about me, then wa la, last
> week it came in next day UPS. There could be some contaminants in the
> plug at either end. i think the camera head was it. As I would slid the
> plug in and out a bunch of times, then she would work. But then I
> noticed the "L" end of the plug was swiveling, and it should not. Also I
> have noted in the past this will happen if you disconnect, then
> reconnect, it won't work, without repowering up the whole thing. Mike
>
>
>

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