"Re: [M]: Problems with controlling the LX200 with ACP" in the Meade Astronomy Archive

Subject: Re: [M]: Problems with controlling the LX200 with ACP
From: Jan Barker
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Mon Apr 30 01:36:32 2001

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David
Perhaps if you pose the question to Bob Denny at DC3dreams, as he wrote
the program. I have been using the program for almost 3 years now,
without the slightest of problems. I have been extremely satisfied with
it.

David C Brune wrote:

> I have a 10" LX200 and, after seeing all the high praises on MAPUG for
> ACP, downloaded the eval copy. Last night I connected the telescope
> and my laptop together, using the Meade cable which I purchased when I
> bought the scope. I powered up the scope then the laptop. In the
> first session, I 2-star aligned the scope using the keypad, then
> started ACP. Whenever I had ACP slew to an object though, even one of
> the alignment stars I had originally aligned on, ACP would slew the
> scope way off. The next session, after powering down, and bringing
> back up everything, I used ACP's alignment wizard. After aligning on
> the same two stars as I had aligned originally with the keypad, when I
> would have ACP slew to something, again, it was way off. I finally got
> disgusted and just shutdown ACP and said the hell with it, then just
> aligned the scope with the had controller. After that, whenever I
> would slew to something it was dead on everytime. My question is what
> am I doing wrong? Is there something wrong with my scope? Am I doing
> something in the incorrect order? I used my handheld GPS to enter
> time and LAT/LONG data into both ACP and the scope, so I do not
> believe that is the problem. Any help or advice anyone can offer would
> be most appreciated. Thanks! DavidSt. Louis, MOLX200 10"

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David
 Perhaps if you pose the question to Bob Denny at DC3dreams, as he wrote
the program. I have been using the program for almost 3 years now, without
the slightest of problems. I have been extremely satisfied with it.
  
David C Brune wrote:
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I
have a 10" LX200 and, after seeing all the high praises on MAPUG for ACP,
downloaded the eval copy.  Last night I connected the telescope and
my laptop together, using the Meade cable which I purchased when I bought
the scope.  I powered up the scope then the laptop. In
the first session, I 2-star aligned the scope using the keypad, then started
ACP.  Whenever I had ACP slew to an object though, even one of the
alignment stars I had originally aligned on, ACP would slew the scope way
off. The next session,
after powering down, and bringing back up everything, I used ACP's alignment
wizard.  After aligning on the same two stars as I had aligned originally
with the keypad, when I would have ACP slew to something, again, it was
way off. I finally
got disgusted and just shutdown ACP and said the hell with it, then just
aligned the scope with the had controller.  After that, whenever I
would slew to something it was dead on everytime. My
question is what am I doing wrong?  Is there something wrong with
my scope?  Am I doing something in the incorrect order?  I used
my handheld GPS to enter time and LAT/LONG data into both ACP and the scope,
so I do not believe that is the problem. Any
help or advice anyone can offer would be most appreciated. Thanks! DavidSt.
Louis, MOLX200 10" </blockquote>

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