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Old 06-10-2008, 05:00 PM
gary
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Originally Posted by Kevnool View Post
Gary are there any particular ascom or other drivers for the alt/az dob type to allow starry night 6.2 pro plus to interface with the Argo-Navis.

The Meade LX200 drivers seem to work but only as a fork mount but then doing that it positions itself as i,m in South Africa.

Its not really a big issue for me because if i keep playing with it i know i,ll crack it,eventally........cheers Kev.
Hi Kev,

Thanks for the post.

The same Meade LX 200 drivers should successfully work with the Alt/Az
mount. The reason is that most planetarium programs simply request the
RA/Dec co-ordinates from the attached telescope computer and these
co-ordinates are identical when pointing at the same place in the sky
irrespective of whether the mount type is Alt/Az or equatorial.

When testing the interface, are you performing a real alignment by pointing
to stars at night or a dummy alignment indoors during the day? This can
make all the difference.

Best regards

Gary Kopff
Wildcard Innovations Pty Lyd
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