[chrissara]

Sorry to trouble you all again but I have just had a bad flash when updating my Autostar firmware on my Meade ETX125. In fact I question whether there was really a connection in the first place, but the screen is corrupted. I can fortunately safe boot into the Flash Mode on the autostar but for some reason there is a problem with the USB to serial adapter (I have purchased two - a Belkin and Targus). I have done some research on the web and this appears to be a problem i.e. some serial to usb adapters are more cheap PDA versions whereas proper one are required. As I don't yet have priviledges to post on the Buy,Sell etc forum, I was wondering if (a) anyone can recommend a usb/serial adapter that works (or at least for them) or (b) if they would sell me one or I pay for them to lend me one. My main urgency is that my son is nagging the hell out of me to get it fixed up. Can of course still use the telescope, but he likes the telescope turning etc to the planets etc. NB I have both a Mac and PC at home - none with a serial port but USB ports. Interestingly, I can't find anywhere that talks about how Mac users upload the firmware to the Autostar - it appears there are only PC programs that do this. If someone knows a program if they could let me know.