[The_Cat (Jeremy)]

Hello all,

I am sure that someone here can "set me right".

The problem is that the the ASCOM platform does not connect to the COM3 port on my Win 8.1 laptop.

Last night I was trying to use AlignMaster to align my Az-Eq 6 mount and whenever I tried to connect to the telescope the response was that ASCOM cannot connect. I tried to force the ASCOM platform to find the COM port. initially it would display the right COM port (COM3) then after a while the program would then display COM16 sayng that no comports exist. i checked the COM port and it does control the mount via Stellarium so this port is working.

Please can anyone offer a solution to this ASCOM connection problem.

Many thanks in advance,

jerry.