Hi Everyone
Added this to my original post (found here:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=145706 with background on my mount found here:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=122706), but the original title doesn't really cover my problem (although I am still interested in that one too!). So I decided to post a new one with a more appropriate title for the issue at hand.
Well after a long time stored in the shed, well actually external studio at old house and now garage at new house, my Schaefer Mount has been brought out of hibernation.
I had forgotten how much fun it was playing around with it, the mount I mean!
Anyways, pulled it out of the garage last week and set it up with the 120ED refractor. It looked so tiny on this mount, no need for any CW's!
I have been trying to get the Argo Navis, with my 20000 tic encoders, connected to the Orion StarSeek (i.e. SkyFi equivalent) and then to my iPad running SkySafari Plus.
I just can't get Skyfi and the Argo Navis to connect.
I have set both serial ports on the Argo Navis as BAUD 9600 and the Startup for Meade, I have also tried Sky Commander.
I have setup the SkySafari (older version SkySafri Plus 3.8.5) on iPad as:
- Scope Type: Tried Meade LX-200 Classic, Basic Encoder System & Sky Commander
- Mount Type: Tried EQ Push-To, Alt-Az Push-To on EQ as well as Alt-Az Push-To
- Auto-Detect SkyFi: OFF
- IP address: 10.0.0.1
- Port: 4030
- Set Time & Loc: OFF
- Readout Rate: 10 per second
- Save Log File: OFF
The iPad can connect to the Orion StarSeek/Skyfi box, but it states that it is not connected with the scope (i.e. Argo Navis) itself.
Is anybody else running this, or a similar setup? Any ideas?
Just another note, I have attempted connecting via SkySafari both before and after a star alignment with Argo Navis.
I am also thinking about connecting through Stellarium to Argo Navis, is anybody operating that kind of setup?
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
P.S. Still haven't figured out the original Losmandy DDS idea.