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Originally Posted by LonelySpoon
Alex,
Good you are getting further along- painting always seems to imply getting near the end.
I replaced ALL my cables before I got satisfactory connection. I'm now running USB3 for everything. Some of the gear is rated USB3, the rest 2.
I even had to source a couple of USB3 gender changers. If there is anything below the level of the rest in the line it will seriously degrade transmission.
Also, reliable USB 3 hubs, powered, and reliable extension USB cables, also powered, were necessary.
I still find that the Celestron focuser drops out occasionally, and I've had to give the Synscan Pro software maximum times for connection.
Having said that, with the new gaming computer being totally USB 3, speeds are amazing. My planetary camera could only get up to around 40 fps before and now routinely tops 130 fps
Neville
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Hi Neville...I would like to think it is nearing completion but there is still room for one more pier... I am thinking that I need a back up if all four scopes should all go down at once
I can fall back to a fifth unit...mmm I still have my old eq6 and it is good mount...hmmmm.
Prior to my recent issues, (which were a blessing really because I was more worried about the cameras than the new lump in my neck, ) I had everything working very well..at least the first three scopes ...and had sessions where I was running them all via my Mobil phone...and I was really very very happy because it took some effort to make everything work...the cables are still a mess although much better then when I threw everything together.
My plan is to tidy everything with the help of blue tack and then make a list of what to buy in "best" quality cables before making things more permanent...I did buy two new power bricks 7.5 amp ..I now have 4 or 5 good bricks and many also rans... I am powering cameras via the Asiair plus so I have these additional bricks just in case I need to change power supply..I have some flexibility...
I am so happy my angle grinder machined fitting worked but still have not test run the new rig...yesterday I had a biopsy on this neck thing and today my assistant could not help so I got stuck into the rest of the painting...touch up mainly..so I will finish that tomorrow I feel and now that I am thinking better with the biopsy done I will test the new set up...and I am prepared for the worst..if the new camera is a dud I will just accept it ... I started to think of all the poor folk who lost everything in the floods so if I get stuck with a dud it's not the end of the world ..send it back wait months whatever..buy another it does not matter...
But what I really set out to say is the more I do the more it seems there is to do..like the lining was done but there are gaps and it is that finishing that takes time...its the little things...
Anyways I may have to go in for two weeks of radiation treatment but won't know much until next week...so that will be a good break..this time I will take the red car and do day trips to the coast and turn it into a holiday...
Alex