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Originally Posted by wmzaphod
That sounds fairly simple Ta....
That's awesome, home made I'm guessing  . Another question tho, how long can you go with the USB cable? - looks like yours would be 3 metres???
Cheers,
Peter |
I haven't needed to take my laptop outside at night up to now, I have a digital camera and an autoguider now , so I will have to too ,
or
.... get very long USB cables and leave the laptop on the tail gate of the Pajero when setting up at the park at Valentine , or in the garage on a old desk I have in there if the FW next door ever stops leaving is outside lights on all night and I get to restart viewing and imaging from the backyard (in which case I'll set up a permanet pier on to which I'll put the Atlux and 10" newt (when rebuilt).
I have a wireless mouse and keyboard that came with the HP desktop (that I don't use (I have my wired old mouse and keyboard connected so I don't waist money on batteries, the wireless mouse chewed up Duracells in no time flat .... a few weeks and I got sick of replacing them) that I could use in the field too, just need a keyboard cover to damp proof the key board., so I could maybe feed the long USB cable through one of Pajero's back window run the notebook on battery (I get about 3 hours with the 6600mAh batteries (I have two of these) and I still get about 40mins from the old 4400mAh batteries (about 4 years old now , have 4 of these).
So my note book power is OK , so long as I can get to a powerpoint next day to recharge).
Put the notebook ontop a milk crate in the back so I can see it's screen through the window and I can do everything without needing to open the back of the Pajero. (And the notebook stays dry !!!).
What's the longest USB type 2 cables get ? 5m would be plenty long enough for me I think.