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ASCOM and mount control with USB/serial adapter problem
I seem to be having some problem getting Stellarium 10.2 with Stellariumscope to control my LXD75 with Ascom 5a and the appropriate Meade Autostar and Focuser driver. My laptop is hooked up to the Autostar 497 hand controller via the serial cable with a USB/serial adapter. With the port settings aligned in the driver and Windows (Vista) I get a message that there doesn't appear to be anything connected to the port when I try to connect the scope. If I unplug the adapter I get a port error message when I try to connect to the scope. Ascom 4.1 would lock up Stellarium scope if I tried to connect to the scope (hence Ascom 5a).
I don't think the problem is related to the USB adapter as I can control the mount with this serial cable/adapter/hand controller setup when using Autostar suite. I usually have Stellarium open during sessions and find autostar suite rather clunky so would prefer not to use it. I use PhD with a GPUSB adapter for guiding as well with no problems.
Are there any experienced users of the above bits and bobs that could guide me ('scuse the pun) in getting this going?
Keith
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