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USB and LPI/DSI
David,
To be clear on this point:
The LPI/DSI work more reliably with computers equipped with a USB 2 hub; there is no variation in performance between individual USB ports on a given PC (except you must have the camera installed for the port).
I have heard this comment before I have also seens this behaviour attributed to the cable (must be capable of supplying the power) but it is of little consolation to me as my laptop has USB 1 and I will not be changing it any time soon. I suppose I could add a USB2 PCMCIA card (would fix speed but not power issues?) or connect a (powered) USB2 hub to my USB 1 port (would fix power but not speed) and get better reliability, anyone done that? It is very annoying when if freezes - especially as I bought this gear to guide with more than for imaging - this forces me to use GuideDog rather than ASSuite which does not seem to suffer the same issues. Looks to me like ASS is a VB app and thus has performance issues (poor multitasking/single thread design).
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