The orion works fine in MaximDL Dave, no worries at all. Alex I tend to do the same but also flick over to ALP4Win as well. Funny how no one program will do it all
. I run everything, focuser, scope, camera, filterwheel, guide camera through Maxim and have been using it in conjunction with CCD inspector, Pem pro, focus max etc for yonks. Still have to build an observatory before I bother with maxpoint (have a copy of that as well
). Dave you will need starry night to bind with Maxim which adds more fun to try getting it all going but there is also a small planetarium program withing Maxim 5 as well if you want to keep it simple.
Mark