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Old 31-05-2011, 05:58 PM
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Strange, so far I haven't had probs with my dome rotation. I run RoboFocus and Maxdome II via a hub and two Belkin USB serial converters on a WinXP lappy. Been working for years with Automadome and TheSky (with sidereal tracking using a vbs script or CCDAutopilot).

I've just upgraded to a new Win7 64 bit lappy and it still works (after finding the right 64 bit driver for the Bellkins - that wasn't easy!). I'm touching wood of course because I haven't yet used the new system in anger but it all tests out and integrates in bench test mode.

Word of warning though - especially for laptop users. Power saving settings (for win7 at least) include selective switching off of USB ports (!!!). Dunno what the criteria are but worth disabling for sure!

Cheers, Marcus
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