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Originally Posted by netwolf
Chris, I concur the smarts to do the conversion maybe be in the Skyfi device. And I can very well understand that.
Bill if you are still around can you clarify this for us. Would Skysafari talk to any mount with an IP or is that module only for a Skyfi device IP?
Is there anything special about this Protocol or can it be updated by Skysafari to support other mounts which now come with there own Ethernet or WIFI built in.
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The SkyFi is just a "dumb" box that listens on a network port and sends the commands out the RS-232 on the other side. SkyFi doesn't know anything about specific mounts. That intelligence is all in SKySafari.
Yeah, in theory if the mount had it's own Wi-Fi then SkySafari could talk directly to it.
The Vixen StarBook uses an ethernet port for remote control. You can use that with SkySafari by setting up a router that is connected to the StarBook and then SkySafari sends commands by talking to the router. Just need to specify the router's IP address and port in SkySafari's scope setup. Here is a document that describes this.
http://www.southernstars.com/product...elessSetup.pdf
Bill