Hi Rodstar.
You can use the LPI with any telescope for imaging, for autoguiding using Autosuite with non-meade telescopes I'm not so sure, though it is supposedly compatible with other meade scopes that can be converted to goto. The Autostar suite's planetarium program takes a bit of getting used to but its accurate and you can easily get information updates regarding comets and asteroids etc.
The LPI comes as part of the Autosuite package. It is basically a webcam supplied by meade that has the capability to take longer exposures than most webcams. This allows an LPI user to try their hand at some of the brighter DSOs. I haven't played with mine much but i think you can get about 15 sec exposures out of it. Rumples Riot is the resident expert on LPI, and I think he might be switching to a ToUcam
Its image capture using Autostar is different to using a normal webcam. It automatically processes the still image as it captures vidio continually trying to improve the image as it goes. But you can use it just as a webcam if you have a vidio/avi capture program.
IMHO if you just want to do planetary imaging then get a ToUcam. There was a good review done at CN on the comparison between the LPI and the ToUcam
http://www.cloudynights.com/lab/astr.../meadelpi2.pdf If you want to do DSOs the maybe an alternative is the meade DSI though reports are mixed about it. (Again chat to Rumples or see his review
in this post
http://www.iceinspace.com/forum/show...=&threadid=536
Or have I missed the boat and your only asking about the Autosuite program itself?