meade autostar 497

[mozzie (Peter)]

ive seen on the meade web sight that theres new versions to update asu version 5.6 then for the 497 controller version 5be2 theres a few points in the update for the lx90 is it worth doing or is there still going to be probs if i update sometimes updates cause more trouble any meade owners with some advise
mozzie

[AndrewJ]

Gday Mozzie

If you load ASU 5.6, it will automatically want to grab the new ASU 5.8
This ASU mainly covers support for new handboxes and scope types.
The 5BE2 firmware is only associated with the new 497EP handboxes
If you are running an old 497 ( with 43Eg etc ),
then you cannot ( must not ) load 5BE2 into it, as it WILL kill it and require a safeload to recover.
If you do have a 497EP, then you really should use 5BE2 as it fixes some rather nasty bugs in 59Ef.

Andrew

[mozzie (Peter)]

Originally Posted by AndrewJ

Gday Mozzie

If you load ASU 5.6, it will automatically want to grab the new ASU 5.8
This ASU mainly covers support for new handboxes and scope types.
The 5BE2 firmware is only associated with the new 497EP handboxes
If you are running an old 497 ( with 43Eg etc ),
then you cannot ( must not ) load 5BE2 into it, as it WILL kill it and require a safeload to recover.
If you do have a 497EP, then you really should use 5BE2 as it fixes some rather nasty bugs in 59Ef.

Andrew

thanks andrew yes im running 43eg so ill leave it all alone everything is working perfectly the work you done one the scope through bintel and the parking mode all works bloody perfect
mozzie