DSI arrives!!!! - Page 3

mill (Martin) · #41 10-09-2007, 11:12 PM

Version 4 of meade autostar suite -->>http://www.meade.com/autostar/update/
That is all you need Ken, you do not need miro$oft net 2 or higher.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #42 10-09-2007, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by mill

Version 4 of meade autostar suite -->>http://www.meade.com/autostar/update/
That is all you need Ken, you do not need miro$oft net 2 or higher.

Thanks Mill, and everyone else that has tried to help

When Cheryl gets off the lappy I'll give it all a try.

Because I gave up on it, she took over the lappy for the night and is talking to her overseas friends

Ric · #43 10-09-2007, 11:29 PM

Sorry Ken, It was version 4 of autostarsuite. Mill has a link to the Meade site in post #31.

The Microsoft.net download can be obtained from here. I not fully sure of what it does but it's a type of communication package to help software talk to each other better.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Cheers

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #44 10-09-2007, 11:30 PM

Oh, by the way, when I download the update version 4, will it automatically upgrade the already installed program or do I have to do things. If I do, that's where I get lost

As I said, I know nothing about computers.
Darren always has to fix up all my mistakes when he visits

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #45 10-09-2007, 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ric

The Microsoft.net download can be obtained from here. I not fully sure of what it does but it's a type of communication package to help software talk to each other better.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Cheers

I better not click on that one Ric. I'm not connected to Microsoft

Ric · #46 10-09-2007, 11:37 PM

Hi Ken, Autostar will download as a 5mb zip file just open it and double-click on the exe file and it will self load.

Cheers

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #47 10-09-2007, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Ric

5mb zip file just open it and double-click on the exe file

'5mb zip file', 'exe file', Whatever they are. They sound like diseases

I'll try it and see what happens

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #48 11-09-2007, 02:12 PM

OK, updated the Program to Version 5.2.

It is finally working, but the camera isn't. Either is the screen res.

I changed over to split screens but the highest res it allows for an external monitor is still 800x600.

And the camera will not operate in the USB2 card. I managed to load it and get it working in the USB1 slot in the back, but it only took 2 frames then stopped working and a window popped up and said 'Insert device into USB2 port'.

I cannot get it to load or operate in any of the 3 USB2 ports. The icon down the bottom of screen says it's connected, but the program says it's not

ving (David) · #49 11-09-2007, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

Oh well, I will go back to trying to get my mount to talk with Cartes du Ciel.

my heq5 runs off cartes quite well, and more accurate than snyscan by its self no less

you should be fine with that ken.

congrats on getting your dsi

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #50 11-09-2007, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ving

my heq5 runs off cartes quite well, and more accurate than snyscan by its self no less

you should be fine with that ken.

congrats on getting your dsi

Nope, even Darren the computer Guru couldn't get Cartes and my mount to talk to each other!!!

Thanks about the DSI. If I can get it to work

ving (David) · #51 11-09-2007, 03:00 PM

are you calling the mount a celestron when you are connecting it to cartes ken? i cant remeber my exact settings but i'll have a look tonight and post here tomorrow if it helps...

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #52 11-09-2007, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ving

are you calling the mount a celestron when you are connecting it to cartes ken? i cant remeber my exact settings but i'll have a look tonight and post here tomorrow if it helps...

Yep, all done correctly. We think it may be the cable. But that is the least of my worries. I can live without PC control of GoTo. I can't survive without getting the DSI working though.

ving (David) · #53 11-09-2007, 03:14 PM

yeah the cable needs to be wired correctly... i have 3 cables at home that done work cause the wires are around teh wrong way.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #54 11-09-2007, 03:23 PM

As for the DSI camera, I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times and rebooted the lappy many many times. I have installed the DSI through the supplied Meade disk, through the 'Add Hardware', through the 'Camera' section in Control Panel. I am totally out of ideas as none of them will allow the DSI to work in the program.

When I double click on the device icon down the bottom right of screen (where all the little icons are) a window opens and tells me what devices are in there. I click on the DSI and it tells me it is working fine

Then why can't the Invisage program find it???

ving (David) · #55 11-09-2007, 03:56 PM

i had problems with my lpi too. maybe its a meade thing. can you run teh camera thru any other program (like k3ccd)?

ving (David) · #56 11-09-2007, 04:05 PM

ok i have read more of the thread now

should have read page 2 before posting

try this:
1. dont install everything on teh disk, just the drivers for the camera. (uninstall everything else if you can)
2. run the camera thru a different program like k3ccd (is dsi compatible) there is a trail version avaliable for use and it is quite cheap to buy should youi want to keep using it
link: http://www.pk3.org/Astro/index.htm?k3ccdtools.htm

[1ponders] (Paul) · #57 11-09-2007, 04:48 PM

Ken, do you have an external powered USB hub? One of the continual problems I had with the DSI was insufficient power to the camera. Hooked it up to a powered hub and away it went. The camera can also be very "fussy" when it comes to the quality of the cable, though the meade ones "should" be good.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #58 11-09-2007, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ving

ok i have read more of the thread now

should have read page 2 before posting

try this:
1. dont install everything on teh disk, just the drivers for the camera. (uninstall everything else if you can)
2. run the camera thru a different program like k3ccd (is dsi compatible) there is a trail version avaliable for use and it is quite cheap to buy should youi want to keep using it
link: http://www.pk3.org/Astro/index.htm?k3ccdtools.htm

I have tried the trial of K3CCDtools and I absolutely hate it. Sorry, but I find it an atrocious program for me.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #59 11-09-2007, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by [1ponders]

Ken, do you have an external powered USB hub? One of the continual problems I had with the DSI was insufficient power to the camera. Hooked it up to a powered hub and away it went. The camera can also be very "fussy" when it comes to the quality of the cable, though the meade ones "should" be good.

No Paul, no powered hub, no unpowered hub. Nothing. Just the PCMCIA card.

ving (David) · #60 11-09-2007, 04:52 PM

that might be the case ken, but did it work?