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However I can not have Autostar move the scope with Autostar while I am using the Netsope portion of the program. I can also use the DSI II Pro at the same time. I can connect my scope to my laptop and control it. I am now able to use Autostar Suite and envisage. Hi all ok it is way to early for me but I will try to make this sound some what intelligent. (some details on my web site Best regards, John In addition to controlling my telescope driven by my Asus netbook from inside my study, I am working with a second grader in another state over the internet to get some star fields just above Sagattarius to capture Pluto later this summer. Now for the remote control issue for those wanting to use multiple computers wirelessly in the same house or over the internet to run Autosuite and Envisage together: Radmin 3.4 Remote Control Software which has a free 30 day trial, but you will eventually buy it for $50. Autosuite, remote handbox, and Envisage then connect to COM4 nicely. I connect my telescope to COM3 and made a COM4 virtual port that hooks to COM3.
#Meade autostar controller ports install
The developers for Meade apparently were not thinking about future compatibility issues.įirst go to and get their free forever serial port emulator, install it, make a virtual splitter device which can take multiple application pipe data and make these multiple applications play nicely together. The port and network protocols have not changed in the last 10 years.
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You will see a lot of forum users talking about combinations of OS/adapters that work for them. God could only guess which computers and operating systems would work for Net Scope.
#Meade autostar controller ports drivers
It appears that when Autosuite and Envisage are using internal port drivers that want exclusive control of the port and they will not share with each other. Tried about 15 combinations as suggested here and in the Yahoo forum to no avail.
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We all paid too much money for this software not to be transparent and plug and play. Both serial adapters I tried seemed to work in Autosuite alone or Envisage alone, the driver version did not seem to matter.Īs configured the Autosuite and Envisage would not connect together and the Meade Net Scope would not play with Windows 7 Starter. A fdti usb serial converter was used to connect via the Mead rs232/rj14 adapter then connected to the left rs232 port on the telescope. I have a Meade LX200GPS running version 4.2g with a DSI III imager on an Asus 1001h netbook with Windows 7 Starter. This solution solves com port issues in concert with remote control over the internet.