Terri,

One question I did have. Is on the installation of APCC after I've already installed the V2 driver. It seems the V2
driver com port get updated to a virtual port, is this because the APCC program now gets the 'real port', e.g. from an
hardware RS232 connection, and then the the virtual ports are used to communicate between the V2, APCC, and
APCC to other programs and all communications back to the computer flow through APCC?

Yes, that is correct. APCC directly connects to the mount via serial port, USB, or a network. All "traffic" from the driver is routed back and forth through APCC's virtual ports. APCC by default will automatically reconfigure the AP V2 driver to use one of APCC's ports so you won't need to reconfigure the driver.

ASCOM clients will not be aware (nor do they need to be aware) of APCC so you can/should always use APCC. If you are using APCC Pro this allows pointing correction, and more importantly, tracking rate correction. ASCOM client applications like Cartes du Ciel won't even know APCC is being used.

-Ray Gralak
Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center): http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?products/accessories/software/apcc/apcc
Author of PEMPro V3: https://www.ccdware.com
Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: https://www.siriusimaging.com/apdriver

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From: main@ap-gto.groups.io [mailto:main@ap-gto.groups.io] On Behalf Of Terri Zittritsch
Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2020 7:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Notified!😍 #mach2gto #mach2gto

Hi Ray, I did find this.. and have read some of the setup information. It wasn't a poke, it was just me articulating
(maybe poorly) that I need to educate myself and figure out what I can make use of for a portable setup. But first I
need to get familiar with the rest of the mount.. and the V2 driver.

One question I did have. Is on the installation of APCC after I've already installed the V2 driver. It seems the V2
driver com port get updated to a virtual port, is this because the APCC program now gets the 'real port', e.g. from an
hardware RS232 connection, and then the the virtual ports are used to communicate between the V2, APCC, and
APCC to other programs and all communications back to the computer flow through APCC? Just trying to
understand what I'm doing when I install the APCC. And then once APCC is installed, does the V2 driver port
need to be changed if I start something like Cartes du Ciel and connect the telescope which will not use APCC?
If there is a better way to ask such things, please point me. Probably should create a new thread at a minimum..


Terri



Terri