Here is a photo of NCG7380 and Sharpless 142 aka the Wizard Nebula. 3 hours of LRGB taken on a nice night in September. I found this to be a tough object to process, lots of stars and a dim nebula.

I have been using the Icron Ranger/4 port Keyspan USB-Serial converter combination for several months now. It was sold to me by AP. This combination has been controlling my 1200GTO, Kendrick dew

Thanks Gerald, its good to know that alternatives exist and work. As AP recommend the Keyspan, it obviously has been successfully tested under some configurations. Tell me, does your keyspan work

The Icron Ranger and Startech 4port USB/serial converter work perfectly if that helps. Just don't buy the Keyspan/Tripplite device. I ran a Pyxis rotator and the Mach1GTO through the Startech to the

Apparently I came across too aggressive and I apologize for that, it wasn't intended. And I was responding to the thread, not to you specifically. Clear skies and chocolate! Christopher

Easy there, Chris. Nothing I said should have given you ANY perception I was doing a USB-Serial conversion. So to be clear, I'm Merrily using the same computer with 32 bit WIN7, serial connection

Just two. Third contact is the mating piece of the plate. Mag. 7 Skies! Howard Hedlund Astro-Physics, Inc. Phone: 815-282-1513 www.astro-physics.com<http://www.astro-physics.com/> Please include

Well, that sure would have been nice to know since all Windows based machines now come with Win7! I guess I could go back to Vista! :-) I didn't have crashes, just comm failures although i never used

I already tightened them but knowing better I didn't use much force-just enough to take out the slack. I can't remember if I went back and forth though. Are there just two screw to adjust? And

I was attempting to use the Tripplite USB/Serial converter as recommended by AP on their website. Wanting to be sure it would work I bought the device from AP based on that recommendation. No such

Hi guys, Sorry! I got a bit behind in my post reading. Anyway, you were correct to tighten up the set screws a bit. These screws each push on a hard little ball to take up the tiny bit of

I bought the USB to 4 port serial converter from AP and installed it into my obs. I would have random BSOD occurrences that would really mess up an imaging session. It got to a point where I could no

Having a serial-to-USB adapter on the inside versus the outside may make some consumers feel better but it would really be a disadvantage and disservice to the consumer. Whether they realize it or

USB appears to be simple to the user but is incredibly-complex to the developer. RS-232 is simple for developers, especially since it is built-into just about all microcontrollers. When the

I'd love to hear more peoples experience using the combination of the Icron Ranger and the Tripplite Keyspan (4 port in my case). I assume Geralds problems are the exception rather than the rule? I

It's not about serial-USB conversion, it's not the OS and it's not about the planetarium software. It's all about the adapter's driver software and the authors who did a fast job instead of a good

I agree that Ethernet/TCP/IP would be a good choice to eventually-replace RS-232 serial. Ethernet/TCP/IP is much more stable, extendable and reliable interface choice than is USB. USB has built-in

Your problem isn't with the conversion of serial to USB. Your problem is most likely with investing in box-store Chinese brand-X to perform the conversion. Christopher Erickson Consulting

Gerald, Thanks for posting your experience. I have exactly the same "squelch" thing with my 2011 Mach1 - you describe it well. I saw the screws, but didn't try tightening them up, for fear of

Thank you Sir! This was my first time lapse. I used a Meade 14" LX200R on a 1200GTO, camera was a Hutech Canon 5DII. I did a 2 hour meridian delay and picked up the comet on the east side,