I too use the Bondhus 3710. I also ground the ball end off one for the times I did not want to use the ball. Bondhus are very good quality. I have actually twisted them [using a cheater bar] and

Thanks Joe, yes, I knew that, no worries, it's just the way I type/think, that's all. Whenever considering FTDI you must ensure you have the one with the FTDI chip, that's quite right. JUST the FTDI

In days past, many PC's came with a parallel port and a couple ofserial ports on a plug-in ISA bus card. And for a time an internal modemcard was pretty-popular. The original IBM PC BIOS had BIOS

In addition to Richard’s software recommendation, youmight also be interested in an “enhanced” version of the FTDI company’sprovided, free download of “USB VIEW” utility. However, a

I like it! However it's a pretty-geeky tool that might not pleaseeveryone. Christopher Erickson ConsultingEngineer Summit Kinetics Waikoloa, HI96738 www.summitkinetics.com

I'm running windows 7 and have used the following to remove old com ports but I don't think they were in use at the

Yes. ChristopherErickson Consulting Engineer Summit Kinetics Waikoloa, HI96738 www.summitkinetics.com

Chris, I suspect that Com1 & Com2 Main serial ports andCom3 & Com4 Auxiliary serial ports are a drag-over from the DOS days and theold IBM-8086 upto IBM-486 days, some four decades ago. The two

Hi All I have found a small utility that is helpful in managing the USB connections to my computers. It accesses, displays and controls all USB connections. You can see where you

Steve, Just to clarify ... FTDI is a USB processor CHIPmanufacturer – they do NOT make the actual end product devices - withterrific support for their customers (hardware developers), and in

"The Microsoft "in use" designations are a mostly incorrect, useless and a general PITA." I couldn't agree more. So if I know that a com port is not in fact being used, I can reassign a port number

Hi, I been using the 1100GTO mount tracking well in combination with theskyx for whole year, all of a sudden i target an object with theskyx and released that the tracking speed is too fast , the

The Microsoft "in use" designations are a mostly incorrect, uselessand a general PITA. If you know for a fact that no other serial ports are on the machine,you can ignore the "In Use" label. In

Awaiting my first ap mount. I've the rapas coming as well. Does the rapas have to be "aligned" with the mount or is it good to go from the factory? I plan to use the rapas And then use the

mostly visual, maybe short dslr.... Mike J. Shade: mshade@q.com Mike J. Shade Photography: mshadephotography.com In War: Resolution In Defeat: Defiance In Victory: Magnanimity In Peace:

For visual or astro-photography? A-P web site said for Mach1: "Recommended for: Astro-Physics and similar fast refractors up to our 160 mm f7.5 Starfire EDF, 8-11" SCTs and 6-8" Maks." Peter ---In

So sort of curious how well an AP 160 does on a Mach 1...Iknow not an "ideal" situation but workable? I think the OTA is 27#,the mount's capacity is 45#...looking at the portability factor primarily.

Temp driver links working fine Ray. Thanks. Wade

I think part of the problem I was having was that on the FTDI website there are multiple downloads and I wasn't sure which drivers to download. There are "VCP", "D2XX" and "D3XX" drivers, all of

it's probably obvious but - most versions of Windows have built in drivers for USB-serial which work out of the box with USB adapters, but they do not support the FTDI feature of remembering the com