Joe, this is very helpful - thanks for explaining. Of my two set-ups, the AP900GTO with the STL11000 (using internal FW and RGH) is a no brainer. There isn't a USB 2.0 device in the mix. All 1.1 and s

Joe, that is cool - I will look into this. Thanks! Stuart

That would be interesting for sure. I don't know that I have enough hubs that aren't busy already to try it but I'm going to have to take a closer look at what I've got and see if some testing can be

Tom, almost for sure your autoguider cable is the wrong cable. You need one where the opposite end of the cable is flipped over. What is happening is power is going to the East button instead of where

Oops. Hmmm. If it will guide correctly sometimes, I retract my idea. Stuart

Any chance the time zone offset has the wrong sign? Stuart

Dave, I believe you must always initialize on a star East of the meridian. Could that be it? Stuart

Fingers crossed Dave! Stuart

Steve, I think it looks great! I tried unfocusing my eyes to see if I could get the two images to merge and be 3-D but alas now all I have is eye-strain. LOL! Stuart

Richard, yes, thanks! I knew that but I fell into the trap of thinking, from the presentation, that this was one of those images where some of the brighter stars had been moved artificially to create

You can guide on the comet nucleus if you're using a guidescope (won't work of course if you're using a OAG or an SBIG camera with two chips in it). Stuart

Probably the CW shaft rose slightly above horizontal during initialization and the mount has gotten confused. Use a different park position or a custom one with the CW shaft measurably below level. St

Mike et al - another thought is that the Timezone offset may have the wrong sign. This happened to me (different software) and it was crazy-making. Everything looked right except for the absent tiny l

There are many adapters that will convert to USB 3.0 to/from Ethernet. Check ebay. They're cheap too. Probably the good ones are not "as" cheap. ;-) Stuart

I think those buttons should work but you would need your camera attached and talking to the mount. Not positive but you might have to be using relays and have a cable running from the camera to the g

I used CCDSoft5 for years with my AP900GTO CP2. You can guide old-school with a guider cable and use relays. Despite the concerns voiced about Pulseguide, it works fine with the CP2 box and the ASCOM

Bob, you ARE using relays. By attaching that cable, that is the means by which you are guiding. If you go into the ASCOM driver, you will see an option for guiding w Pulseguide in stead of relays. If

Beautiful shot Steve! Stuart

I'll admit that I'm now also confused. I have my computer talking to the mount for control via TSX and the ASCOM driver. Will it load over that connection? Or am I to use the spare Serial port on the

Brilliant! Thanks Rolando! Stuart