Since PEMPro utilizes ASCOM, and I'm sure you use the ASCOM reference implementation, Mac users might be out of luck. The ASCOM maintainers over at http://ascom-standards.org/ have done a Bad Thing in

That's really great to hear! But the context of what I said was about the hear-and-now rather than what's down the road. However true the market share stats may be, this logic can be flipped around :)

Hey all, I've put down the %50 needed to secure a Mach1GTO from this spring's manufacturing run. Needless to say I'm excited. So now I'm looking at accessories, and on the list is a portable power sou

If the GTO control box code contains timezone maps to convert GMT/UTC to local time, then those would indeed need to be updated and a new firmware released. If his problem magically goes away on April

Having lived in Tiger Mosquito-infested (which is in turn West Nile Virus-infested) Baltimore, MD... the big thing to do with mosquitoes is to eliminate any areas of standing water - from bird baths t

I agree that the quality for the PAS is especially important for ease of use in a portable situation, but I hasten to add that the QC you propose seems fairly labor intensive. Unless an artificial tes

Here's a question about the GTO CP's focuser port... I know it's designed for the JMI microfocus, but I'd like some clarity on its capabilities vis a vis focuser control. It's not just there to provid

I should qualify this further - I know that an attached focuser could then be controlled via the keypad.. but how about from an external source over a serial connection (ie, ASCOM) ? /dale

That's what I thought - I just wanted to be clear on whether the focuser could also be controlled over the serial ports, not just the mount servos. ASCOM control of the focuser would be a nice feature

Alright then... would a setup such as the following be kosher? http://elektronkind.org/outbox/GTOwiring.png Thanks for the guidance, all /dale

Rick, please excuse my naiveté with AP mounts as I'm only now receiving my first one, so my question wasn't at all intended to touch a nerve and fluster those with years of experience. My reasoning wa

I got my first AP mount this week (huzzah!) and can confirm that the Keyspan UPR-112 "Mini Port Replicator"[1] works fine with the GTOCP3. Confirmed in both Mac and Windows. What I think is nice about

I don't see why it wouldn't work, protocol-wise. This mini port replicator is essentially a standard USB hub. The only sticking point would be the additional power draw. /dale

I came across a IOGEAR "USB PDA/Serial Adapter" (GUC232A) [1] for $30 at my local Microcenter last night, and was interested by its design. It's more "dongle-like" in that, as you can see from the pic

This one is has a Prolific. I believe the Keyspan units use this one as well. Can you name off some adaptors that have the FTDI chip? /dale

I think it's more of a usability/convenience thing - not having to look up site coordinates beforehand on a map service, possibly converting the coordinates if they're given in decimal, and then pecki

<snip> Thank you for speaking up on this, and I hope you would also forward these thoughts to McCain. Just yesterday, NPR's _All Things Considered_ did a small piece on this very subject, and they int

Most businesses with any real IT infrastructure moved to XP years ago for several reasons, chief among them for MS's Active Directory integration which is now common in MS-centric IT shops, especially

Believe it or not, the USB 2.0 spec defines all cable materials (sections 6.3-6.6) that are "in-spec", including cable jacket (PVC, which sucks at low temps) and even the compositions comprising the h

SSL websites are a bit misleading - SSL only guarantees that the network connection from your browser to the remote web server is encrypted, and even this is fallible as the server can gladly accept b