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Re: Firmware Upgrade Error in RFU: "Could not open serial port." Windows 10, 11 USB issues
Good Morning All: Windows 10 and 11 does not seam to support old USB ports out of the box.? I have experanced this with Win 10 and Win 11,? I would get a port error with Sky or SCU.? I found
By Tim Harris · #6723 ·
Re: Firmware Upgrade Error in RFU: "Could not open serial port."
Hello Jordan, I had the same problem as I wanted to update my SC today with the files Bill sent me. I just got it to work with a Windows 10 Notebook. My current Windows 11 Notebook did not work and
By Ulrich Zehndbauer <zehndbauer@...> · #6722 ·
Re: Bug found: Gen2 ServoCAT and ServoCAT-Sky file when upgrading to version 7
Hi Gary, I updated my Gen3 today to 70.C and ran in a problem that it is not possible to upload my scope parameters again. I do it as stated in the manual with ServoCat Sky and get a prompt that the
By Ulrich Zehndbauer <zehndbauer@...> · #6721 ·
Re: Plate solving with ServoCAT
Here are a few sample images with short exposure live stacks to see some examples
By Mike · #6720 ·
Re: Plate solving with ServoCAT
Hi David, 1. Using latest firmware (I believe 7G) 2. Yes and no. I have been working with George Helios on beta testing his new servocat driver (latest I think is 0.8 November 2022) but ran into
By Mike · #6719 ·
Re: Plate solving with ServoCAT
Mike would you please go into some more details on your imaging setup process?1) what servocat firmware are you using?2) are you using the new servocat ascom driver?3) assume you are doing standard
By david w pearson · #6718 ·
Re: Plate solving with ServoCAT
Mike, I have been using my servocat+argo Navis equipped 18¡± dob with Sharpcap pro, Cartes du Ciel and Skytools3 (or sometimes Astroplanner) for several years now for Electronic Assisted Astronomy
By Mike · #6717 ·
A tiny target--Eskimo
ServoCAT on my UC18 tracked well on this tiny target.
By Richard · #6716 ·
Plate solving with ServoCAT
A question for those who do astrophotography with their Dobsonian and ServoCAT. ?My setup is a 15¡± with ServoCAT. ?I have been using ¡°go to¡± followed by spiral search if my target is not in
By mm Bars · #6715 ·
Re: ServoCAT now shipping
Hi David. Prices are available on the website: www.servocat.com ( http://www.servocat.com ).
By Bill Conrad · #6714 ·
Re: ServoCAT now shipping
Bill, I'm glad to hear about this. Do you have a price list available?
By David Frizzell · #6713 ·
Re: ServoCAT now shipping
Congrats!!! That is an amazing accomplishment! Richard
By Richard · #6712 ·
ServoCAT now shipping
I am happy to announce that we have begun shipping ServoCATs. The first delivery shipped to DocTelescope in Italy. If you have never heard of, or seen, a DocTelescope product, check them out at
By Bill Conrad · #6711 ·
Re: Conversion to a Smart Telescope
Mickey, You are correct. Yes, the Argo Navis limitation is that you can¡¯t remotely slew the telescope until the 2-star alignment is completed AND the Argo Navis is placed into Planetarium mode.
By Richard · #6710 ·
Re: Conversion to a Smart Telescope
First Two things you need, SharpCap 4.1 which will take care of the plate solving and I use a laptop on a stand attached to my 22" starstructure dob. I use stellarium with in my case Nexus DSC (which
By Mickey Huffman · #6709 ·
Conversion to a Smart Telescope
Hi Servocat forum! I am asking for insight into the operation of Servocat, Argo-Navis and the new ASCOM driver. My goal is to make my 20¡± dob with Servocat/encoders/Argo-Navis able to operate like
By david w pearson · #6708 ·
Re: Nexus DSC and Argo Navis Encoders
Hello everybody, I would like to give you some updates about what I have done over the last couple of nights. First of all I have to say thank you to Serge because he gave me the very last version of
By Filippo Scopelliti · #6707 ·
Re: Nexus DSC and Argo Navis Encoders
Mike, thanks for your response to my inquiry.? It appears that you and I are in the same place. George, I am very pleased to read that you are moving forward with your ASCOM driver.? I collected our
By Paul Abel · #6706 ·
Re: Nexus DSC and Argo Navis Encoders
Hey all, I am looking forward to figuring out the last of the issues with the ascom driver. I am expecting to have some spare time over the holidays. Paul, let's chat. I want to make sure I correctly
By George Hilios · #6705 ·
Re: Nexus DSC and Argo Navis Encoders
I am very hopeful Richard. My limited information and speculation is from multiple sources over time. The one thing I am sure of today that concerns my rig is that Astro Devices is in the process of
By Mickey Huffman · #6704 ·