Update meade autostar
The screen should go back to the keyboard display, with the text window showing your usual start-up message ("Daylight Saving" in my case, with the mount GPS turned off). No need to enter any settings in iPhone.Ħ) Go to the "Connect" screen, and enter first time settings of IP: 192.168.0.3 and Port: 5000ħ) Press "Connect to Scope". **** in DCE position, see above ****Ģ) Plug the WiFi Adapter into the left RS232 port on the mount.ģ) Switch on the WiFi Adapter and connect to its WiFi signal with your iPhone. Open a browser and go to 192.168.0.3 which is the built-in config pages.Ĭhange the Transmit Timer (mS) box to 10 (default is 100)ġ) The WiFi Adapter should have the DCE/DTE switch in the DTE position. Install a virtual COM port on your PC with USR-VCOM utility. Set the slide switch on the adapter to DCE(F) So switch to DCE with stock #507 cable *****ĭ) An iPhone or iPad running iOS 6 or higher. **** I've since discovered that the DCE/DTE reverses TxD and RxD.
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Allows connection of the Meade AutoStar II handbox to a Windows PC, or to an iOS / Android device via the Stella Wi-Fi adapter. For Meade LX200 ACF, LX200 GPS, LX200 Classic, LX600 and LX850 telescopes. Or buy a #507 and a "Mini Null Modem Male to Male adapter" : Meade 507 Connector Cable Set & USB to RS232 Adapter Cable. This way you can make the cable shorter and mount the Adapter near the mount without cable loops. It designed to control your computerized telescope from a laptop or PC through the various planetarium programs, connects to the USB port of the. The DB9 gender needs changing - the #507 has a female DB9, but the RS232 Adapter is female too. Meade Autostar RJ9 USB PC interface cable allows you to connect the Meade 495/497 AutoStar or Meade AudioStar keyboard to the USB port of a PC or laptop using the Meade AutoStar Suite software. That's the one with a wide 6-pin RJ plug that fits the RS232 socket on the mount, not the #505 with narrower 4-pin plug that is used for updating the LX90/ETX type of Autostar: I used a 5V mini USB mains charger.Ĭ) Meade #507 data cable.
#Update meade autostar update#
You can also get packages of an uncased module plus antenna plus power supply for about £15 !!ĥ-27 Volt power source for the Adapter, either mini USB or bare ends. AutoStar Update: AutoStar Suite Version 5.5: The open architecture of the Meade Autostar permits the update of operating software, the loading of events such as comets, satellites, and minor planets, and allows you to share or clone this information with other Autostars.
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This company also sells them from the UK, just not at the moment I did this search ! The UK delivery was fast, and they sent me a PDF of the manual when I asked them to, so good service.Īppears to be the same as a USConverters WA232. You can use SkyFi (£245), or Meade Stella (£219), or something like this (£30) - Umm, difficult choice. The app is called ScopeBox and it's on half-price at the moment, £4.99 in the App Store.Ī) You will need a Wifi RS232 Adapter. You don't even need the Autostar II handbox to set up the mount. There's a complete WiFi replacement app for the Autostar II handbox available, running on an iPhone or iPad.