I hope some one can help me. I am having problems connecting my laptop to my LXD 75 mount using network protocol. I am attempting to image using a DSI as the main imager and the LPI as the autoguiding imager. I can connect using commport protocol and can control the scope via laptop using the Autostar starmap. I have checked the device manager and the USB adapter is set to open port Com8. Comm setup is also set to Com8. When I start network server I set Scope Port to 8, Dome to 2, Network Port to 5401, check listen, and immediatly I get an error message: Runtime Error 10048 address in use. In Device Manager com port 8 and beyond are open. When I try other open ports, same message.

I have the latest version of Autostar Suite and Envisage and was able to get it to connect after the upgrade one time only.

I am using a Gateway MX6421 laptop with an AMD 64 processor and 2Gig of RAM. Sewell USB to serial adapter with Prolific PL2303HX chipset. No Antivirus installed, Firewall off, Internet connection disabled. No password in Net Scope. No hardware conflicts.

I believe this is a communications / configuration issue. What am I doing wrong? I thought using network protocol was suppose be able to share the com port connection. How can I test the com port? What are the commands to test? Maybe the dome port is causing the problem. I have no dome. What should it be set at? Anybody sucessful imaging and autoguiding with the DSI and LPI? Any info would me much appriciated.

Thanks,

jupiterjk

 

try network port 5400 instead of 5401. I had the same problem after upgrading to the latest version of Envisage.

Jon

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8" Mead LX-90 + DSI III
Isle of Wight

Hi, jupiterjk

This may help:

http://autostarsuite.net/forums/3250/ShowPost.aspx

Good luck!

Chuck

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Chuck Reese
CDIP Certified: Nebula, Galaxy, Solar System, Stars & Clusters Imager
CDIP Mentor: Nebulae & Solar System Categories
For information on the Certified DSI Imager Program, see:
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To JonW,

I changed port 5401 to 5400 as you suggested......Success!!! I can't thank you enough. I've been struggling with this problem for about 3 weeks. I hope this will help others with the same problem. It was such an easy fix. Meade should add this to their troubleshooting web page and include this in their instruction manual.

To Chuck,

Thanks for the link. I printed it out and followed all the instructions to the letter with no success. Changing port 5401 to port 5400 was the key.

Now it is on to imaging/autoguiding. If I have any other problems I know who to turn to.

Thanks again,

jupiterjk

 

Hi jupiterjk,

Glad the fix worked for you too. Not worked out what is actually going on to cause the initial problem, maybe someone else can add to this post in this respect. There are numerous posts here on just about every aspect to help guide you on your way... I've been able to find fixes to numerous problems through people's help in this community, so glad to be able fix one in return!

Jon

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8" Mead LX-90 + DSI III
Isle of Wight