Hi Bill

> From: Bill J Gray <pluto@...>
> Subject: LX200 commands on an RCX400
>
> Hi Lawrence,
>
> "...Guide-8 can currently drive the RCX400 scope to a selected point
> and sync the scope or Guide-8. That's it! It needs to be ASCOM
> compatible to do anything more....."
>
> That _could_ be true, but I'd find it _very_ surprising. Have you
> tried the commands and found that they don't work?
>
>

What I am meaning is that that is all the Guide provides for us to do.
The only other two commands are to set the scope's time (not needed with
GPS) and set the lat and long (also not needed with GPS). Hence those
are the only two commands that - as far as I know - are provided by Guide.

> The Meade documentation of their protocols is quite good, but it's
> all for older scopes. However, they have a decent pattern of not
> changing things too drastically when moving from one type of scope to
> the next. Some commands may be added, but the old ones don't get
> changed much. And the few changes that are made are usually minor
> enough that nobody actually notices.
>
> So I'd expect that most, and perhaps even all, of the Guide
> controls for Meade scopes will also apply to the RCX400. Please let me
> know if you find otherwise.
>
>

Have I missed "other controls", Bill?

regards

Lawrence Harris

> It certainly shouldn't be necessary to add ASCOM support to get
> Guide to control the telescope (though as has been mentioned on this
> list, it would be desirable for other reasons.)
>
> -- Bill