There is a SkySensor forum on e-Groups. Just subscribe to <SS2K> and
enjoy a plethora of discussion; mostly with ss2K and Vixen Grand
Polaris equatorial mounts (GP and GP-DX). I have Guide 7.0, but am
considering purchase of The Sky, because it has more features.
anyone use both for telescope control?

Ciao...Barry

--- In guide-user@egroups.com, James Ellis <ejge@b...> wrote:
> G'day Mike
>
> The only place that I have seen in depth discussion of using a
Skysensor
> 2000 with a PC is with Starlight's STAR2000 system. This is a
roundabout
> way of looking at it but if you look at
> http://www.starlight-xpress.co.uk/star2000/index.htm
> there is a image right at the bottom of the page showing a
Skysensor
> pinout. Now STAR2000 is LX200 compliant along with Celestron and
Skysensor
> compliant. it's just that Skysensor doesn't follow the SBIG ST4
protocol
> wiring.
>
> My question is -
> Could it be that Guide is sending commands down the wrong wire in
the SS
> cable? ie if it sends a "Slew" signal down the right wire for an
LX200 or
> Celestron this might not be the right wire on the Skysensor?
>
> Does that make sense??!!
>
> The other option is to use the CTC guider, but that doesn't help if
you
> already have SS2000
>
> Everytime I have heard about problems controlling a SS2000 the root
cause
> is usually the different pinouts between an ST4 compatible and the
SS2000.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
>
> Bill - just a small user friendliness thing about finding items in
menus.
> When I want to goto a certain constellation/ object etc , I go to
the menu
> and have to scroll through all of them to find the right one. I
have
> noticed that if I press 'C' for instance it will bring up the first
> constellation beginning with C - Caelum.
> Now if I want to goto Crux and press R after C it will take me to
Reticulum
> or something.
> It would be much easier if I could press C then R and come up with
Crux.
> I've seen this happen in many help file indexes and it's very good
for
> finding info quickly.
>
> Thanks
>
> James