Re: Remote Control ?
- From: "adm" <adm1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:55:44 -0000
Hi Mark,
Do you have a link for a USB 2 extender ? The cheapest one I can find so far
is $199 !
As for the remote desktop approach - I'll give that a try. Initially, I
suppose I could just put my laptop in a weatherproof box and leave it by the
telescope to see how it works. Do you know if there is much lag with the
screen refresh - could be a pain for focussing if there is....
"Mark Crossley" <youthinkimthatdaft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Two options, carry on as you are, but use one of the newer USB extenders
> that work over bog standard twisted pair netowrk cable. They come in
> about £30 iirc and work over a couple of hundred metres.
> Or go the observatory computer route. In this case you can run all the
> software on the Obs computer and take over the keyboard/screen/mouse
> remotely from your house - either wireless of wired. If you are running
> XP it has this functionality built in (Remote Desktop), it's free and
> works really well - its a cutdown version of the terminal services used on
> Windows Servers.
>
> Mark
>
>
> adm wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>>
>> I currently set up my LX200 outside in the garden and when I am using
>> a camera I sit in my darkened conservatory with the laptop - this is
>> fine, but I am limited to 10m distance as I have not been able to get
>> multiple USB2 active extenders working in daisy chain fashion. I can
>> use one 5m active extender and one 5m passive cable, but that's it.
>>
>> I want to build a pier further down my garden - about 30m further
>> down in fact - and hope to eventually enclose it with a roll off shed
>> or dome at some point in the future. (Although at the moment I may
>> just cover the scope with a good waterproof cover and throw a toilet
>> tent over the whole lot - or maybe even buy one of those fibreglass
>> toilet stalls you see on building sites and try and make a roll of
>> version....)
>> What is the best way to achieve real remote control functionality ? I
>> presume I will need a dedicated PC in a weatherproof box ( I have
>> lots of bits laying aorund, so that's not a problem) next to the
>> scope and could then just set up a wireless network node there and
>> control it all from another PC in the house. I know the Meade
>> Autostar suite allows IP based control, but do Starry Nights and
>> other programs as well ? My main concern is the speed and bandwidth -
>> I want to run Autostar for my DSI camera, K3CCDtools for my Toucam
>> and, well, not sure what really for DSLR.
>>
>> Any ideas ?
>
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