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Connecting my laptop to my Gemini GoTo

Started by mvollmer, 12/04/2015 02:33AM
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Posted 12/04/2015 02:33AM | Edited 12/04/2015 02:38AM Opening Post
Mike Vollmer
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Hello. I have been out of the hobby for 4-5 years and am getting back in. I just bought Maxim DSLR version 6 and want to use it to control my Losmandy G11 with the Gemini GoTo. It is not a Gemini 2. My trouble is, it has been so long since I have set this system up, I can't remember which port on the Gemini box I need to plug the laptop into to control it. Any advice from other Gemini users would be much appreciated. I am also using a SBIG ST-4 autoguider and am using the autoguider port on the Gemini for that.

Gratefully yours
Mike V.
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I use a common USB to DB-9 serial adapter on my PC and a 9pin DB-9 to RJ-22 4P4C cable wired per the diagram on page 124 of the Gemini User Manual found here:

http://www.losmandy.com/losmandygoto/gemini_manual_l4.pdf

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