Posts Made By: John Paparelli

Does anybody know how to fix my Message Inbox on AstroMart? It worked for years until a few months ago. I have emailed Astromart several times concerning this problem but have not received a response. I am a GREEN level supported.
Thanks,
John Paparelli

My 1999 Classic 10" LX200 started blowing fuses and one 25v capacitor near the 18v inlet on the front panel. I tried different amp fuses and replaced the capacitor but the results are the same. Any help would be appreciated.
John

Hello,

Does anyone have a procedure which will allow updating my Vixen Star Book to version 2.7 using WINDOWS 10? The Vixen Japan tech site has procedures for earlier systems up to WINDOWS 8. Once I achieve the update, I should be able to control my SXD mount WIRELESS using a small travel router and SKY SAFARI/iPad(Star Book would be the interface). 

Best regards,
John  

Hello CN members,

Well the last 4 days have been a lot of trial and error. I successfully downloaded SkySafari 6 Plus to my iPad. In SS settings I set scope to Star Book(also tried Sphinx) and mount to German Equatorial. IP was entered as 169.254.1.1 and Port 80(I also tried other ports). The other settings I left as factory defaults, such as SkyFI/off.

The TP Link Nano router quickly connected to my iPad and then authorized. Router information auto filled its IP info etc. instantly. No login was required. ALL seemed flawless until I tried to connect to the mount(at least 50 times).

The mount is a SXD updated to version 2.7.

Star Book was connected to the Nano router with a ethernet cable(tried 3 different ones-not crossover). Star Book had the same sky view on its screen as I had on my iPad. I checked all the Cloudy Night forum posts and many other sites and 50% or more of the folks have the same issue as I do- won't connect to mount!  I took my Star Book, router and cables to a local computer repair store to make such all the components were correctly assembled etc. 

Please advise.

Best regards,

John