Remoting the scopePosted By Darrell Fichtl |
Just an FYI:
I wanted to remote my Meade 10" 200LX GPS to the backyard of my new home. I'll be putting a conduit under the house and then I'll place another from the house to the site. I figured it will be just over 100' so I purchased cables 150' long.
The USB extender came from Eagletron, Inc and cost $175. That included a USB four port expander. The RJ12 cable came from Mycableshop.com and cost $22.
I have tested both cables out and the USB extender recognized the camera immediately and the scope controls worked like a dream through the RJ12 cable.
So far a complete success and well worth the money. I'm now shopping for a LPI for the finder scope. That will use the second port of the four port USB expansion unit.
I'll be trying the system out in the driveway of the house I'm currently in till ours is built within the next week. I'll post further on the updates as I get them.
Darrell
I wanted to remote my Meade 10" 200LX GPS to the backyard of my new home. I'll be putting a conduit under the house and then I'll place another from the house to the site. I figured it will be just over 100' so I purchased cables 150' long.
The USB extender came from Eagletron, Inc and cost $175. That included a USB four port expander. The RJ12 cable came from Mycableshop.com and cost $22.
I have tested both cables out and the USB extender recognized the camera immediately and the scope controls worked like a dream through the RJ12 cable.
So far a complete success and well worth the money. I'm now shopping for a LPI for the finder scope. That will use the second port of the four port USB expansion unit.
I'll be trying the system out in the driveway of the house I'm currently in till ours is built within the next week. I'll post further on the updates as I get them.
Darrell