Re: Connecting SCT to desktop
From: Paul Lawler (stargazer_at_kilolaniDOT.net)
Date: 10/05/04
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Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 10:18:13 GMT
"Dennis Allen" <dennis@dennisallen.com> wrote in
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> Hi. Our club just finished a new observatory. It houses a
> Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with a wedge and permanent mount. We got
> the scope connected to a laptop using the serial port to run the scope
> and the parallel port for the web cam.
>
> We want to hook the telescope to the desktop computer in a nearby
> building. We have two 100' cat5 lines from the new observatory to the
> building with the desktop. Question. What's the best way to control
> the scope and web cam from the desktop?
>
> Could we hook the desktop to the laptop? The laptop's ports are used
> up, but could we hook up one of the cat5 lines to the USB port? Could
> we remote control the laptop from the desktop? Both computers are XP
> and both have USB ports. Any advice would be greatly
> appreciated...Dennis
If the distance is that short, you could try 802.11b/g wirless networking.
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