Hi Tim Thanks for the report on SATELLITE TRACKER - it prompted me to install it on my pc and see what it does and my first impression is favourable - of course I did not have a scope connected so it wasnt 100% real but it seemed to do everything. It also appeared to work on geosats - at least the ones I tried in simulation mode. Im a bit curious as to why you specifically mention Vortex 6 as being a problem. From what I can see it never ( anyway not at the moment) comes above your horizon so should not appear in your tracking list. I know Scott had problems - I wonder if there is something we can nail down -- Im sure its something simple in SATTRACKER - probably a quadrant ambiquity - which one might be able to overcome without having to get into the software- not that we can as no source is available. Since SAT TRACKER supports several different telescope systems it looks like the only solution one has at the moment. Were you able to run SATTRACKER through the NexRemote controller or what ? I also had a look at Nova for Windows -- whilst it looks pretty I found it not very intuitive - I guess partly my fault because I seldom read documentation until Ive sorted out how a program works - manuals are generally written by experts who assume you already know what you are doing . Generally a manual only really helps me when Ive alreadty got a program to sort of operate. I finally was able to get it to go into track mode but again I did not have a scope connected (- dont have an LX200 anyway so probably useless to me anyway). Whilst the program appears to be under current development the manual was written in 2000 - what about improvements made, if any ? The webpage briefly describing using the LX200 appears to also date back to ~2000 - for example the link to SeeSat is pretty ancient and incorrect - these sort of things in a commercial program tend to discourage me from showing further interest in a program. So, for the moment, STELLITE TRACKER reigns supreme. Cheers Greg _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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