http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/ Southern Stars Fri, 24 May 2013 22:51:36 GMT Andrew Santangelo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7193 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7193 Tim, One question that came up in the CN boards is does SkySafari "tweak" any of the clock vars? Or is it just purely going to a specific RA/DEC and that is Fri, 24 May 2013 19:17:17 GMT Christopher Erickson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7192 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7192 An LM7809CT three-pin voltage regulator and a 500mf 35V capacitor will knock 12V down to 9V very nicely. And something prefab like this will work very nicely Fri, 24 May 2013 15:20:35 GMT Andrew Santangelo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7191 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7191 Tim, I will check the numbers tonight - weather should cooperate. Date/time, location and all that are correct in SkySafari. I am wondering if it is related to Fri, 24 May 2013 14:36:21 GMT JAS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7190 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7190 Thank you, all. I think the 270 makes the most sense for its versatility in portability. Then I'll just wait for Chris to make a 9v external power supply Fri, 24 May 2013 13:35:40 GMT jbsnpr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7189 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7189 Need some advice on getting Sky Safari Pro to operate my 8SE via an ad hoc wifi network generated by a Win7 netbook, using Wifi Scope. Wifi Scope is a Fri, 24 May 2013 13:18:22 GMT Tim DeBenedictis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7188 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7188 Hi Andrew, I'm surprised that your GoTo's did not work. We just tell the telescope to go to a specific RA/Dec. It's hard to mess that up, unless the Fri, 24 May 2013 08:24:22 GMT Andrew http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7187 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7187 Hello All, I posted some of this on Cloudy Nights, but I thought I would share here my experience of using SkySafari/SkyFi with the LX850... I knew tonight Fri, 24 May 2013 02:50:51 GMT Woody Schlom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7186 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7186 Bryan, Thanks but there's no point. My RN-270 already has an external power jack. I just need to use it. Woody ... From: southern_stars@yahoogroups.com Fri, 24 May 2013 01:43:34 GMT Worsel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7185 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7185 Woody: That's right. I got the RN240, because I didn't want to be replacing batteries. The RN240 was less expensive, as well. Not to spend your money, but Thu, 23 May 2013 22:57:37 GMT Woody Schlom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7184 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7184 Bryan, I just looked up the specs for the RN-270. Power to the external power plug can be 4.5v - 11v. Darn. Missed 12v by that much. Looks like 6v - 9v Thu, 23 May 2013 21:57:22 GMT Worsel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7183 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7183 Woody: Your note made me realize that I have the RN240 adapter, not the 270, as I mistakenly stated. The Rn240 has an internal voltage regulator and can take Thu, 23 May 2013 20:52:02 GMT Woody Schlom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7182 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7182 John, I successfully use the RN-270 and ASUS Infinity tablet combination running via Bluetooth with my Takahashi mount. I get a connection very quickly -- but Thu, 23 May 2013 18:17:29 GMT Christopher Erickson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7181 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7181 John, I can now report that I have two different configurations that work. One is the RN-270M Bluetooth adapter. It just simply plugs directly onto one of the Thu, 23 May 2013 18:17:02 GMT Worsel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7180 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7180 John: as noted in the thread, Chris is successfully running his AP 1200 with an Android phone and Roving networks RN270 Bluetooth adapter. I run a CGE mount Thu, 23 May 2013 17:02:28 GMT JAS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7179 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southern_stars/message/7179 My original Android tablet died while I was at NEAIC, an Acer A500. It ran SS Pro but not well. I recently p/u a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 & Pro just flies now.