AUTOSTAR INFORMATION Last updated: 31 August 2001

Satellite AOS elevation and Training Display/Control Patches

Sent:	Saturday, August 25, 2001 00:12:47
From:	rseymour@wolfenet.com (richard seymour)
At  
http://www.wolfe.net/~workshop/astro

In there is a 9 kbyte "patch22er.zip" file dated 24-aug-2001.
It contains 4 files:
 readme22.txt,  both22er.txt, sat22er.txt, and train22er.txt
 
The individual files are also available at:
readme22.txt,  both22er.txt, sat22er.txt, and train22er.txt

If you use the patcher detailed at Mike's Site at:
http://www.weasner.com/etx/autostar/

These files will patch Meade's v22ER firmware for the Autostar.

The "both22er.txt" file will give you:

Satellite AOS (rise-time) prediction displayed to the second.
Keypad control over Satellite AOS minimum altitude
Automatic beginning-of-track of the satellite pass.

and

Ability to display and edit the results of Training the axes.

The "sat22er.txt" and "train22er.txt" let you choose to implement
only the Satellite and/or Training patches, as you wish.  You can
add either half later.
The AOS to-the-second and Automatic-tracking can be -prevented-
from being implemented by editing the .txt file and adding 2 or 4 
 semicolons (;) at the places indicated.
All files have comments, the "readme22.txt" has a detailed list
 of how-to-install instructions.

These patches affect/apply to the original copy of v22eR's 
"autostar.rom" file as supplied by Meade... 
The "patcher" program will only affect an autostar.rom file found
 in \ProgramFiles\Meade\Autostar\AutostarUpdate\Ephemerides

If you have a Windows 2000 installation, or your Updater is located
elsewhere, you will have to create the above folder-tree, and place
 both an  "autostar.rom" and "ASTarPat.exe" file in there for the
 patching system to work.  Then move the patched file to -your-
 Ephemerides folder for Uploading.

If history follows its normal course, Bill Bauer may post an
entire patched ROM file kit to the LX90 egroup's files area
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lx90/files/
in the "Autostar Firmware Updates"  folder.

good luck
--dick

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