AUTOSTAR INFORMATION Last updated: 23 February 2003

Two Patch kits for v26Ed

Sent:	Sunday, February 23, 2003 6:57:09
From:	rseymour@wolfenet.com (Richard Seymour)
Hi...   23-Feb-2003

I am providing two patch kits (choose -one-)
patch26d4.zip and patch26dd.zip   
It is my usual patch kit, modified to work with 
 Meade's v26Ed for the Autostar 495/497.

The kits provide:
Ability to numerically display
  and edit your Alt and Az Training values
Satellite AOS times to the second
Automatic start-tracking of satellite passes (optional)
Ability to turn Cord Wrap on/off for all models (optional)

The "d4" version adds the  Meade 4504/114eq telescopes to the 
known models.  Do make room, that required -removing- the DS-70.

The "dd" version does NOT add the Meade 4504/114eq telescopes
 to the known models, and therefore does NOT remove the DS-70.

To Install: 
fetch Meade's firmware, put it in the ASU's Ephemerids directory.
Unzip the  patchkit, put it there too. 
NEW:  If your v26eD firmware is called "build.rom",
  Double-click the "Click_me_build" file to have the
  kit modify the build.rom file (the untouched
  file will remain as "build.rom_bak")
OR:  If your v26eD firmware is called "build26ed.rom",
  Double-click the "Click_me_26eD" file to have the
  kit modify the build26ed.rom file (the untouched
  file will remain as "build26ed.rom_bak")

Start the Updater... click [update now]... under the
"Local" list you will see   26dd  or 26d4  offered.
Click that, and then continue with the download.

Please read both the "readme26dd" (or readme26d4) file
and the beginning of the  "patch26dd" (or patch26d4) files
 for additional information.

have fun
--dick

p.s. due to being 2,500 miles away from my telescope, i have not
personally tested this kit -in- my scope.  It is merely a 
transposition of the previous kit adjusting it to the new locations
used by 26eD.
There's always the off-chance that i've made a typo, but i'm pretty
sure it's OK.  Remember that the patching process leaves the original
Meade file unmodified (except for the filename having ".rom_bak"
added to the name), so you can return to normal "factory default"
by another ASU pass.

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