Lx200 demo program – Leisure Time LX20 User Manual

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4. LX200 Demo Program

The RS-232 interface communicates with your computer at 9600
Baud Rate, Parity = None, 8 Data Bits, 1 Stop Bits. For those who
are familiar with programming, the LX200 Command Set is written in
ASKII character format and can be used to write your own programs.

The LX200 Demo Program on the following pages, is written in Quick
Basic and is intended to demonstrate how commands are sent to the
telescope and information is received from the telescope. It is not a
"polished" program and does not incorporate all of the RS-232
features available.

The program is set-up to operate on serial port 2 (COM2:). To
operate on serial port 1 (COM1:) line 4 should be changed from
"COM2:" to "COM1:." The program is as follows:

CIS

DEFINTA-X

counter = 0

OPEN
"COM2:9600,N,8,1,CDO,CSO,DSO,OPO,RS,TB2048,RB2048"
FOR RANDOM AS #1

KEY ON
KEY(1)ON

KEY 1, "GOTO":
ONKEY(1) GOSUB key1

KEY(2)ON

KEY 2, "SYNC"
ON KEY(2) GOSUB KEY2

KEY(3)ON

KEY 3, "SLEW"
ON KEY(3) GOSUB key3

KEY(4)ON
KEY 4, "FIND-
ON KEY(4) GOSUB KEY4
KEY(5)ON

KEYS, "CNTR"
ON KEY(5) GOSUB KEYS

KEY(6)ON

KEY 6, "GUIDE"
ON KEY(6) GOSUB KEY6

KEY(11) ON

ON KEY(11) GOSUB key1

KEY(12)ON

ON KEY(12) GOSUB key12

KEY(13) ON

ONKEY(13)GOSUBkey13

KEY(14) ON

ON KEY(14) GOSUB key14

GOSUB status
GOSUB key3
GOSUB help 20

GOSUB telpos

GOSUB OBDRAW

GOSUB TIME 50 key$ =

INKEY$: IF key$ = "" THEN GO TO 20

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Please note that Meade Instruments does not support these
programs, or programs that you may write in any way. For
questions relating to after-market software programs, refer back
to those manufacturers.

Meade does recommend and support our Epoch 2000sk software
package which is fully compatible with the LX200 telescope (Fig.
30). This program presents on the display of a personal computer
an incredibly detailed simulation of the entire sky, including up to
281,000 celestial objects

Epoch 2000 allows the presentation of the most complex starfields
just as they actually appear through the telescope. This software
is available for Windows 3.1 or higher, including Windows 95.

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