How do I connect a telescope to AstroPlanner?
All communication with telescopes is currently done via a serial cable. You can get the cable from your local dealer (in the case of popular brands like Meade and Celestron), third-party dealers (such as www.scopestuff.com/), or you can make it yourself if you’re handy with wirecutters and a soldering iron. If your computer does not have a built-in serial port, you will probably also need an USB-to-Serial adapter. We recommend the KeySpan adapters (www.keyspan.com/) for both Macintosh and Windows. Warning: Many of these devices (in particular the Meade-brand USB-to-Serial cable device) do not work on Mac OS X. We recommend the Keyspan devices for Mac OS X.
