Control Meade ETX telescop 497 Autostar from PalmOS PDA


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Control Meade ETX Autostar from a Palm Hand Held Organizer

This product is not manufactured by Meade Instruments Corporation. Meade, ETX, Autostar are registered trade of Meade Instrument Corporation. Seller is not affiliated with Meade Instruments Corporation.

Please note the auction is for the cable adapter only. All other equipment such as telescope, PDA and hard case, Autostar, electric focuser are for demonstration only and is not included the the auction.

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Control Your Meade telescope with #/495 or #497 AutoStar
From your Palm Hand Held Organizer

Yes, point your stylus on the Palm organizer screen and control the telescope. Point to a Planet, a star, a galaxy... on your Palm hand held screen and command the telescope to point to wherever you have selected. This is a cable set and software combo that allows you to control your Meade telescope with Meade 497 Autostar from your Palm organizer. The software sends commands to the Meade #495 or #497Autostar to control the telescope.

Compatibility

Runs on PalmOS 2.0 or higher.
Uses gray shades on PalmOS 3.0 or higher.
Uses colors on color devices.

You need a serial hot sync cable for your Palm PDA. Different Palm PDA model may need a different serial hot sync cable. This cable is available on ebay for about $10-$15.00 depending on model. This Palm/Autostar cable & adapter set connects the Autostar to the Palm device in the cradle OR with a Palm serial hot sync cable. The Palm PDA, cradle or Palm serial cable is not included.

This cable/software set works with any telescope with Meade #497 Autostar ( firmware version 22Et or above)

#497 Autostar controlled
Meade ETX series telescopes

Meade ETX-90EC
Meade ETX-125EC
Meade LX-90
Meade ETX-60AT
Meade ETX-70AT

#497 controlled
Meade Digital Series Telescope
Electronic Controlled

Meade DS-60EC
Meade DS-70EC
Meade DS-80EC
Meade DS-90EC
Meade DS-114EC
Meade DS-127EC
Polaris DS-60EC
Polaris DS-114EC

This cable set and software is custom made for the Palm Organizer and Meade Autostar

This is NOT compatible with Meade 505

How Do I know If my Autostar works with this cable and software?

Not compatible with #494 Autostar

Meade #495 Autostar has numeric key pad and can be upgraded to a #497 Autostar

What is Planetarium?

Planetarium is an application for the Palm Connected Organizer that plots star charts and offers some unique, useful features for the beginning star gazer as well as for the professional astronomer.

It calculates the position of the sun, the moon, the planets, up to 9000 stars, hundreds of deep sky objects, comets and asteroids for any time and any geographical position and draws a sky map of any section of the sky with all 88 constellations. Stargazers can use it to help them find or identify objects in a clear night-time sky.

You can calculate twilight times, moon phases, and various astronomical information like coordinates, magnitude, distance, rise and set times and much more of the planets and all the other objects in the sky.

The useful time-increment function makes the program very interactive. You can use the Palm computer's hardware buttons to advance forward or backward in time stepwise. The time intervals are carefully chosen so that you can, for example, follow the annual path of a planet among the stars, including retrograde motion and conjunctions.

You can also use Planetarium as a compass when the sun or moon is visible. Line up the sun symbol in the compass display with the sun in the sky and your Palm shows you where north is.

Planetarium can also be used with a Telescope. Just tap an object on the star map and read off its Az/Alt or RA/Dec coordinates to set on the compass rings of your telescope. It is even simpler if you have a computerized Telescope that you can connect via the serial port of the Palm.

Features

Draws a sky map.
Compass view for easy location of objects in the sky
Can be used as a compass when the sun or the moon are visible.
Connects to telescopes via the serial port.
Comes with a location data base of 600 major cities.
Can be used as world clock
Observation log to take notes of your observations.
Can be used in the northern and shouthern hemisphere.
The whole date range of the Palm is supported (1904 to 2030)
Accuracy: 0.1 degrees typical.
Memory requirement: 144 KB min. Depends on the amount of installed options and data.

Objects

All planets, sun and moon
1600 or 9000 stars (can be determined at installation)
88 constellations
Deep sky objects data base expandable. (Data sets available for 110 Messier objects and 110 Caldwell objects, 280 double stars, 400 Herschel objects and over 1000 additional deep sky objects)
Comets and asteroids (data base expandable)

Calculations

RA/Dec, Az/Alt of any object
Julian date and sidereal time
Rise and set time of any object
Twilight times
Moon phases
Solstices
Jupiter's moons
Angular size of Saturn's rings
Phase and elongation of the planets
Distance and magnitude of planets
Angular size of the planets
Graphical representation of the phase of the moon and the inner planets.
Magnetic declination
Meteor showers

Compatibility

Runs on PalmOS 2.0 or higher.
Uses gray shades on PalmOS 3.0 or higher.
Uses colors on color devices.

You are purchasing the Palm/Autostar cable set only.

The Planetarium software is available from (http://www.aho.ch/pilotplanets/). If you install the shareware on your Palm it will run as demo version and will give you plenty of time to try it out and check if you like it. After a while it will begin to show a remainder screen at program start to convince you either to register it or to remove it again from the Palm. If you decide to register, you will receive a registration code which you enter into the program. This will convert the program into the registered version and disable all remainder screens. When you register you will get a registration code you can enter into Planetarium that disables the reminder screens, so you can fully enjoy the program. The shareware fee is not very high compared to the amount of functionality you get. This allows the author to give you the software for a very competitive price ($24). However, The author needs some revenue to be able to continue developing software and supporting our users.

Terms and Conditions.

Please ask question if you have any doubt.
Please DO NOT bid if you have any double.
Please DO bid if you do not agree with the shipping cost.
Please do not bid if you do not agree with ANY part of the terms and conditions.

Payment:
Paypal and immediate payment is required to speed up transaction. Seller reserve the right to cancel winning bid if Bidder does not make payment within 7 day after end of auction. Non-paying bidder will be reported to ebay for final value fee and negative feedback.

Shipping Cost:
U.S. buyer pays $5.00 for U.S.A. shipping. International shipping: $7.50 worldwide. Insurance is always included to protect lost or damage of your purchase in transite.

Actual shipping cost is more than the postage indicated on the package.   Actual shipping cost is not just the postage or carrier cost. Actual shipping cost also include insurance ($1.70 for up to $50.00), confirmation ($0.70), packaging material (including but not limited to packing box, bubble wrap, bubble envelope, peanuts and tapes) and a small handling fee.  Seller may be self-insured for small items and may not not reflect on the postage or package. Please do not bid if you do not agreement with the shipping cost. Shipping cost is not refundable.

Return Policy:
All sales are final unless the item is not as described. Item Shipping cost is not refundable under any circumstances. Buyer is responsible for shipping cost of non-defective returns.

Defective item will be replaced upon return of the defective item at seller's cost. Please follow sellers return shipping instruction.  Seller will not paid for expenses other than those called for in the return shipping instruction.

NOTICE to winners:
You will receive automatic End of Acution Notice or Invoice from eBay or Paypal. Please follow instruction in the notice. You have all the information you needed to make Paypal payment to my paypal account. The total payment is your winning bid plus the shipping cost clearly stated in this description.  There will be no payment ackowlegement from me. Your Paypal payment will indicate what item you paid for. You will recieve the payment notice from Paypal. If you make the payment to the wrong account, please correct it yourself. I cannot correct payment to wrong account.

Shipping:
Seller will only ship to your Paypal shipping address. No exception. Please do not email me to request to have the item send to another address. Please make sure your address in Paypal is correct.   It is your responsibility to keep your Paypal address current. You will be responsible for additional handling fee and shipping cost if your Paypal shipping address is wrong.

Seller only ship on Tuesday and Friday of each week. Your package will be shipped via either first class mail or priority mail within three business days no matter what day of the week you win the item. Business days are Monday through Friday, not including holidays. Packages are prepared the night BEFORE shipping day of the week. If your payment is not received by 6:00PM the day BEFORE the shipping day, your package will go out on the NEXT shipping day. You should recieve your package within 7 business days of shipping the scheduled shipping day. Please email me if you do not receive your package after 10 business days.

Combined Shipping:
Combined shipping is offered if your item ends with three days of each other. 99% of my items are on ebay EVERYDAY.

Please use the following rules to calculate combined shipping cost:
1) Use the highest shipping cost of all the items as the base shipping cost.
2) Add 50% of shipping cost for each additional item to the base shipping cost.

Example:
Shipping cost of three items: $5, $7.50, $5.00

Base shipping cost (Highest of all items) = $7.50
Additional items (50% or each additional items) = $2.50 + $2.50 = $5.00

Total shipping cost = $7.50 + $5.00 = $12.50

Please add the total combine shipping cost to your total wining bids yourself.

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Shipping and handling

Item location: Pasadena, CA, United States

Shipping to: Worldwide

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Shipping and handling	To	Service	Estimated delivery*
US $5.00	United States	Standard Flat Rate Shipping Service	Varies Seller ships within 3 day after receiving cleared payment.

*The estimated delivery time is based on the seller's handling time, the shipping service selected, and when the seller receives cleared payment. Sellers are not responsible for shipping service transit times. Transit times may vary, particularly during peak periods.

Domestic handling time	Sales tax
Will usually ship within 3 business days of receiving cleared payment.	Seller charges sales tax for items shipped to: CA (8.75%).

Return policy

Item must be returned within	Refund will be given as	Return policy details
7 days after the buyer receives it	Money Back	See description for detail
The buyer is responsible for return shipping costs.

Payment details

Payment method	Preferred/Accepted	Buyer protection on eBay
	PayPal Preferred	Pay with and your full purchase price is covered \| See terms

Seller's payment instructions

$5.00 shipping for U.S., $7.50 International. My paypal account is gooddealonly@hotmail.com

What is Planetarium?

Terms and Conditions.

Please ask question if you have any doubt. Please DO NOT bid if you have any double. Please DO bid if you do not agree with the shipping cost.Please do not bid if you do not agree with ANY part of the terms and conditions.

Payment:Paypal and immediate payment is required to speed up transaction. Seller reserve the right to cancel winning bid if Bidder does not make payment within 7 day after end of auction. Non-paying bidder will be reported to ebay for final value fee and negative feedback.

Shipping Cost:U.S. buyer pays $5.00 for U.S.A. shipping. International shipping: $7.50 worldwide. Insurance is always included to protect lost or damage of your purchase in transite.

Please ask question if you have any doubt.
Please DO NOT bid if you have any double.
Please DO bid if you do not agree with the shipping cost.
Please do not bid if you do not agree with ANY part of the terms and conditions.

Payment:
Paypal and immediate payment is required to speed up transaction. Seller reserve the right to cancel winning bid if Bidder does not make payment within 7 day after end of auction. Non-paying bidder will be reported to ebay for final value fee and negative feedback.

Shipping Cost:
U.S. buyer pays $5.00 for U.S.A. shipping. International shipping: $7.50 worldwide. Insurance is always included to protect lost or damage of your purchase in transite.