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Sky Captain
Scope Builder

Reged: 11/07/04
Posts: 5539
Loc: Seattle Washington

New Control Cable Arrived
#2549630 - 07/30/08 01:03 AM Attachment (5 downloads)

Well not exactly...I picked up all the parts and made it. The standard control cable that came with the Mintron had a USB-A\V capture devise built in and the buttons were very small and sometimes finicky.
I picked up a new 25' DIN cable and cut off one end and de-coded the function switch locations. A little soldering and drilling and the new control box was done.
Its much easier to handle and the buttons are a dream to use now. Its so much easier to use the controller now, than trying to manipulate the switches on the back of the camera.
Here is a shot of the completed controller.

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Sky Captain
Scope Builder

Reged: 11/07/04
Posts: 5539
Loc: Seattle Washington

Re: New Control Cable Arrived new

[Re: Sky Captain]
#2549631 - 07/30/08 01:04 AM Attachment (5 downloads)

Here is a shot of it connected to the camera.

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Sky Captain
Scope Builder

Reged: 11/07/04
Posts: 5539
Loc: Seattle Washington

Re: New Control Cable Arrived new

[Re: Sky Captain]
#2549635 - 07/30/08 01:06 AM Attachment (3 downloads)

Here is a shot of the old control cable with the built in USB-A\V cable which always seemed to get in the way and wasn't that comfortable to hand hold.

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Kerry.

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midway199
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Reged: 04/21/04
Posts: 105
Loc: Illinois

Re: New Control Cable Arrived new

[Re: Sky Captain]
#2550278 - 07/30/08 12:15 PM

Very nice Kerry. I used to love to make my own astro-electronic stuff like specialized red lights, dew-heaters, and what-not. It was kind of like the hobby within the hobby. I still make what I can, when I can (my little observatory, for instance). It's such a wonderful feeling to fabricate something from loose parts and put it to use!

And you get to say, "I made this!"

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Matthew Sherman

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