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Chris Rowland
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Reged: 02/28/05

Celestron HC Version 4.16
#3016282 - 03/31/09 03:45 PM

There's a new version of the Celestron HC software, this is version 4.16.

The main change is for Southern Hemisphere users, this one works for the various alignment modes, SkyAlign and OTA Orientation.

It's for the AS-GT, CGEM, CGE and CGE Pro.

Chris

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mclewis1
Thread Killer

Reged: 02/25/06

Loc: New Brunswick, Canada

Re: Celestron HC Version 4.16 new

[Re: Chris Rowland]
#3016304 - 03/31/09 04:06 PM

Chris, Do there appear to be any reasons for Northern Hemisphere users of 4.15 to upgrade?

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Chris Rowland
professor emeritus

Reged: 02/28/05

Re: Celestron HC Version 4.16 new

[Re: mclewis1]
#3016469 - 03/31/09 05:57 PM

There's some SAO star selection bug that got fixed as well, otherwise, not unless you have a CGEM or CGE Pro, there's some extended meridian support stuff that got tidied up, I don't know the details.

Chris

Edited by Chris Rowland (03/31/09 06:00 PM)

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waassaabee
Post Laureate

Reged: 11/26/07

Loc: Central California Coast

Re: Celestron HC Version 4.16 new

[Re: Chris Rowland]
#3016479 - 03/31/09 06:03 PM

Would the upgrade cause any conflicts with the ASCOM drivers for 4.15? Or even better, is the ASCOM driver available for 4.16 as well?

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mclewis1
Thread Killer

Reged: 02/25/06

Loc: New Brunswick, Canada

Re: Celestron HC Version 4.16 new

[Re: waassaabee]
#3016594 - 03/31/09 07:09 PM

ASCOM 5.x is a platform, and then there is a Celestron unified driver for use with the platform. They will talk to any of the Celestron HC firmware levels, as far as I know there is no requirement to match them (the HC firmware and the ASCOM/driver). So it won't matter if you are at 4.13, 4.15, 4.16 ... or whatever.

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waassaabee
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Reged: 11/26/07

Loc: Central California Coast

Re: Celestron HC Version 4.16 new

[Re: mclewis1]
#3017043 - 03/31/09 11:50 PM

I bin skooled...

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Arbacia
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 04/18/07

Loc: Madrid, Spain

Re: Celestron HC Version 4.16 new

[Re: waassaabee]
#3017381 - 04/01/09 07:13 AM

Also a new firmware for the Motor controler of CGEM and CGE Pro

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rmollise
Postmaster

Reged: 07/06/07

Re: Celestron HC Version 4.16 new

[Re: waassaabee]
#3017419 - 04/01/09 07:52 AM

Quote:

Would the upgrade cause any conflicts with the ASCOM drivers for 4.15? Or even better, is the ASCOM driver available for 4.16 as well?

The ASCOM drivers will not be affected. The consolidated Celestron driver is all you need, which is built into ASCOM 5.

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waassaabee
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Reged: 11/26/07

Loc: Central California Coast

Re: Celestron HC Version 4.16 new

[Re: rmollise]
#3017643 - 04/01/09 10:29 AM

Thanks Rod! Having just received my CGEM and being in the process of putting a fresh load on the laptop, I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything. I had figgered out the ASCOM 5 issue and installed the consolidated unified all together now Celestron driver. But I know how drivers can be your bad actors at time, so I was digging for a little reassurance that I had done did enough...

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ibase
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Reged: 03/20/08

Loc: Manila, Philippines 121*E 14*N

Re: Celestron HC Version 4.16 new

[Re: waassaabee]
#3019206 - 04/01/09 11:31 PM

Having just received my new CG-5 ASGT mount, can I upgrade to 4.16 version directly without passing thru 4.15? If I upgrade the HC, does the MC automatically gets upgraded too? Out-of-the-box version is HC 4.13 and MC 5.03/5.03. Thanks.

Best,

Hernando

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Doug6952
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Reged: 07/24/08

Loc: West Milford, NJ

Re: Celestron HC Version 4.16 new

[Re: ibase]
#3019216 - 04/01/09 11:36 PM

You can go straight to the 4.16 version. The MC does not get upgraded at the same time. That is done seperately.

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ibase
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Reged: 03/20/08

Loc: Manila, Philippines 121*E 14*N

Re: Celestron HC Version 4.16 new

[Re: Doug6952]
#3019226 - 04/01/09 11:44 PM

Thanks Doug.

Best,

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Arbacia
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 04/18/07

Loc: Madrid, Spain

Re: Celestron HC Version 4.16 new

[Re: ibase]
#3019488 - 04/02/09 05:38 AM

I own a CGE mount. I did't update the HC firmware yet.

However I install it in Nexremote firmware folder.
When open Nexremote and config for CGE selecting the new 4.16 instead of former 4.15. The virtual HC behaves like a HC of CGEM not CGE as previously selected.

Has anybody install the new 4.16 in the real HC of CGE?

Soon i'll report this to Celestron.

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waassaabee
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Reged: 11/26/07

Loc: Central California Coast

Re: Celestron HC Version 4.16 new

[Re: Arbacia]
#3019802 - 04/02/09 10:53 AM

Anyone having issues with the HCUpdate installation? I tried downloading 3 times last night (sketchy), and every time it would not recognize the H/C nor would it connect to the internet. I successfully downloaded and installed a working PecTool application, so I know it wasn't the laptop.

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rmollise
Postmaster

Reged: 07/06/07

Re: Celestron HC Version 4.16 new

[Re: ibase]
#3019818 - 04/02/09 11:01 AM

Quote:

Having just received my new CG-5 ASGT mount, can I upgrade to 4.16 version directly without passing thru 4.15? If I upgrade the HC, does the MC automatically gets upgraded too? Out-of-the-box version is HC 4.13 and MC 5.03/5.03. Thanks.

Best,

Hernando

You can, but I would not do that right now. There may be a bug or two lurkin', and the new stuff does very little for CG5 owners--UNLESS you live in the southern hemisphere. If you do, it does clear up the problems south-of-the-equator folks was havin' with 4.15. Me? 4.15 works fine and I'm keepin' my powder dry till I'm sure this one is OK.

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ibase
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Reged: 03/20/08

Loc: Manila, Philippines 121*E 14*N

Re: Celestron HC Version 4.16 new

[Re: rmollise]
#3020110 - 04/02/09 02:01 PM

Thanks for the tip Unk Rod! Will wait a while 'till the 4.16 bugs have been squashed and upgrade to 4.15 in the meantime.

Best,

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Alph
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Reged: 11/23/06

Loc: Melmac

Re: Celestron HC Version 4.16 new

[Re: Arbacia]
#3020118 - 04/02/09 02:05 PM

Quote:

However I install it in Nexremote firmware folder.
When open Nexremote and config for CGE selecting the new 4.16 instead of former 4.15. The virtual HC behaves like a HC of CGEM not CGE as previously selected.

NexRemote is always behind the curve. Copying just GEM 4.16.bin to the NexRemote folder will not work. There is a file in the same folder that needs to be updated for every new firmware release It is OK though to update your real HC. I had no problems updating and running new firmware.

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Arbacia
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 04/18/07

Loc: Madrid, Spain

Re: Celestron HC Version 4.16 new

[Re: Alph]
#3020745 - 04/02/09 08:18 PM

Ok, I have installed the new Nexremote 1.16.25
Still in the same way.

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