· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu… uh, User You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Equipment Discussions >> Mounts Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 charles genovese sage Reged: 02/04/06 Loc: Madisonville Louisiana G11 Gemini won't communicate with laptop       #5673158 - 02/10/13 10:01 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My old HP laptop with XP and a real RS232 port worked perfectly to control my G11, but when the motherboard died I can't seem to make my Laptop with Windows 7 work with a USB 2 to serial adapter. The baude rate is 9600 on both, and the com 3 port says "Gemini not responding. chek communication port settings, power and connections." The other com ports all say "could not opencom port. The port is either in use by another application or is not recognized by the system. error 201(Ocx9). Any ideas? Thanks Charles Post Extras:       D_talley Carpal Tunnel Reged: 07/07/05 Loc: Richmond VA Re: G11 Gemini won't communicate with laptop [Re: charles genovese]       #5673628 - 02/11/13 08:36 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   What brand of USB to Serial adapter are you using? There are some that don't work well if at all. Some USB to serial adapters have a utility that directly tells you what com port it thinks it is. Does yours have the utility? If not you can look under device manager to see what ports are listed under Ports (Com & LTP) This will let you know for sure what port is being used to connect to the mount. Post Extras:       Cliff Hipsher scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 12/31/08 Loc: North Chesterfield, VA Re: G11 Gemini won't communicate with laptop [Re: D_talley]       #5673656 - 02/11/13 09:15 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   What Dwight said is very true. A prime example are USB to Serial adapters that use the Prolific chips. I have one, and it works fine with XP and Vista, but does not work with Win7. Apparently the Prolific chips have been counterfeited and the way to tell is they do not work with Win7. I've been told that Keyspan adapters are the bomb... Post Extras:       rmollise Postmaster Reged: 07/06/07 Re: G11 Gemini won't communicate with laptop [Re: Cliff Hipsher]       #5673665 - 02/11/13 09:20 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Have you loaded the proper drivers, or did Windows do so automatically? Most important, what does Device Manager in Control Panel say about this comm port? Post Extras:       charles genovese sage Reged: 02/04/06 Loc: Madisonville Louisiana Re: G11 Gemini won't communicate with laptop [Re: rmollise]       #5673961 - 02/11/13 12:24 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks for feedback guys. Will answer these question this evening. Charles Post Extras:       wasyoungonce sage Reged: 06/07/07 Loc: Land Downunder Re: G11 Gemini won't communicate with laptop [Re: charles genovese]       #5675169 - 02/12/13 02:03 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   You could use the small cheap Gemini BT unit I designed, see here or Yahoo Gemini group. Post Extras:       Joe C sage Reged: 11/29/08 Re: G11 Gemini won't communicate with laptop [Re: wasyoungonce]       #5675229 - 02/12/13 04:02 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Charles, I had a USB to RS232 connected to my G11. Everything worked great. I sold the G11 and bought a Titan and nothing would work. I lowered the baud to 4800 and it now works as it should. Another fix is to open Ascom for Gemini and let it discover the drive. It will poll each active com port. I since added a active USB extension and now my com port changes periodically after a reboot. Joe Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 6 registered and 25 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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