I've been having problems with intermittent serial connection / read time out errors. I use Argo serial 2 at 9600 baud, Meade startup protocol on com 1, via db9 serial port using Argo serial cable. I am connecting to Meade planetarium (Autostar Suite), on an old laptop running Windows XP. Sometimes it connects no problem, sometimes it won't connect at all, and sometimes it connects for a period then issues a read timeout error?
I'm assuming the problem is at the laptop end, which is also running cameras drawing power from the two available USB ports. Do you think this is a power issue, or something else?
Anyone had this problem, any ideas?
Thanks in anticipation, Tom