Software Bisque Knowledge Base Article – 283

AUTOSTAR UNABLE TO SET DATE TO LAST DAY OF MONTH

ISSUE

When communicating with the Autostar version 1.3 via its built-in serial port, the Autostar set date command (“:SC MM/DD/YY#”) returns an error when attempting to set the date for last day of any month.
To duplicate this behavior, run HyperTerminal (9600, 8, None, 1, No Flow Control) and send a “:SC 11/30/99” command. The return value from the Autostar is 0, meaning the set date command failed.

RESOLUTION

This is a
limitation with the Autostar version 1.3. 

Use the Autostar’s hand controller to
set the date on the last day of the month.

Contact the telescope’s manufacturer to determine if an
updated version of the firmware is available.

APPLIES TO

Telescope Interface

KEYWORDS

SBKB

This article was formerly published under the identifier Q546KB in Software Bisque’s prior knowledge base.

Last Reviewed: 11/24/2004