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Hello,

I'm Stefaan Bogaert.

I have the Belgian nationality, and resident in Luxembourg.

In the former part of my life I was an airline pilot for 35 years, of which 25 years for Luxair, the national airline of Luxembourg. Officially, it is the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Give me a call when you have found it on the world map. It is about 80 km from north to south, and about 45 east-west. But: small is beautiful !!

I started as an "old" amateur in 2012, after my retirement, with a Meade LX90.

I moved in 2019 and was almost not active any more. Don't ask me why: I have no answer.

I want to start again. And have a few questions for the forum.

Have fun!!!

 

 

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I have a Meade LX90. Was not active for some years because family problems. Now I restarted. I realised that the GoTo did not work any more. Even when trying subjects like "Moon" the system turns to a complete wrong direction. Sometimes the handbox tries to telle me "Below horizon" when I see the moon in front of me. I Googled and found out that is was due to a "6 April 2019 GPS Week Rollover". I understand the system has to be updated. Is there somebody here who can advise me how to do it? Do I need special tools, like the cables for the handbox update??

Regards,

Stefaan.

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Hi Dave,

I know this page. As far as I understand this process is to update the handbox (new Satellites, Stars, Comets,..). But I need to know the process to update the GPS system. I am not specialised in this, especially after almost three years of inactivity.

Meanwhile Meade is bankrupt, some small and helpful vendors I knew before closed their business, so I am little bit lost.

Anyway thank you for your quick reply. I'll keep you informed about my progress.

Stefaan.

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4 hours ago, dwc said:

Hello Dave,

I opened an account with Cloudy Nights about two weeks ago. I could sign in, but the only window I'v got was the one you can see below. Whatever button I click, I always see this same window! Even when I click the Sign Out button!! Nothing helps. Not even a restart of my laptop !!

I already set two mails to Cloudy Nights, without respond. I'm sure that the solution of my problem is in the link you sent me. But even that link opens the same window!

It's raining here all the time. So I have a lot of time to find solution.

I will keep in touch.

Thanks for your help!

Stefaan.

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I had a read of a few posts to see if I could provide the information you need, but I think it’s actually for a 3rd party GPS add on for LXs.

 

But I think I found the right page at Meade:

https://www.meade.com/supports/

 

If you scroll down a bit you should find a paragraph:

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GPS Rollover Issue

Some customers have reported an issue with their GPS equipped telescopes getting a GPS fix but reporting an incorrect year.  This is a direct result of the GPS week number rollover issue that occurred globally on April 6, 2019. Please note not all GPS telescopes are affected by this issue.

For those affected by the GPS rollover issue, new telescope firmware can be downloaded and installed into the telescope using the latest Meade AutoStar Updater Program version 6.1.

Download AutoStar version 6.1 here:

https://www.meade.com/autostar-updater-6-1/

 

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7 minutes ago, dwc said:

I had a read of a few posts to see if I could provide the information you need, but I think it’s actually for a 3rd party GPS add on for LXs.

 

But I think I found the right page at Meade:

https://www.meade.com/supports/

 

If you scroll down a bit you should find a paragraph:

 

OK. Just read your message now.

Will order the cables tomorrow in Germany.

Thanks and good night,

Stefaan.

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