Hi Peter,

The INDI Server for Windows was installed on the 32 bit Win7 laptop, localhost, and successfully tested with the ASCOM driver to connect to the LX200 protocol Littlefoot controller. Last Saturday night we tested it at the club observatory with the FS2 mount controller via a serial port. This worked. First the INDI Server for Windows configuration menu was used. The ASCOM Advanced LX200 option was selected. Also the CCD and Focuser simulators were selected. The option for the FS2 was displayed and selected. This worked.

We then tested the INDI option instead of the ASCOM option.
Again we had the Advanced LX200 and FS2.
Two error messages appeared.
The first said :
Server connected
Der Index war Auserhalb das Arraybereichs ( The index was outside of the array area).

What does that mean?

The second error message that we saw after thring again was:

Server connected
Der zugriff auf den Anschluss COM1 wurde verweigert. ( The access to the COM1 port is denied.)
Server disconnected.

Is this a permission problem? We checked other COM ports.

We will not continue with the 32 bit Win7 as my friend was given a used 64 bit dual core laptop with 250 GB of SSHD. --- Nice.
So the next steps will be to install Ubuntu MATE 17.04 etc. and use the reliable Linux INDI-Ekos-KStars configuration (or CdC 4.1 or HNSKY with INDI which both work ).

-- John

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