Thats got to be the best piece of advice I have ever seen on this group,swell. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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bullockbob666
May 7, 2013 7:12 am
At least not without providing photos....
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Russ Brick
lookingdeep8...
May 7, 2013 1:47 pm
Ya know, I reading the replies to my question and thinking to myself "Man, that guy Bo must be some kind of a**hole" and than I read the ...
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Chris Marriott
chrisskymap
May 7, 2013 3:14 pm
Hello Russ, Is "K" a local hard drive on your PC? Try using a name without spaces - eg "K:\RealSky". It shouldn't make any difference, but spaces can be ...
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Bo Sandström
bosandstrm
May 7, 2013 3:51 pm
Hi Russ, Sorry it didn't help, dont have the realsky discs myself. Hope somebody else knows. We all make typos from time to time, I often type on the key next...
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Russ Brick
lookingdeep8...
May 8, 2013 1:40 pm
You wrote: Is "K" a local hard drive on your PC? Try using a name without spaces - eg "K:\ RealSky" . It shouldn' t make any difference, but spaces can be ...
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Chris Marriott
chrisskymap
May 8, 2013 2:32 pm
Can I just check, Russ, that you've copied the contents of the RealSky CDs directly into the folder you've created? Eg, if you look at the contents of RealSky...
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Bo Sandström
bosandstrm
May 8, 2013 6:46 pm
Hi Russ, I assume then that K is an USB disc. The trouble may be that USB storage units are not always assigned the same drive letter every time by the OS. So...
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Russ Brick
lookingdeep8...
May 9, 2013 2:19 pm
You wrote: So if you create a folder "K:\ RealSky" the paths to those folders should finished up as: K:\RealSky 92;XE106 K:\RealSky 92;XE107 K:\RealSky...
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Chris Marriott
chrisskymap
May 9, 2013 2:30 pm
Here lies the problem: K:\RealSkyDiscs\USA_AURA_STSI_DSSH_0001 (D)\XE002 The "USA_AURA_STSI_DSSH_0001 (D)" folder shouldn't be there. The "XExxx" folders...
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ps.jaworski
May 23, 2013 3:37 pm
Hello. Firstly I would like to thank Chris Marriott for the some of the best software available, Skymap Pro. I am not (by a long-shot) well-schooled in the...
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Chris Marriott
chrisskymap
May 23, 2013 3:58 pm
Please contact our publishers at "sales@...". They can supply you with an updated installation CD which will work under 64-bit Windows. There will be...
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skymap@yahoogroups.com
Jun 1, 2013 7:33 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the skymap group. File : /Skymap 4 Pro...
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Russ Brick
lookingdeep8...
Jun 9, 2013 6:07 am
Chris, I seem to be experiencing a very unusual problem....... I am running Sky Map Pro 10 on a windows 8 laptop according to the instructions in the manual....
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Peter Vasey
astropete
Jun 9, 2013 8:00 am
Hi, Russ, Possibly the Asteroid file - the original menu link no longer works correctly, so you have to get the file directly (see below). The default levels...
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Chris Marriott
chrisskymap
Jun 9, 2013 8:24 am
Yes, it's the asteroid data without a doubt. Delete the asteroid catalog file and all should be well. If you've installed SkyMap in the default location -...
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Russ Brick
lookingdeep8...
Jun 9, 2013 4:57 pm
Hi Chris and Peter, Yep it was the asteroid catalog as you both suggested with one small difference......... Levels were set to 0-0 and that fixed it and I...
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Peter Vasey
astropete
Jun 9, 2013 11:08 pm
Hi, Russ, I'm surprised the files downloaded by Skymap have gone astray - as far as I can gather it's only if the program is in one of the 'Program Files'...
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Chris Marriott
chrisskymap
Jun 10, 2013 6:53 am
Hi Russ, When you update comet data it tells you where it's put the file and gives you the choice of making it the default catalog, or not. Perhaps you clicked...
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Peter Vasey
astropete
Jun 10, 2013 9:54 am
Just hoping someone more computer literate than I can shed some light on this one. Ever since I installed my new Win7 computer (last year) I've had problems...
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skymap@yahoogroups.com
Jun 10, 2013 10:19 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the skymap group. File : /asteroid.cat ...
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Peter Vasey
astropete
Jun 10, 2013 10:21 am
I've uploaded an up to date 1000 asteroid file. 'asteroid.cat' in the files section. I'll remove it in a couple of weeks. Cheers, Peter. ...
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willynhs
Jun 10, 2013 11:02 am
Hello Peter, Did you check your firewall for cable connections enabled? Greetz, Willy...
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Peter Vasey
astropete
Jun 10, 2013 12:37 pm
Thanks, Willy, I haven't a clue where to find settings for cable connections! But I tried turning Windows Firewall off altogether and it connects on power up....
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Willy Nijenhuis
willynhs
Jun 10, 2013 1:17 pm
Hello Peter, It's a bit difficult to explain evrything in english. But I found a website about configuring Windows 7 firewall. ...
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Russ Brick
lookingdeep8...
Jun 10, 2013 1:30 pm
Thanks Peter, I will use that for now. BTW, there is no comet data in the catalog that was downloaded. I did find it in the data folder listed as a security...
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Peter Vasey
astropete
Jun 10, 2013 1:37 pm
Thanks, Will, I'd already browsed through all the settings. Very confusing! But my original solution has proved to be unreliable. However I have found that...
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Peter Vasey
astropete
Jun 10, 2013 1:51 pm
Hi, Russ, The URL for the comet data has changed. It is now: http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/Soft01Cmt.txt Change the comet URL to the...
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Peter Vasey
astropete
Jun 11, 2013 9:20 am
Hi all, Here endeth the saga ;-) Many thanks to Graham - what a star! This fixed it, as a better solution than switching off part of the Firewall. It would...
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Peter Vasey
astropete
Jun 11, 2013 9:24 am
Nearly missed one out! Graham responded on the Starlight Xpress group, but Adrian Munday on the QCUIAG group also suggested Bonjour, although I couldn't find...