Meade Autostar RJ9 USB PC interface cable allows you to connect the Meade 495/497 AutoStar or Meade AudioStar keyboard to the USB port of a PC or laptop using the Meade AutoStar Suite software, available for free download.  

It designed to control your computerized telescope from a laptop or PC through the various planetarium programs, connects to the USB port of the computer and to the RJ9 port of the hand controller. Unlike the standard Meade #505 cable, for Meade Autostar USB PC interface cable, a serial port adapter is not required.

Optionally, instead of this cable, you can use wireless adapters – AutoFi  https://www.ebay.com/itm/133928440207

or AutoBt  https://www.ebay.com/itm/133956969181

When used with the appropriate Meade Autostar software, USB PC interface cable allows you to control the telescope from a PC, download software updates and clone one keyboard to another so that you can share user-created databases.

Meade Autostar RJ9 USB PC Interface Cable is used with the # 495/497 AutoStar and AudioStar keyboards supplied as standard equipment on the Meade ETX-90, ETX-125, LXD75, LX80, LX90 and other models.

Connecting a computer to your telescope will also allow you to move the telescope from different planetarium programs! Today, there are many programs available that not only display the night sky, as it appears on any chosen observation night, but this will allow you to send your telescope to any object on the screen at the touch of a button.

To use the adapter, you need first to install Meade Autostar RJ9 USB PC Interface Cable driver.

Characteristics:

Compatibility: Windows x64 / x86 Driver XP / Vista / 7/8 / 10/ 11

Cable length: 3 meters

In order to improve the quality of the product, the manufacturer reserves the right to make changes to the design and equipment without notifying users.