Washinglee505 Control Cable for Meade HC Autostar/Audiostar/497, USB Firmware Upgrade Cable, for ETX127 ETX125 ETX-90 LXD75 LX80 LX90 and ETX 80. Built in FTDI Chip. (16 FT / 5M)

When I got the cable I was a bit concerned since it was labelled with a web address to install a driver to operate. I tried the cable as it was received and it worked perfectly out of the box, no need to make any SW changes to the cable to get it to control the operation between my ASI Air and Meade 10" LX 200 GPS..

Received today and gave it a try on one of my set-ups. Using Windows10, StarryNight Pro7 and BackyardEOS as software. Equipment was an ETX90 and an ASUS ROG laptop. Plugged in and worked out of the package with the above items. Used the Meade Generic in ASCOMM as the driver for that and scope fully communicated with StarryNight. It automatically set the COMM port to #4, not sure if plugging into a different USB port would matter?So it works. I also have an LT6 I will try it on, but I believe it has to do with the controller being used? It has the audiostar as the ETX90 has the 497.Also, only gripe may be a longer cable on it, maybe 15 feet or so to reach away from the scope to laptop with extra so nobody gets tangled. Yes I have 25 foot USB pass-trough cables. But, less connections, less problems. Just my opinion.Last note: All software and the hand controller have latest updates to them.

Plug into socket, linux recognised it no ploblems, stellarium works great with my lx90.

I need to update the software on my LX200 GPS and didn't have a serial port available. Looking online it is hard to tell which cables will work, I think Meade used a nonstandard pinout, and there may be issues with some chipsets for the USB converter.In any case, I decided to try this cable, partially because it uses the FTDI chipsets, and also because it was specifically built for this telescope, including using all six conductors on the connector.I am glad to say it worked perfectly with the default drivers. The only thing I did was adjust to 9600 baud in the StarGPS updater

Do not buy. Does not work with Meade LX90. I downloaded all drivers and wasted a lot of time.THEN I purchased the authentic 505 cable from Meade along with a new FTDI USB to serial cable and everything worked. Imagine that!