Lemon? - Forums - AstroBin

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Mar 19, 2024

Good afternoon everyone.

I just bought the Ocal Max and even had it priority overnight delivered, just to find out it doesn't even turn on. I tried 2 different Androids and a Windows PC - neither is showing me a camera picture. I followed the instructions to copy/paste the code into the focus.txt file, but nothing is getting it to work. Did I buy a "lemon" or is there another solution I may have overlooked? If anyone has an idea or advice, please let me know.

Thanks in advance!

Buyman

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Buyman3375

Topic starter

Mar 20, 2024

Buyman3375:
Good afternoon everyone.

I just bought the Ocal Max and even had it priority overnight delivered, just to find out it doesn't even turn on. I tried 2 different Androids and a Windows PC - neither is showing me a camera picture. I followed the instructions to copy/paste the code into the focus.txt file, but nothing is getting it to work. Did I buy a "lemon" or is there another solution I may have overlooked? If anyone has an idea or advice, please let me know.

Thanks in advance!

Buyman

Please disregard my initial request. After working on this for the last 3 hours, I figured out the problem. Apparently,
my 2 Android devices were too old, and not supported by the Ocal. A newer one connected without problems. As for the Windows issue – apparently, my privacy settings prohibited me from accessing the camera, which in return
disallowed the app to gain access to it.

We're all good. I hope this will help someone else!

Cheers,

Buyman

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Dave Rust

Mar 20, 2024

Good detective work! I bet it will help others.

Brian Puhl

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Mar 20, 2024

I had similar issues getting an OCAL to work in Windows. Took me a couple hours to realize the software wasn't compatible, but the 'alternate version' worked once I figured out that windows was blocking the camera.

Jerry Gerber

Mar 20, 2024

One more reason the OCAL 3 might not turn on is if you use the USB-A to USB-c adapter and plug the adapter into the OCAL camera, it won't work. The adapter must be plugged into the laptop or tablet, then it will work.

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