pinpoint setup help

[Chris Maier]

i'm demoing pinpoint to be used in APCC and have downloaded and unipped the usnoa2.o database on a file on my harddrive. I point APCC to is drive for the catalog and when I try to plate solve, I receive a error message "can't create active x component". its a windows 8.1 machine thanks for any help

[Bob Denny]

Have you installed the PinPoint Astrometric Engine? If so, then you'll have to ask Astro-Physics since they have embedded the PinPoint engine into APCC and that program (APCC) provides all of the controls. I am not sure what you mean "point APCC to is drive for the catalog", but if the catalog is the problem you will receive a detailed error message that ultimately comes form PinPoint through APCC to you. The "can't create object" is almost certainly a case where APCC can't even create a PinPoint engine for its use.

[Chris Maier]

I thought I installed the engine. I'll try again. does the database need to go into a directory within pinpoint?

[Bob Denny]

No the database can go anywhere. My Documents\USNO A2.0 would be fine.. PinPoint installs its components into protected system areas that you normally should not be going into :-)