I have an ETX125 and it was working great. It was hiting all the objects and I must of had a power sure using a external battery. Could have been low battery....
John, I had something similar a little while ago. Everything was fine except the move left button didn't work, and I got the motor failure message. It turned...
I recently purchased a used ETX-90 EC all seems well with it except for when I hook up a 497 Autostar controller, the elevation axis runs at full speed no...
Have you done a CALIBRATE MOTOR and TRAIN DRIVES with the used ETX-90? Whenever you switch the AutoStar between different telescopes you need to repeat those....
Mike Weasner
mweasner@...
Feb 16, 2007 12:12 am
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Hi: I have a ETX 125 scope. You can update your 497 Autostar Software, by Internet. When I did update my Software, Speeds was changed. Sorry for my English,...
... except for ... at ... up to ... anyone ... for ... be in ... Thanks for the quick advice. I'll try the motor training today and see what it does. Is there...
... and ... Calibrate motors seemed to do the trick for the speed settings. I tend to think things through too much (or try to anyway) before trying something,...
... and ... Calibrate motors seemed to do the trick for the speed settings. I tend to think things through too much (or try to anyway) before trying something,...
... Train Drive -measures- the backlash, the "Percentage" settings tell the Autostar how much of that measured backlash to apply as a "quick spin" when the...
Many thanks Mike! ... Mike Weasner Email: mweasner@... iChatAV / AIM: mweasner@......
Mike Weasner
mweasner@...
Feb 22, 2007 3:31 am
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Thanks Dan and Mike, I look forward to assisting with this group. It's a great group with a strong membership base. David has done an outstanding job at...
... Meade historically has been very restrictive in selling any parts. The policy seems to be to keep the service and repair business in house. I do a lot of...
See the FAQ page on my ETX Site (http://www.weasner.com/etx). ... Mike Weasner Email: mweasner@... iChatAV / AIM: mweasner@......
Mike Weasner
mweasner@...
Feb 25, 2007 2:07 am
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During the past we have been battling spam on the group while working to promote active dialogue around our ETX telescopes. For a number of reasons it was...
Centre contact Positive outside negative. Bob _________________________________________________________________ Rate your skiving credentials with our...
I have an ETX90 w/o base or computer control. ITs called the terrestial scope I think, so it can be easily used for photography, which I also do. I have an...
Thanks Mods, I've been visiting this site many times in the past but never joined becuase of all the stuff & spam that seems to come up. I look forward to now...
I bought my ETX90 back i the days when it weas only available as the "RA" model (it would track, but no goto). I found I liked it much better as just the OTA...
A while ago Meade used to sell a generic camera mount for the ETX. This mount somehow fastened to the eyepiece mount and simply held the camera to this...
Mike Feuillets
mikefeuillets@...
Mar 1, 2007 9:06 pm
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... This mount somehow fastened to the eyepiece mount and simply held the camera to this adaptor with elastics and apparently took photos though the eyepiece....
These things didn't work too well. Look, instead for a camera adaptor that screws onto the filter threads of your (non-removable-lens) digicam. Orion sold them...
Several different types are reviewed on the Accessory Reviews: Astrophotography page on my ETX Site. You might also want to check out the Helpful Information:...
Mike Weasner
mweasner@...
Mar 8, 2007 1:03 am
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I thought Scopetronix was out of business and not taking orders? ________________________________ From: ETXASTRO@yahoogroups.com on behalf of wsuriano2002 ...
