I have a non-orthogonal guide scope which causes problems when deriving the pole location. Would it be possible to add some offsets to PAM so one can get a...
Wade, The polar alignment accuracy of PAM does not depend on the orthogonality of your guide scope. It does not even depend on the orthogonality of the RA and...
Larry, ... I'm not so sure I believe this statement; however, I'm probably just missing something. If the scope is not exactly lined up with the mount's axis,...
Wade, I am puzzled at how you are using your Finder scope. I assume that you use it to get an initial estimate of where your scope is pointing and then you do...
Larry, ... My description of my setup was obviously confusing. Basically, I use the guide scope as my polar alignment scope since it generally has the longest...
I have been having a problem with switching between my various focus setups for a long time and just now getting around to addressing the issue. I use 2...
Norm, that's a "good idea" about having an option in FMx to choose between Setup.ini files 'before' actual initialization of FMx. Sure would make life easier....
Norm and Joe, Another way to do this is to write a short script that simply changes the FocusMax System Name and MyFocuserID in your registry. Or you could do...
Export the current settings to a file, save as focus_1 or something that tells you what system this .reg file is for. Make the change once, export that part of...
Michael, Thanks for the excellent suggestion. This is great alternative which is especially useful for those not familiar with writing scripts. Larry ... ...
PoleAlignMax stopped working on my system. FocusMax is working fine. I am getting Plate Solve Failed messages with 0 objects found. It's as if PAM isn't...
Hey. This is perhaps, more to Larry than any others. What programs can you use with Fmx? I've know of: MaxIm DL. CCDSoft. What about Image Plus? Regards,...
Michael, FocusMax only works with MaxIm DL and CCDSoft. It does not work with Image Plus. This is because Image Plus does not have the necessary COM...
Larry, this is not me that want to use it with Image Plus. I'm using it with MaxIm DL, but since there are a lot of danes that are buying RoboFocus right now....
To all, The last couple of nights, I've been having problems getting a good focus using FocusMax. The first night, I used a V-curve created using the Clear...
Wade, One fundamental principle of FocusMax is that the V Curve that works with a clear filter is exactly the same as the V Curve that works with a Ha filter....
Larry, Thanks for the quick response. ... I do recall you telling me this before; however, at the time, I didn't have an explanation for the behavior so I took...
Larry, I had an opportunity again last night to average ten V-Curves so the focusing would be more accurate. Although it did make a difference, the stars were...
Hello --- We have received multiple requests to add the capability of running multiple VCurves. I have uploaded a FMx update (V3.4.13) to the Files section...
Hello all, Last night a miracle occured and I got FocusMax to work for the first time in over a year. I was using a QHY8 camera on a f/10 12" SCT. It now works...
Vincent, I don't know the name of the scope and focuser but I am very interested in what you did to get the QHY8 to work. I have been helping another QHY8...
Larry, The biggest problem I saw was several parts of the program would not find the star when it was placed near the centre of the image. (Being approx....
Vincent, That is very interesting. A few days ago we possibly discovered a bug in the QHY8 driver. It is telling FocusMax that binning with 3x3 is possible...
Larry, Tonight I hit the Focus button first up and it failed all 5 times. It could not read the star. The window was extremely small at times. I had moved the...
Vincent, Thanks for the useful information. What version of FocusMax are you running? Also I would like for you to run a test script that may help debug this...
I agree with LarryP, the focuser 'looks' like a FeatherTouch FTF-3545. However the FMaxUG focuser is somewhat different than the FTF-3545 I have on my 2.7"...
Hi..I´m using FocusMax with my QHY8 with success ...when you upgraded to version 3.4.1 ....Almost a year???. I did a little trap..: I put a new value in the...
Larry, FocusMax version is 3.4.0.1 The result of the script is- MaxBinX= 4 MaxBinY=4 PowerOfTwoBinning=TRUE Last night when I first tried Focus, one of the...
