Hi... over in the ASCOM-Talk yahoo group, the last couple of days has had a thread centering upon what a cloud-watcher driver should present to application...
I'm torn between letting high level programs do the thinking or put smarts in the PIC. The one smarts in the PIC would be for a single opto-coupled output in ...
Added the heater control code, info and results here if interested: http://home.comcast.net/~lynol1000/weather/Weather_proto.htm Hint: Dew point calcs, when...
Hi I am looking for a simple diagram for controlling a reversible focus motor but not Computer controlled. Something with forward-fast,forward-slow,...
Gday Peter I have half a dozen different designs that i have built over the last 5 years or so. All of them use a single pot to control speed and direction no...
Hi Andrew Thanks for the ideas, I am interested in the single pot design, although having the ability to switch it off would be useful, part of the reason I...
Gday Peter ... So add a switch to the DC supply :-) The single pot with a PICAXE allows you to use the native ADC in the PICAXE to read the pot. You can then...
Hi, Peter, Here is a *really* simple control circuit. A couple of small switches (they must be single pole, double throw, non-locking and spring loaded in one...
Hi: Forgive me if my question does not have the technical level that you handle. I wanted to know if serious possible to handle the focuser, with motor DEC +...
I read a book called Star Ware (can't remember the author) a few years ago and there was a section on low cost solutions for telescopes. One section told how...
Yes, you can certainly connect a Meade DEC motor assembly to your focus mechanism, with the goal of using the Autostar's DEC (or Alt) feedback to monitor where...
An interesting concept Dick, You look out for a 'wrecker' ETX scope on eBay and salvage the RA nd Dec boards and drive mechanisms. You then adapt each axis to...
Hi Niall, If you ever try to manually focus a scope when imaging planets at >3m focal lengths (I routinely us 8m), you soon realise that an electric focuser is...
Hi Rob, The day I can start dreaming about owning a scope with a focal length of more than 2m will be the day I start dreaming about moving to New Mexico,...
Good Day, After exhaustive research and much advice, I have concluded that the best way to automate the control of my GEM for GOTO readiness in support of...
I took the plunge. Pulled together enough parts to build a sub $100 2gig, 2.8 ghz P4 PC and picked up a used copy of Linex for Dummies (2007 ed.) on eBay. ... ...
Not sure exactly what the SkyView EQ Deluxe is except it was replaced by the SkyView Pro. Poke thru the group photos there has to be something close. EQ-3,...
I recently bought a used EQ1 mount with a set of Konus stepper motors. The controller is marked Sky Motor 9000 and it has 8 button: 2 for an optional focuser,...
Please send me a private email and I will post a picture of my proposed GEM configuration. I do not know how to post JPGs on this forum. Thanks, Keith ...
Hi Keith, In the photos section take a look at my Sky-View 2000. If you follow the directions for modifying an EQ-3 then everything works. I did not have to ...
THe X1-x16 is to change the slew rate. You would have to change the gears to change the default speed. If they are steppers thats different than DC motors. You...
Pic didnt come thru.... But it is the GEM that came before the Skyview Pro. It seems to be the first enclosed gear GEM they marketed. THey now sell a...
You have to attach the pic in your own email program, or if you use the groups reply system (can't attach anything) then you would post the pic in the photos...
Hi Craig. Nice shots of your mount. IT looks more like the Pro line of mounts. A bit heftier than the old Deluxe version. But it is similar. THose controllers...
The motors are from the DS 392 kit. All I did was drill the three bolt holes to connect the motor box to the aluminum angles. I was experimenting to see if I...
My EQ3-2 conversion can be found at http://www.madpc.co.uk/~peterv/astroplover/equipnbits/EQ3.htm I DID drill and tap the body for the mounting plates. But...
Peter, My photo album is called, “Orion SkyView EQ Deluxe GEM”. http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/photos/browse/9f96 Thanks for your website!...
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