This is a request for the sake of the group - so no one wastes time re- inventing the wheel or chasing a red herring.... Is anyone in the group sucessfully...
Meade has managed to set up a real bear-trap on their website. IF you use Meade's Autostar Updater (ASU) to "update" the firmware on your Autostar -and- choose...
I'm having a problem similar to the one in this post, and I thought I should see if anyone has any other ideas before I start looking for broken traces. In my...
Ah - this sounds very familiar... possibly the ol' "capacitor/resistor mod" needs doing to stop spikes and sparks from the motor bushes themselves from...
Good grief. Why would I go through the effort to create the silly web page if I didn't want to share it with people? (grin) "My advice is always free and worth...
I also patched a 497 with the latest and greatest, now does random AZ/RA slews during training on a 4504 setup, a DS2102, and an ETX-90. I put a 12 volt...
Thanks for your help guys. The pictures on the web site are of different motors, not the 4504's, has anyone done this particular mod on a 4504 and can verify...
The motors are similar but the 4504 motors are very cramped inside and it is rather difficult to get them back together again after taking them apart. Proceed...
I have to agree with Chris, unless your hobby is machine work there is a lot to converting a fork mount to goto. It's been done for sure but off the shelf and...
I think the nylon bolt was meant to aid in connecting the drives to the mount's worms. The great beauty of the Meade Autostar system is that you can easily ...
after 3 weeks I fnally found a little time to do some more testing. I dont think either of the photo transistors is fried. I tried cutting the wire to each...
Over on the MeadeUncensored group they are talking about the latest upgrade to the 497 being corrupt. It appears that it is for the new Autostar III 497 that...
... That's what my posting in message 11184 was talking about. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/11184 To be a little more accurate: what...
Thanks Dick, I was trying to help but your expertise is much better than mine. I haven't even updated for a while myself as my unit works fine and I just do...
So you are saying, if you go to http://www.meade.com/support/auto.html and click on Autostar model #497 version 43Eg (479 KB) is available. you try to use...
... No. What i am saying is if you start the Autostar Updater (ASU) on your PC, and click on the big [update autostar now] button, and (on the dialog screen...
Scopestuff.com now carries this type of dovetail saddle in anodized black. The set screw it uses looks like it is sourced from the same shop GSO uses. Price is...
Thanks for the pics. You comments on the belts/gears are interesting. Kia apparently agrees. They want a grand to replace my cam belt! I was able to put a...
Took a thankless job for $1 a year. THAT shows commitment! http://ocbiz.freedomblogging.com/2009/02/06/ceo-of-irvine-telescope-company-quits/9056/ I give him...
Hi George, That'll work. One of the things I like about these groups - everyone has a slightly different approach and if you can put them all together you get...
OK, I'm getting closer all the time to doing surgery on my 4504 RA motor, but still hoping that someone out there might know of an easier solution. I've tried...
I tried to put a cap and resistor in the 4504 motors and there is very little room and I was not able to do so. I was never able to solve the runaway. As to...
Hi, I am new to this group. I would like to add goto functionality to a CG-5 clone I recently acquired as my second mount. I am seeing a number of older Meade...
... The 4504 motor units are easier to couple to a GEM mount. ... The 494 controller (-except- for the "Starfinder" model which comes with the 4504 or...
hi, I have a question for you guys,I converted my lxd500 mount to goto and run it with autostar 497 using the lxd55 as mount selection. First few nights out...
Sounds like one of your worm shaft gears jumped its teeth alignment with the associated, worm wheel gear. You're lucky if there were no teeth damaged, as it...
Hi, Jeff, I doubt very much that as Keith suggests your mount gears are damaged - it would take more power than the DS motors can provide without themselves...
... If you are using DS motor units, the clicking may be one of the gears "jumping" a tooth. If the scope is just sidereally tracking, are you still getting...
dick, the clicking only happens when the mount is slewing to a target. it works fine when tracking,i thought perhaps that one of the gears were slipping ...
It sounds like one of your mount axes is way out of balance. You need to figure that out and fix it first. Unlocking the axes clutches should help you to...
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