Hi, folks, hopefully someone in one of the groups can help me! On my laptop I no longer get the 'Beep' sound (ding or whatever) that you get when you click on...
Just for information and to close the 'Beep' Help query, Mike Gray from the QCUIAG group very kindly pointed me in the right direction. There was a key...
Hi The web sure has a lot of info regarding scope conversions to 'go-to' and I would like to thank everyone for their time and efforts in providing all this...
... It is quite common for the alignment stars to be "out". But it would help us if you could say how FAR out they are. ... If the two alignment stars are the...
... Just a few messages back in this group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/1204 and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/message/1205 and...
Hi, I've recently retrofitted my eq5 mount using #492 motors the goto4all kit and a #494 autostar. However I do have one or two questions. Does any one know or...
... I didn't really extend it, I replaced it. The new counterweight shaft is slightly larger in diameter and 5" longer. I removed the bottom bearing collar...
... If you tell it (and it believes you) that you have an ETX model telescope, it should then allow switching to Polar operation. Setup > Telescope > Model >...
I expect most of you will have cleared out the chinese 'glue-grease' from y= our mounts but for those of you still about to a good lube you might want to tr= ...
Another Teflon grease is "Super Lube". Available on the net as well as through HWI hardware stores. Michael D. Stephan Executive Director Potawatomi Wildlife...
Try Telescope Warehouse or Russell Machine & Optics (or maybe Optics and Machine). Both are on the net and very good to deal with. peter... ... From: kurtz550 ...
Greetings... Being technically inept (for the most part)...am I to assume that I have to cut the wires in the motor, wrap them around the ferrite, then solder...
Hi everybody. All know that the ds motor done a lot of noise when move at max. velocity. Nobody know that is possible done to reduce noise? Any idea to make...
... If you have a 497 Autostar, and are running the current firmware, one of the Setup > Telescope options is "Quiet Slew" That lowers the maximum speed to...
Hi. I use this option but the motor run 3 seconds and then stop 1 and start again. Is it normal? See you. ... De: autostaretx [mailto:rseymour@...] ...
... No. Which version of firmware are you running? ( Setup > Statistics > [scroll up] to see the FULL identifier) The current version is 26Ed (in English) ...
Yes, I have the last 26Ed version, so that happens with my motor is not normal? Run 3 seconds and then stop 1 and start again? I think that the mount work...
This comes up from time to time and is an interesting subject. Teflon and graphite greases should not be used in telescope mounts. They will actually lower...
You will have to cut the wires, add length and wrap them through the core about five to ten times. -Christopher Erickson ... http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/...
I don't think the Quiet Slew option works correctly with DS motors. I have tried it with several firmware revisions and appropriate patches and the "stop and...
... Oh? i think that's the first i've heard of that... is it affected by the Ratio settings? (i -believe- it, i just don't have DS motors to test it) All the...
The ratio settings don't seem to make a difference. It just seems to slew at full speed for three seconds, stops for about 2 seconds and then slews again for...
I will do some more testing tonight. Also, there is a bug in the latest patch kit that gives an "under construction" message if you pick the 4504/114EQ model. ...
I did a test with my DS system a short while ago. Time set at 2300 (daytime here, but matterless). GOTO M57. OK. Then GOTO M13. The mount decided to go...
... Yes... what it's doing is taking a two-leg path to the target. The first leg moves it away from a tripod collision to a "safe" mid-point, and then the...
... None of the 4504 group have reported that. There are -many- of my patch-users there. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Meade4504Telescopes/ What motor set are...
