Texas Nautical Repair- Land Sea and Sky in Houston, Texas (713) 529 3551 is the importer and distributer of all Takahashi Scopes, mounts and accesories. At...
Sorry my reply to you yesterday was lost somewhere in cyberspace. The abbreviated answer is: LXD motor's spur gear is Metric Module 0.8 gear. I don't know...
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Hi, I will try to use my SVP mount with the #492 + 497 Autostar goto kit. Is this setup suitable for prime focus astrophotography in a 7” f/7 newt scope ? ...
Andre, If using the 497 handbox, the other smaller 4-pin RJ-11 modular connector in its bottom lower left hand is a 2-wire RS232 port. That RS232 port connects...
Hi I have just finished my Goto conversion of a Cave Eq mount carring a 8" SCT. I have also just recieved a mead LPI camra that I would like to use to guide...
And of course the cable required is the standard Meade #505 cable. You need this anyway if you want to upgrade your firmware. You can make your own, see: ...
Tony, Starfinder handbox is a variation of the 494 handbox thus has no built-in serial port. However, with some tweaking, you can bring out the AUX port...
... I don't understand "942" Does it have a 20-key keypad, 10 of which have numbers? If yes, it is really a 495, and can be converted to become a 497 by...
Hi - I have just discovered this group, checked a few of your sites, which are very inspirational and I think the described autostar conversion may be the...
The drive ratio is settable in the Autostar to adjust to your mount's requirements. There is a document in the Files section of the group's home page that will...
... I -am- envious... where in the world (or: what used) did you find harmonic drives? They are weird and wonderful beasties. Adding a toothed belt would add...
Maybe not all toothed belts are created equal. I have found the tooth belts that are part of the Goto4all bracket kit don't add any at all to the backlash of...
You will need a 495/497 Autostar in order to be able to autoguide with the Meade LPI or the DSI. Probably the same goes for QCUIAG webcams too. -Christopher...
I would say that the Chinese SVP might not be the best mount for astrophotography with a 7" f7 Newt. A bigger and more accurate mount will do better. As...
I agree, I used this setup with a 6' MAK, and its just tolerable for visual, now I use it for my 80mm, or 100mm refractors, and put the 6" on a CG5-gt. Jim ......
... Nope, sorry... pure uninformed speculation on my part (and i mistakenly used the word "would", instead of "may"..) I also had in mind -my- usual quality of...
Hi I've got the upgraded #493 kit sold by Bill Vorce of Telescope Warehouse with the #497 Autostar and the Goto4all kit from Germany I hope someone here can...
It's the EQ5 !! For example if I use Guidedog with the Shoestring IF and a relaybox connected to the Handbox of the Dual Motor system (connected to the ...
I have no idea. If you were to retrofit that EQ-5 with Meade motors and a Meade 497 Autostar then PEC and autoguiding is possible. -Christopher Erickson ... ...
Hello everybody, I just had an accident happen to a couple of my autostars . It is in essence similar to plugging an Autostar in the DEC connector of a lxd55...
Unfortunately Meade uses the same connector for both sockets. On the Autostar side there are two power pins and six signal pins. On the DEC motor socket there...
... Egad... which motor units have this brilliant arrangement? I think there might even be grounds for filing it as a warranty claim (if they provide the...
This wonderful design is the standard on all LXD-55/75 scopes. Schematic: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/files/LXD-55%20motors/LXD-55 motor...
Lets try that again. Go here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope/files/LXD-55%20motors/ Then click the file named "LXD-55 motor wiring2.gif" -Chris ... ...
... seem to remember, but real beauties! They are from "terra beam" scopes - whatever they were! I am so excited I am plunging in to buying the controllers and...
looks like good professional design practices are in place at Meade R&D. Even with the screw up of using the same type connectors and having power on some pins...
