Hi, Michael and Tom, just a bit of information: Quote from my EQ3-2 Web Page (DS motors): 'Power usage is approximately 100 milliamps when tracking and 500 ...
Hi Chaps, I've been reading through various posts about converting 495's to 497's, could someone just confirm for me that by updating the firmware of a 495 I...
Alun, I have never heard of a 495 that could not be updated.. but rumours persist that some of the very early ones did not have the requisite memory. Have you...
I have had a 100 buck bounty posted for years on a non-upgradeable 495 and nobody has claimed it yet. I would have been far cheaper for Meade to come up with a...
I have tried the latest patch,(33ef) but when I attemtped to setup the telescope model, I could not find the 4405 and the DS-80 wa still in there.... me...
Thanks for all the replies chaps, my mind is at ease now. I don't have the required cableing just yet, as I'm getting bit's and pieces as I go along... I've...
... Me confused, too... "33Ef" is the meade firmware designator. If you apply my patch kit to the ROM file in your PC, and then send that out to the Autostar, ...
Greetings Richard: I have followed your instructions and after a while I turned on the #497 and noticed the V33f4 at start-up and also going to the stages to...
Hi all I had an AS-CG5 mount for a couple of time, doing mainly wide field AP. Now, I've become tired of guiding manually, so I want wo add autoguiding...
Hello Dick: I would like to exchange some inforamtion with your experience of the 497 controler unit. when I upgraded the patch V33F4; I notoiced that I lost...
Hi, Walther, You seem unnecessarily to be getting yourself more than somewhat screwed up! When you upgrade, of course the ratio settings are lost. But it's ...
... Simple: STOP (re)SELECTING THE MODEL The sequence is: select model (ONCE) Adjust Ratios (ONCE) Ignore Focal Length (or set it ONCE) By tapping [enter] when...
I've just safe loaded Chris's 32ei4 Build ROM with patches from the files section to my Autostar. Thanks for the build with patches. I am interested in the...
i have a 10" dob and want to put an autostar on it can anyone help with what i need (i.e. what size gears to use etc) and if it will be working i only use it...
Well friends Dick & Peter. thank you for responding so quickly as to my in-ability to get things going for me. as for my south American blood ahem Dutch...
David, Autostar works better in EQ mount, although it kind of works on Alt- Az. It has no field de-rotation capability. You may wish to check the Yahoo...
... Two places... the first was in the ReadMe for v32 of the firmware. ... PEC added for Polar mounted scopes PEC can be found under Setup - Telescope - Smart...
Er.... ... Why do you say 'kind of works on Alt-Az'?? The Autostar first appeared with the ETX series and LX90 which are supplied as Alt-Az instruments, and...
Peter, You know, I also use my DS-80 (AltAz) frequently. The tracking is "kind of" strange in certain positions. I heard the motors stop moving, then all in...
Hello everyone, I am sold on the #497 controller and what it seems to have to over I am makind a dob and a mid sized one at that. My OTA is around 5olbs. (12"x...
Michael, If using DS (all Delrin plastic gears and small motor), see Files > DS Motor gear info > DS Motor Gear Box.xls But please don't quote me on this...
hi, i need a LX6 digital readout system daughter board,it mounts on top of the drive pcb in the drive base,if anyone knows where i might find one. thanks ken...
Good question and I don't think so. IIRC, the MT-1 motors don't have a threaded mounting hole on the bottom. Instead they depended on set screws from the side...
i only interested in visual observing not imaging as i dont have the time to wait to see if images are sharp/tracking ok/exposed ok/etc thats way i made a dob...
