I installed ds motors and 497 controlleron my LX6.i tested the control panel with motors and controller before installing and they worked good.After...
I had something similar to this and it turned out to be a bad connection in the cable between the Autostar and the connection panel, check to see if the...
Although I modified my CG-5/EQ-5 with DS motors and the German belt- drive kit a couple of years back I have not used it until very recently. During this...
i checked the voltage with a meter and it is reading 15.25 coming from a 12 volt converter.could to high cause it? [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hi, Bernard ... Maybe not - I get good results with 32Ei. The very latest versions have Zip codes. Not much use outside the USA! A friend of mine just ...
Er......... ... <snip> ... I've just remembered that GuideDog uses ASCOM anyway. So maybe Maxim DL will likewise be ok. Peter. [Non-text portions of this...
My ds motors are running as soon as i power up.i found that i have 1.25 volts on the blue motor wire.i dont think it should be there but i unpluged the...
Peter, Thanks for your comments which are very helpful but I still have some doubts / questions about the following: My understanding (which is very likely...
The LXD-55/75 has a 144:1 worm, just like every other Chinese clone of the 144:1 Vixen SP/GP/GP-DX mounts. They will all have exactly the same worm gear...
Hi Chaps! I don't post here often, but I constantly search through the messages for snipits of info that I may need. Anyway, I just thought I'd let you all...
Hi, Bernard, Chris Erickson has already confirmed that the gearing is the same for the CG5 and LXD55 at 144 teeth, so the PEC period will be the same - your...
Hi all, I have a Meade 4501 that has the single clock motor on it (original Meade) The battery pack holds 10 AA which factors to 15 V. I'm thinking of using a...
I did my first sucessfull drift alignment this weekend. I never had a reticle eye-piece to do it before. After making adjustments for the star moving up and...
Recently I have been having troubles at high magnification with my new orion 80 ed on an eq3-2/astroview moded with some ds motors. I pondered this problem....
Lawrence, I had a similar problem on an Eq3-2, be it with a longer scope tube and everyone said what you need is more mass, however I found a simple solution...
Replace the aluminum legs with wooden legs and put an eye hook in the center of the tripod tray and then hang a weight or hefty 12VDC battery pack from that...
Hi All, I am a new, but used, CG5 owner and am trying to find a copy of the owner's manual. I've looked at a bunch of places on the web, but am still without...
Thanks for the info. But my cheap bottle of water (its about 8.3 pounds, and 2 feet from the eq head) seems to do the trick. As an engineer, I thought of this...
Hi Lawrence, Interesting analysis. I am also a structural engineer. Stiffness is important, but so is damping and mass, as this is a dynamic problem. In fact ...
Heh. And I am only an electrical (telecommunications) engineer! But I stayed at a Holiday Inn once... -Christopher Erickson ... From: "Carsten A. Arnholm"...
... The Autostar's method of handling floating-point numbers limits it to a schooch over 6 significant digits. Add to that the fact that it only displays...
Hi all in the group,can someone help me out. I have a Meade DS-2130 5" telescope and need help setting it up. so far I have put the the telescope model into my...
Check out Mike Weasner's mega-ETX web site for excellent information on using AutoStar powered telescopes. http://www.weasner.com Also check out Meade's...
As I said, I have some issues because I am handicapped. A friend of mine has ProE, and we are going to model this under differing conditions, like wind. Wind...