Hi Everyone, Forecast by me (finally!!) is for clear skies and low humidity thru the weekend! I'm going to give my scope a test drive tonight. The mount is...
Just noticed Joe's message about predicted clear skies w/low humidity for this weekend and since I have the same prediction, I was wondering where some of the...
Thanks Mike. I'm in Northern New Jersey. Not the darkest skies in the world, but I'm far enough from NYC to get some decent views. We also have a site some 30...
Someone can give me a link or a photo for a idea. How can fit the Ds motor in Lxd500B mount? Tanks ... Yahoo! Mail: gratis 1GB per i messaggi, antispam,...
Well, I finally got my scope out tonight. Its a clear, dry, beautiful night. My slewing ain't so good though. In trying to align the scope (I'm polar...
I think I found the solution. On the ratios, I reversed the signs. Alt is now +03.28533, and Az is now -03.28533. When I did this, the scope pointed to the...
I'm just about to the point of pulling my hair out over my new SVP goto conversion. I start out by leveling the mount, do an iterative one-star alignment per...
Mark, I'm curious. I know you used the Goto4all brackets like me. Did you have to do anything with your ratios. Last night, my scope was slewing in the...
I had this problem once, caused by having the wrong "time offset from GMT" in the handbox. Should be -6 for CST, etc. Handbox thought it was in Greenwich,...
Last night, I solved a major slewing direction problem by flipping the signs in the Gear Ratios. This got the scope going about where its supposed to. Because...
Joe, Yes. Once you start the alignment process you MUST use the arrow keys. the AutoStar controller is measuring the number of encoder pulses between the...
Joe Bob has already answered your question but I found a very useful instruction video on Meades web site Go to customer support Video instruction manuel ...
Hi Joe, Yeah. I had one night when I first got it set up where gotos were close enough to be in the FOV of my 40mm EP. Since then I've been fighting with it....
Thanks guys for your response. I'll also check out that video on the Mead site. I will definately be using the Sync option too. That's a great feature to have....
Yeah, Its not as easy as Meade makes it seem. There's alot of up-front work that needs to be done. Luckily alot of it doesn't have to be done all of the time....
Given the trouble I'm having keeping my DS2090 aligned properly I can only imagine how hard it is with a custom mount/scope like you guys are using. Last night...
Sander, That's what the "sync" option is supposed to do. Once the object is centered, press and hold the "enter" button for a few seconds and it should "beep"...
Mike, I -thought- that's what I read but I feared it only applied to the initial two alignement stars. Awesome! You are right needing to sync only to those ...
Yeah, I've been delaying that too. I'm reluctant to void to warranty on my brand new mount....but...It may come down to greasing it. Here in north Louisiana we...
from what I've read I think the "sync" function does that but only in a limited area around that object. Maybe someone more experienced can confirm that. Mark ...
... It's called SYNC, and is actiuvated by pressing the [enter] key for 3 seconds (then releasing) after GoTo'ing a target. Then follow the prompts. With...
Actually Mark I use it all night long wherever I happen to be. In most cases, if I'm doing a slew from one part of the sky to another region, I'll have the AS...
I tried the high precision mode the other night but I'm not familiar enough yet with the stars to identify them with any certainty. I'm working on expanding my...
Yeah Chris. I went back and re-read the FAQ and found it at the top of page 8. I thought I read it somewhere. I just couldn't remember where. Joe ... ...
Just want to let you know, I got my system working!! Did an easy alignment, centered the 2 alignment stars, and the scope successfully goes to the object I...
Excellent! Persistence pays of in cases like this. If only our loved ones wouldn't call it 'stubbornness' :-) I'd be interested to know how accurate your scope...
I did a couple of syncs during the session. Nothing major. If an object was appearing too far off center in the FOV, I would sync it up. Goto's already paying...
Is this Alt/Az or polar? ... From: RoboScope@yahoogroups.com [mailto:RoboScope@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of jmainframe1 Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 7:00...
... http://www.meade.com/support/etxseries_faq.html#a10 # The "Sync" function looks like a great way to upgrade my alignment. Should I use it often? A: No,...
