Anyone having any luck contacting the goto4all folks ? I've sent two emails over the past week or so without response. Anyone got a set of brackets they're...
Hello everyone, Been a while since my last post. My autostar system has been working flawlessly all of that time. Suddenly, from 1 day to the next, my system's...
Buyer would pay UPS or other shipping from Frankfort OH, USA. I got most of this stuff this winter from ebay in a project to mount an Orion 4.5" StarBlast on a...
... Did the choice of -alignment stars- change, too? (after all, as the sun sets later, you're observing later, too). There do seem to be 'better' and 'worse'...
Yes Dick, the stars did change. I believe in early April, autostar used Sirius and Capella as alignment stars. Now, it uses Arcturus and Regulus. I'll look...
... In two words: "Further apart" (more words: at least 25 degrees above the horizon, less than 70 degrees above the horizon (in Alt/Az), and with at least 45...
Thanks Dick for this info. The same thing happened last year too, and it never occured to me that the autostar's star alignment "choices" were the culprit. I...
I made the cardinal mistake of loading up the latest version of the Autostar software and applying Dick's patch to it prior to leaving for a star party over...
I recently purchased a losmandy G11 with Gemini, and find the Gemini to be complicated and frustrating...not nearly as simplistic of use as the Autostar....
... No, the Autostar's *choice* algorithm is skewed to brightness (easy to find) rather than 'best'. It has certain limits to prevent it from (usually) making ...
... Was the star party in a different Time Zone? ... That one seems to be a quirk of the 4.xxx firmwares. You should power up in that orientation, too. ... ...
Hello Vixen MT-1 steppers really are not very good steppers... If your are interested I put on public domain a pic based circuit to drive low power unipolar...
Hi Dick, In reply to your questions... 1. Nope, same time zone (EDT) and about 100 miles away. 2. Goto to the object and then slew a bit more for grins or just...
Dick, Forgot to add in the other e-mail... At one point in my troubleshooting, after the scope parked itself aiming to the east, I left it in that position and...
... **Both** Autostars did this?? This could also indicate a need to do a Calibrate Motors operation. (or a flakey cable). Did the Autostar's Status display...
Dick - ... **Both** Autostars did this?? This could also indicate a need to do a Calibrate Motors operation. (or a flakey cable). Can't confirm if it was both...
... I forget what number i provided, but the comments and the ReadMe discuss this. If the current patch-file line is: R xxxx 20 10 you can make that 10 (it's...
I've just recently completed upgrading an old (circa 1980's) Super Polaris mount to goto using DS motors, Autostar 497, custom made mounting hardware and parts...
... I think Vixen used various stepper motors over the years and their controllers are not always compatible with with a given motor. Used controllers tend to...
... Angel, Super photos. Been playing with the PIc16F628A and may be able to eliminate the Max232. Guess that college Spanish is going to pay off after all!...
Javier´s mount should work fine with almost any system because PE is really low about 4-5" PV without guiding and close to 1" guided with Astroart. He was...
Hello group, I just finished my very first project, and it works! Started very cheap (not a rich man). Thanks to all who have posted their experiences and ...
I answered this earlier but I don't see that my answer made it to the group. I guess Yahoo strikes again! I am still working on-and-off on my LXD-55/75 motor...
