Very cool Christopher, I am sure someone has done the conversion in the UK I could swop for slippery slick strip for focusser modification perhaps:-) Karl B ...
Speaking of pumpkin time, I am getting the evil eye from my wife so I believe that means it is bed time for me! See 'yall on the 'morrow. -Chris "master of...
Actually I tighten the thumbscrews once I know that the laser itself is collimated. After all, that is how the eyepiece is going to be used. I have found...
Remember that you can communicate directly with the autostar from programmes such as Astroart to enable autoguiding. The APM is not necessary. Jamie ... motor ...
The APM-909 would provide two interesting features: 1. An extremely fine tracking/correction speed. 2. A 4-switch autoguider interface. Certainly not...
Howdy all, new member here. Got a question for you guys. Has anyone successfully autostarred one of the old Orion DkyView Deluxe eq mounts? I was trying to,...
... Welcome, Scott. I see you took my advice. Stick around, I'm sure someone will answer your question. It's out of my personal experience but we like to think...
I believe that mount is also known as the EQ-3 and a group member just recently uploaded pictures of his EQ-3 retrofit project in the Photos section of...
Hi all, My 114 motors and starfinder handpad just arrived all the way from USA. Great now I can get started ???? OOPS no manual for the starfinder hand piece??...
The important manual is the Autostar manual. There is a copy in the Files section of RoboScope. We will help you backfill the rest of your knowledge. What are...
Hi, I finally managed to get ahold of Meade technical support, and was informed (rudely) that NO parts are available for sale, and since it was due to my own...
... Karl I have just seen you request and as it happens I have two of these sitting on the workshop bench surplus to requirements. If you are still looking...
It's nice to see someone else with the same idea, my conversion has been bogged down for the last 12 months ( a case of finding the time to make the bits). My...
To a meade 4500 mount and scope so the fit should be easy (I hope). I found that the ETX60/70 has the same handset IE no numbers. so I downloaded it and will...
Tom, I just ordered two LXD55 RA motors from Telescope Warehouse for around $50 apiece. In fact the Postal Service has them at their branch office for me to...
Hi Roboscopers Ive about worn poor Dick Seymore out with this problem. If I under stand the train bit it slews the drive one direction [clockwise say] then...
Well if you have already worn out Dick, do you have any idea where that leaves the rest of us?? We'll just have to give up now! Which Autostar version? Which...
Hi, Jim, You must have your ratio signs correct before the mount will work correctly. Try this, in daytime. Switch on and skip alignment by pressing the Mode...
... Frazzled, that's me... Let me recast his post into a "please try this" question: (he's now using version 26d4 with 114eq/4504 motors, no telescope attached...
... It is... i've now (finally) had a chance to try it on a number of systems... and it's a Meade bug. It appears to ONLY happen (in the Ratio range i tested) ...
Well sleuthed, Dick - a real naughty one. I'm a little surprised that such a high ratio was needed for this particular application, but then my only ...
Hi all I have been fiddleing with a 4504 mount and motors but yesterday i bought a nearly new CG5 with duel axis drives and hand controller vixen wooden ...
The 114EQ motors have one additional 2:1 gear reduction inside, meaning that they are geared twice as low as the DS motors and the ratios are double of what...
Hi Peter Yes the cg-5 has a bigger gear I guess. The number the was worked out by data-plumber here in an earlier posting thread was for it to be 6.57067. This...
