After having a cheap 12 volt supply (Pyramid, the ones Kendrick sells), fail while running a previous scope, when I got my AP1200 I did a little research, and...
Hi Folks: I have new AP900 coming soon and need some advice as to accessories. In addition to the mount, I've ordered an ATS 42" pier, the rotating pier...
In a message dated 9/1/2005 11:13:52 AM Central Daylight Time, ... The servo drive will withstand up to 24 volts without any sort of damage to the internal...
... pier adapter and the polar scope. Congrats on the new mount, Bob! You'll love it. Wouldn't part with mine for many times what it cost :) ... are great, ...
Hi Barry, I have a couple questions for you. 1. Where did you buy it? I looked at the specs and it is clearly superior to the Pyramid supplies. 2. What failure...
Hi Bob, I find it is nice to have two of the 22lb class weights and one of the 10lb class. I like the AP trays for placing my CCD power supplies, etc. Enjoy...
Hi Joe, I had the same problem - slow, sticky performance using Maxim to control the AP 1200. I don't know why, and am getting very good performance with...
C/2005 P3 (SWAN) The new comet is in UMa. Magnitude about 10.0. This was a tough one for me because it was already low in the sky at sunset. I imaged it down...
Hello Martin, After replacing the usb to serial adaptor with a IOGEAR GUC232A my laptop no longer hangs after opening the MaxImDL telescope options window and...
Hello, Now that I got past my usb adaptor problem, I see that in the MaxImDL telescope options window the mount time zone is not correct. I verified the AP1200...
Check the Ascom driver settings...In MaxIm, select AP mount, "Properties". That's one of the confusing things about connecting to different software - each may...
I've been experimenting with a meade dsi pro camera. The camera can be used as a guide camera, but the meade camera software will only talk lx200 protocol. Is...
In a message dated 9/2/2005 1:59:03 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Normally a guide camera does not talk to the mount via software. Rather it controls the mount...
The digital camera/guide camera market is changing very rapidly and what was "normal" may no longer be the norm. There are basically 2 ways of digital...
Ya, this one is a bear to deal with. I probably should modify the driver to grab the timezone setting from the PC - or at lease make it the default option... ...
What version of the AP driver are you using? I had to add some delays in the driver to deal with a bug in the CP3 controller. I thought that I had removed...
I've started to use the SkyTools RealTime plugin to drive my AP1200 mount. SkyTools is a very nice observation planning and logging package, and RealTime is...
Rick: I bought it from Ham Radio Outlet in Burbank......most amateur radio shops should have them or have access to them The Pyramid supply fortunately failed...
Yeah.. the way the dsi-pro camera works is... DSI-Pro->USB->autostar-software->serial->mount. I've not looked at what the autostar-software is actually sending...
Hi Barry, I found the Alinco for $149 on the internet: http://www.mpaudio1.com/alincoaccessories.html Is this a good price? Initially when I selected my...
... <sigh> I figured that MaximDL/CCD supported the DSI Pro, but wasnt 100% sure. Thanks of the feedback on that. It may be time to spend the money on Maxim....
MaxIm and the DSI work great together. Shortly the MaxIm folks are going to release MaxImDSLR which is a scaled down version especially for Digital SLRs and...
Hi Ajai, I am using version 4.1.0.20 . I will check the ASCOM site for a newer version. What I have seen is occasional long delays after MaxIm issues a...
Neil, Thanks for the feedback. I will release a new version of the driver that removes the delays - but they are around 200ms not 15s!. Side of pier will be...
Thanks Roland, Rick and Paul! It's good to see you posting Paul, it's been some time and I would love to see some of your MX25 images. Send me a link. I think...
Bob, Congrats on the upcoming setup. I know you'll be pleased. You know you can contact Chris or myself locally if you want to see something in person. Will ...
Hi Scott: Chiefland depends on whether everything arrives on time. Anacortes is saying September for the mount :-), but the pier & pier adapter are looking...
The only real difference in the AP and Casady counterweights is the spring loaded, retractable bronz pin in the Casady assembly...or am I missing something....
Thanks, Ajai neil ... driver that ... pier will ... Behalf Of ... AP1200 ... site ... after ... also ... communications ... a ... be ... driver ... good ...
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