... Roland, I am pretty new at using an AP900 and ran across a scenario last night that I think your statement explains. I was trying to guide an AP900 with an...
In a message dated 12/1/2005 2:40:45 PM Central Standard Time, ... No. Since you did not use The Sky to move the star, it would not likely to have set the...
... Okay. That helps. ... I cannot tell you how glad I am to hear this. As a computer professional rebooting leaves me cold. ... I tried that. The guide rate...
Hi, I am new to this group and noticed the Park Command thread. I have a weird thing happening with the Park 2 command. I have a GTOCP3 controller that is...
Hi Ronnie, I will check that, but the last time I looked it was synched with my computer that is synched with USNO. The scope goes to this position whether I...
Whenever the scope parks 15 degrees off. I will always suspect one of two things. Either your time or daylight savings setting is off by 1 hour, or your time...
Hi Roland, Now that you mention this, it occurs to me that this problem occurred right around the time switch from daylight savings time. I will check to the...
Hi Roland, I checked the time on the keypad and it was right on the money. I did see that the Daylight Savings Time was set to summer =1. I tried setting it to...
It sounds like you have managed to somehow press 'Get Time and Date from Mount' after setting your date and time. That is only used if an external program (The...
Hi Rick, ... I don't THINK I did that, but I will certainly not rule it out. It does sound reasonable. At any rate, the mount does start up now as it should, ...
Hi Keith, Well, it sounds like your time is still off. Did you manage to reset the daylight savings toggle back to 0? Power up the mount, load your default...
... I changed the battery and reloaded the database. That worked. (I always enjoy the accurate and safe instructions for software load). Best regards, Niels...
Hi, I am operating my setup in a remote location without AC main power. There are only three solar batteries charged by two medium sized solar cells (approx....
Hi Rick, Yes, just this morning I had that idea to go out and try this routine again. This I will do and get back to you with the results. The question that...
Hi Mark, there are a lot of postings dealing with problems of the power supply. Some months ago I bought a power supply which provides 20 amps. A chip in my...
Yes, the DST setting is manually set since it varies in whether it is used or not from place to place. It even varies in start and end dates from time to time....
Hi Rick & Roland, I just reset the daylight savings to 0 on the keypad, and this time I PROPERLY exited the menu with GOTO. When I hit Park 2, the scope went...
In the 24 November 2005 edition of Nature, I noticed in an article "Seeing in the Dark" on page 415 a picture of Concordia's observatory in which there appears...
Yes, they are 900's, at Dome C. There have been a few threads on APUG about this, and I think Astronomy Magazine ran an article on it. Roland recently gave us...
Hi Folks: Can anyone tell me what wire AP uses for the power cable & motor cable on it's mounts? It just feels so great and supple I would like to use it for ...
Hello, I am a newcomer to this group. Question: Do I need a relay box in the auto guider connection between my ST10XME and my new AP900 mount? Thanks in...
... I've wondered the same. I was in the electronics store the other day (the old school one) and came across black microphone cable. It seemed very similar....
In a message dated 12/2/2005 10:19:06 PM Central Standard Time, kag@... ... You will see that what look like a declination error is not in reality. As ...
Dear Bob, As far as I know, the wire is not available in the US. We import it. If anyone knows of a comparable wire in the US, we'd sure like to know about it....
In a message dated 12/3/2005 3:01:07 PM Central Standard Time, kag@... ... You have the keypad set to EXT. Why do you need EXT? The system will work ...
Thanks Marj: Just a little followup: Can you tell us what it is exactly or at least the specs? Do you sell the raw wire? Bob ... it. If anyone knows of a...
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