Hi Derek, Please, let's get the ads off the bottom of each of our email messages to this list! Thanks, Rich ... eGroups.com home:...
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Derek Wong
dawong@...
Jul 5, 1999 4:05 pm
To all DSV users, I have just relessed 2.02.05, please see the WEB site for full details and download it from the Transporter Room. -= Charles Sinsofsky ...
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howard lazarus
lazhow@...
Jul 5, 1999 6:01 pm
Loaded setup3.exe....no problems and new functions seem to work fine .... ... eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/ap-gto http://www.egroups.com -...
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Charles Sinsofsky
strfire@...
Jul 5, 1999 7:17 pm
Hello everyone, I have made a small change on the transporter room to explain the fix info for the setup3.exe to use the alt/az voice and display issue the...
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Bobby Middleton
bobm@...
Jul 6, 1999 5:28 pm
I finally got a chance to get my 1200 goto up on my pier and now have a chance to pose some questions. The power supply cord is about 4' short of what I need...
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Charles Sinsofsky
strfire@...
Jul 7, 1999 12:23 am
Using an extension is no problem, the power line for the a/p mounts are mearly carrying DC voltage, simply go to a hardware store and get a 'DC' cable...
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Taimur Khan
timkhan@...
Jul 7, 1999 12:28 am
Bob, Since you have in place below ground conduits, I would pull 3#12 wires (THHN type, +110, netural, ground) through the conduit to a new outlet above...
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howard lazarus
lazhow@...
Jul 7, 1999 1:02 am
Hi Bobby; Glad to see you got your 1200 mount...you will be pleased. As to extension cords i can only tell you my experience. I had Roland make up for me the ...
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Philip Perkins
philip@...
Jul 7, 1999 1:24 am
... Hi Bobby, the power cord does seem to be very short for use in the field. I extended mine with a simple cigarette lighter extension cord which has a male...
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sjruss55@...
Jul 7, 1999 2:06 am
Hello everyone, What type of microphones and computer combinations have you found to work best with the DSV. My desktop is a Pentium II 350 with 128MB RAM, and...
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Bobby Middleton
bobm@...
Jul 7, 1999 10:04 am
... out. ... Thanks Charles and thanks for the other responses. That's "sort of" what I had in mind but I will really need a male and female of the other ...
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Charles Sinsofsky
strfire@...
Jul 7, 1999 1:56 pm
I recommend the Radio Shack micorphone mentioned in the manual. And/or if you want to spend the money the microphone from Shure also mentioned in the manual...
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RCK
rkuberek@...
Jul 7, 1999 9:40 pm
... Could you cut off one end and rewire it after pulling it through? Bob Kuberek ... eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/ap-gto ...
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Bobby Middleton
bobm@...
Jul 8, 1999 12:12 am
->> Thanks Charles and thanks for the other responses. That's "sort of" ... that ... time. ... Bob, That would be a usable option with one of the male/female...
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RCK
rkuberek@...
Jul 10, 1999 6:07 am
Hi all, I'm posting this to both the GOTO group and the AP group. Here is data on tracking errors for my AP600 from the other night. Subject was M101. The data...
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Todd Gross
toddg@...
Jul 20, 1999 10:05 am
It has happened sporadically over the course of the past few months, but this morning, I just couldn't get the keypad to power up! Any ideas? thanks! -Todd ...
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howard lazarus
lazhow@...
Jul 20, 1999 11:56 am
Hi Todd; This has happened to me several times. If you have the 600 which I think you do, this occurs due to how the computer box is placed on the tripod and...
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Todd Gross
toddg@...
Jul 20, 1999 12:37 pm
Howard.. this is very helpful, and exactly why we have this group. I have a feeling it is the in-box problem that is plaguing me. I'll play with it, and then I...
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Rich N.
rnapo@...
Jul 22, 1999 4:40 am
Yes, I have a 900 GOTO on order. However I don't like the idea of a telescope slewing to a target when I can move the scope myself. I know this can't be done...
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David A. Silva
dasilva@...
Jul 22, 1999 5:35 am
... Rich Why not use the hand controller to manually move the scope. That way you can still star hop without the GOTO function, and you won't lose the...
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Rich N.
rnapo@...
Jul 22, 1999 5:44 am
... Oh! Not a bad idea. Thanks! Rich...
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Paul Gustafson
drgus@...
Jul 22, 1999 12:25 pm
IIRC, you can use DSC's like the NGC-Max with the 900 GTO, but you have to buy AP's encoders for both axes, since the goto uses the motors, not encoders on the...
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Taimur Khan
timkhan@...
Jul 22, 1999 8:25 pm
Rich, Yes, if you move the scope/mount manually the mount won’t know where you’re pointing. What I do, when I manually use the scope/mount, is to first...
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Charles Sinsofsky
strfire@...
Jul 22, 1999 8:34 pm
I will be adding the ability to join this group and the other a/p group from my web site and also from a/p web site. This should stir some talks here. I have...
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visonneau-vincent
visonneau-vin@...
Jul 25, 1999 12:36 am
Hello from france (sorry fro my poor english) I just receive my new mount 5 days ago (ap900 gto).I make some try this week and i have some problems with...
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Derek Wong
dawong@...
Jul 25, 1999 5:20 am
... I don't have exact numbers, but if everything is right the precision can be outstanding, within a few arcminutes or better. ... There are several issues: ...
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N. Foldager
nf@...
Jul 25, 1999 12:19 pm
... Dear Vincent, From where did you purchase your mount? I am at the beginning of the runway to order a mount, but I am in doubt whether I should order it...
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visonneau-vincent
visonneau-vin@...
Jul 25, 1999 4:32 pm
Hello I bought my new mount ap900 gto in a french seller (Optique et vision,Antibes-Juan les pins in south of france ovision@...). There is an official...
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Charles Sinsofsky
strfire@...
Jul 28, 1999 5:13 pm
THe precision of the A/P 900 mount is close to 1 arc-minute if setup correctly. Perhaps even greater. I have done entire nights CCD imaging on my camera and I...
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RCK
rkuberek@...
Jul 29, 1999 2:03 am
... Charles, Do you repeat the N-Polar alignment procedure separately for different stars? Bob Kuberek...
