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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the fs2users group. File : /FS2 Mount...
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Sep 17, 2007
7:10 pm
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Hi, I updated my "ancient" Zeiss 1B mount (1990) with 2 SECM3 motors and FS2 controller, provided by Astro Electronic. It is working fine. Tracking and...
Pieter Welters
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Sep 17, 2007
7:30 pm
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Hi, I'd like to try my PEC system on my NJP mount but i don't find the PEC parameters for the NJP (i think my motorisation kit is a P530). Someone could help...
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Sep 19, 2007
8:24 am
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Hi Matthieu, ... 240 ... motor kit without housings: 12 * 48 / 20 * 240 = 6912 motor kit with housings: 12 * 50 / 20 * 240 = 7200 ... 100 (for P530 motor) ... ...
Michael Koch
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Sep 19, 2007
9:13 am
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GREAT ! Thank you ... it ... also...
papo78180
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Sep 19, 2007
9:34 am
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Great ! Thank you. But... what do you mean by "kit with HOUSINGS" ? Is this visible in the FS2 Menu or on the AD motor ? Regards, Matthieu ... it ... also...
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Sep 20, 2007
2:02 pm
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Hi Matthieu, ... please have a look at the website: http://www.astro-electronic.de/njp.htm Michael...
Michael Koch
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Sep 20, 2007
2:17 pm
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The FS2 goto system on my Zeiss 1B mount is accurate enough to slew to any object to appear almost center field of a TeleVue 20mm eyepiece at 120x (<30'). The...
Pieter Welters
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Oct 8, 2007
1:45 pm
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Peter, I also noted this problem with Uranus some time ago. It seems there is a bug in the orbital elements that I used. Does anobody know where to find...
Michael Koch
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Oct 8, 2007
2:42 pm
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Hallo Michael You can find orbital elements of Uranus at http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/uranusfact.html Regards, Pieter...
Pieter Welters
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Oct 18, 2007
11:48 am
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Gents, I receive from a friend of my SECM3 motors (Bought via Michael Koch) with a gear box 10:1, I like to use this motors in a EQ6 Sky watcher havy-duty...
Chris Alberts
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Oct 29, 2007
8:00 am
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Hi Chris, ... have ... 47 tooth ... the ... In older EQ6 mounts the gear wheels had 47 teeth. I'm not 100% sure if this is still the case in newer mounts. If...
Michael Koch
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Oct 29, 2007
8:12 am
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Hello, I bought a FS2 unit with Astromeccanica motors kit (Sanyo-Denki 103H548-0440) on a GPD2. I'm experiencing a problem with the PEC correction tool. Each...
gianluca_deepspace
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Nov 16, 2007
1:27 am
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Hello Gianluca, ... It helps if you make the "rate 1" parameter as small as possible, meaning that during the learning period you make longer corrections with...
Michael Koch
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Nov 16, 2007
8:23 am
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Thank you Michael, now rate1 is set to 0,5x. It makes difficult to teach the PEC visually at lower rate1, even at high magnification (about 600x). This night I...
gianluca_deepspace
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Nov 16, 2007
6:58 pm
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Hello Gianluca, ... No, it's not a bug. The PEC table has about 1000-2000 entries, the exact number depends on gear ratio and teeth number. Let's assume the...
Michael Koch
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Nov 16, 2007
7:16 pm
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Hello Michael, thank you for the technical details. This night I will try. For the first time I would like to use a Meade DSI for autoguiding with PHD Guiding...
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Nov 16, 2007
8:12 pm
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Hello Gianluca, ... with PHD Guiding via Ascom platform. Is it a working setup? Yes, I think so. But I haven't tested this setup myself. There are so many...
Michael Koch
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Nov 16, 2007
8:22 pm
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Hello Michael, I will be happy to write a reporto about that setup. Yes, I have an autoguider, but no off-axis guider or guide scope! That's the reason for the...
gianluca_deepspace
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Nov 16, 2007
9:04 pm
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Hi all, someone has tried to connect the camera Sbig St2000xm to the Fs2 controler? Need the relays controller? Best regards CarlosGT...
Carlos González T...
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Feb 22, 2008
2:01 pm
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Hi Carlos, The SBIG camera/s are OK in themselves. When you may need the relay, either mechanical or preferably optical, is for the standard Losmandy mounts. ...
Brian Coote
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Feb 22, 2008
8:11 pm
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... Hi, Carlos. I'm running a SBIG ST-2000XM (directly connected) on the FS2 guide interface since August 2007 without any problem. CS Frank -- ...
Frank Jungclaus
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Feb 22, 2008
10:57 pm
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Hi Brian, many thanks for the explanation. CarlosGT ... optical, is ... very ... FS2 ... mount. ... ends, ... the ... the ... ...
Carlos González Ti...
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Feb 25, 2008
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Hi Frank, your autoguiding cable is a cross cable (inverted)? Best regards CarlosGT ... the...
Carlos González Ti...
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Feb 25, 2008
6:15 pm
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Hi, Carlos. ... Hmmmm, difficult to say, because my FS-2 only contains a self build-in female 5-pin DIN connector which I used as auto guider port. So my cable...
Frank Jungclaus
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Feb 25, 2008
9:40 pm
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Hi Michael, I just bought a Zeiss PaMount II (about the same as the AP600EDA with already built in higher quality SECM3 motors. Of course I want to operate...
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Mar 9, 2008
10:45 pm
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Hi Marc, Parameters for AP600 with SECM3 motors, for 12V: Motor 1 Motor 2 Right Ascension Declination Low Coil Current (for low speed):...
Michael Koch
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Mar 10, 2008
9:02 pm
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Thank you very much for your quick anwer Michael. Note that Astro-Physics has very recently upgraded their encoders from 4.000 to 10.000 tics (for AP600 and...
marcbiesmans
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Mar 11, 2008
2:52 am
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Hi, I have an FS2 controller on my Centurion 18. I am close to completing a project where I can start controlling the scope remotely. The limitation I have...
David Gedalia
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May 25, 2008
11:19 pm
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David, ... Theoretically this should work. Michael...
Michael Koch
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May 27, 2008
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