Gday Matt I just went back and relooked at some of my traces, but in much more detail this time. The encoder pulsetrain glitches at normal low speed are quite...
Andrew Johansen wrote ... In my scope, during tracking even now, the dec motor actually is stopped most of the time, ticking forward the width of a gear tooth ...
Gday Rob ... Cant be, if yr AltAz and tracking at the test location. My tests were done at a point where the alt axis should have been tracking at approx 8...
... No. Before the problem was fixed, I could hear the "growl" from at least a couple of metres away on a quiet night. Since replaging the Dec gear assembly,...
Gday Rob ... Just for info, i have just put a file into the files area LX90Kicking.zip This contains a detailed set of plots showing some of the more ...
... I had a long look at the files you posted. Wow, you spent some serious time and effort with this! I think I can understand most of the charts, except for...
Where on the 497 handbox can i find what firmware version i have.Ihave had my LX90 LNT for about 3yrs.I havn't updated the firmware yet.I am haing alignment...
Gday Rob ... The hard part was designing/coding/building the logic analyser, but that was done years ago, when i was investigating the LX200 problems. For the...
Hi Bob, One way is! Click on Help in "Autostar Suite" on your PC, Then click on "About Autostar Suite" and it will tell you your version. Hope this helps. ...
I believe he was asking about the handbox. The handbox say which firmware it has when you first power it up. I believe there is a menu option also under...
Yes! i think your correct Joe, but I'm not with my scope for a few months and i couldn't remember that lol, and he said the scopes never been updated, so the...
Hi, Bob, Either look at the handset display (quickly!) immediately after power up, or navigate through the menu system to Setup:Statistics. Cheers, Peter. ...
... You may have to tap [scroll up] from the Statistics display. The currently posted version is 43Eg Meade has started sending repaired LX90's out with 44Ea...
Hello All I will leave this group I like to say thanks to all I learned here Best Regards Alvaro ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hi All...Every time I try to use the LPI software, the program and my computer freeze. I find this very odd as I have an very old gateway laptop with 64k of...
Many more details are sought: is the new laptop running Windows XP? (if Vista, stop right here... the Meade LPI driver does not work for it) Have you...
Thanks DIck...I am running XP and I have had problems with Envisage as well which I was going back to the LPI program. I will check out the other newsgroups....
Hi All Does anybody know where I could purchase a Mitty Slo-mo combo kit for the Meade superwedge Frank Sperl of Mitty Industries has sadly passed away more...
I remember seeing this somewhere, but now I can't find any references to it: Is the jack on the LNT module a 12 volt power source, and if so, where can I find...
Alvaro, You will be missed. I enjoy seeing your photo's on the other group. I look forward to seeing more. ==================== Looking Up, Alan 30.69° N...
... The jack is for the optional very low frequency (VLF) radio receiver (Meade's Atomic Time Module) for picking up WWVB broadcasts on the North American...
Hi Matt, Sorry for my very belated response to your much appreciated notes. Now I've had chance to play around with it in person, I can begin to appreciate the...
I have a Meade LX90LNT 8" with 3-screw secondary housing and Thousand Oaks off-axis glass solar filter. After installing a set of Bob's Knobs the solar filter...
You must remove the knobs. In fact, I do not recommend the installation of the knobs on any 8" Meade scope, only the larger ones; the LX90 dust cover will fit...
I don't know if they still have them, but I have a set of 'shorty' collimation thumbscrews for the LX90 from Scope Stuff. They were $14.00 and were: loc: A2B...
As Joe said, the "shorty" knobs fit, do not touch my glass solar filter from Orion or the Meade cover, to touch on Doc Clay's concerns. For the record, I have...
Even with the shorty knobs, the newer LX90 8 inch scopes have an extended secondary holder that actually is completely flush with the front cell outer rim; the...
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