I have pinouts for both SBIG and Meade Pictor Autoguiders if anyone wants them... Just tryin' to share! -- gene lewis...
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gene_lewis@...
Oct 6, 1999 4:21 am
Email me if you need the pinouts. The email address listed is incorrect. It's gene@... -- gene gene_lewi-@... wrote: original...
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J. Christopher Westland
westland@...
Oct 6, 1999 4:32 am
I'm having some problems with sticky declination gears ... I've tried loosening the tensioners on the declination worm gear, but this still doesn't seem to...
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westland@...
Oct 6, 1999 4:03 pm
I have an older SkySensor, and checked on the wiring etc. of the motors ... they are cheap ($5-$10) tin can steppers, unipolar 6-wire (2 stack, center tap)...
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paul a brierley
paul.brierley@...
Oct 6, 1999 4:21 pm
Hi Chris. Just a thought, have you tried adjusting the DEC Motor? I.e. repositioning it so that there is a little more play between the gear's PaulB.....
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Chris Westland
westland@...
Oct 7, 1999 12:15 am
Thanks Paul ... I have and this works. I find this is a common problem. The motors and gearheads are cheap, and tend to bind easily ... so the secret is to...
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westland@...
Oct 7, 1999 12:31 am
After looking at the motors, it is apparent that there are no encoders in the motors, rather they are just 7.5 deg steppers geared 1:30 to about 1450 steps per...
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Ramon B
Ramon.barber@...
Oct 12, 1999 9:11 am
Hi All, I live in Valencia (Spain) and I recently bought a Vixen GP equatorial mount. My longitude is 0º 35' West and the Time Zone is 1 hour ahead GMT. I...
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Peter Kirchgessner
peter@...
Oct 12, 1999 8:41 pm
Hi Ramon, the standard meridian is 15 deg. east for GMT+1h. So you are about 15 degree (15 deg. 35 min) west of the standard meridian. So you should adjust the...
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p oliveira
pauloliv@...
Oct 12, 1999 9:18 pm
Hi, I live in Lisbon, Portugal. My longitude is 9º 08' west and my time zone is 0. In this case, the time meridian indicator is set to the west (W), near the...
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wesweber@...
Oct 12, 1999 10:51 pm
Does anyone know where I can get the technical specs on the motors used on the GP mount?...
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Peter Kirchgessner
peter@...
Oct 13, 1999 4:41 am
... Hi, shouldn't be the observing time in that case GMT+0 ? --Peter ... -- Peter Kirchgessner WWW: http://www.kirchgessner.net e-mail:...
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p oliveira
pauloliv@...
Oct 13, 1999 10:10 pm
Hi, I think I can use GMT+0 always because my time zone is 0, so, in summer, (with daylight savings) I subtract 1 hour to my local time. In Portugal, in winter...
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Timothy Bartelt
timbartelt@...
Oct 15, 1999 10:48 pm
Has anyone connected an ST-7 autoguider output to the SS2K? The pin diagrams are available from each of the user manuals, but it's not clear to me that I can...
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Ramon B
Ramon.barber@...
Oct 16, 1999 1:40 pm
... Hello Tim, You need to use the SBIG (or another) relay box in order to isolate the common DEC and AR connections. Regards, Ramon B *************** email:...
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Timothy Bartelt
timbartelt@...
Oct 17, 1999 3:26 pm
Thanks Ramon! I've done some experimenting since I posted my question, and it's not clear to me that relays are needed here. The SS2K port has two (RA & DEC)...
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Gene Lewis
gene.lewis@...
Oct 19, 1999 7:01 pm
I sent the SS2K to SBIG diagram by email. Let me know if this clears things up for you ;). -- gene lewis...
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jmrayon@...
Oct 24, 1999 11:56 pm
I have just had the following problem: 2 motors RA and DEC work simultaneously at the same speed Do you have a suggestion? Thank you Jean Michel RAYON...
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Jim Barclay
cosmos@...
Oct 28, 1999 1:11 pm
Hi.. For some strange reason.. I can not comm the above software to the SS2k..even though the older version worked! I have checked all that is required..but...
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paul a brierley
paul.brierley@...
Oct 30, 1999 2:35 pm
Hi. Has any body had difficulty locating the bright globular star cluster M2 in Aquarius. I use my Skysensor 2000 in Polar-Aligned-Equatorial-Mode, and I my GP...
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leadbeaters
leadbeaters@...
Oct 31, 1999 6:29 pm
Hi, I am just learning with a new set up but I can locate M2 and M15 no problem with my VC200L + 25mm ep on DX mount with skysensor200PC 3 point unaligned ...
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paul a brierley
paul.brierley@...
Oct 31, 1999 7:45 pm
The polar alignment must be good because I have know problem locating other objects, for example I can find M27 M57 M56 M81/82 M13 M92 NGC-4565 Jupiter, Saturn...
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Hartsfield, Howard
hartsfield@...
Nov 1, 1999 1:23 am
Paul, Have you tried manually centering M2 in the eyepiece and then asking the SS2K to list all objects in the vicinity to see if it thinks M2 is in the ball ...
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paul a brierley
paul.brierley@...
Nov 1, 1999 4:45 pm
Howard. I am driving SS2K from the controller (I don't have SS2K-PC). I would like to try and centre M 2 if I new where about's it is located, you see even in...
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Knight Templar
templar@...
Nov 10, 1999 1:01 am
I am trying to rig my SS2K to run from a car battery, can somebody tell me how this can be done safely? How do I identify which cable comming from the battery...
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paul a brierley
paul.brierley@...
Nov 10, 1999 8:33 am
Hi It dosn't make any differance which way round you have the cable as long as you make sure that you put you crock clips on the correct terminals I have one...
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Ramon B
rbarber@...
Nov 11, 1999 10:34 pm
Hi, I own a Vixen GP equatorial mount and I've some problems with the large AR backlash (for example, inaccurate goto centering). Could somebody tell me how...
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Jim Barclay
cosmos@...
Nov 12, 1999 1:40 am
Ramon, It seems you have a loose worm by the sounds of it. When you lock up the RA nut do you feel any movement or play when you gently rock the RA housing ...
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pe1jzv@...
Nov 17, 1999 11:15 am
Hi, list. Just got my SS2K in, with the GP-DX preconfigured. While trying to get my feet wet, I took on Jupiter (easy target, grin) but found out the tracking...
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Jim Barclay
cosmos@...
Nov 17, 1999 2:10 pm
Ed.. Send your message to Hideo_Tsuchida/VIXEN@... This man will help you. He is very good and you can say I sent you. The clicking sounds are normal...
