I've my SS2K v.2.07 for many years and never connect it to my PC. I'm now ready to go that route (buying usb-to-rs232,and midi cable). My questions are: 1. If...
Hello I'd be most grateful if someone could point out a slew problem I've had tonight. I'm controlling SS2K from keypad or Mac via RS232, and when I tried to...
I have placed an updated Ascom driver in the Ascom downloads page http://ascom-standards.org/Downloads/ScopeDrivers.htm Its version is 5.1.7b There are no...
Hi everybody, I am new to the group...just bought a (new)but older version of the Skysensor goto system, but the manual and markings on motors and the HC are...
Hello I'd be most grateful if someone could let me know if/where there is a setting in the ss2kpc for altering the rate of sidereal tracking? Reason being that...
Hi all! I'm sure I've read a post about this before but I simply can't find it. I use SS2K with a GPDX. After performing a goto the motor keeps moving in one...
Hi all I have the manual and the LX200 serial protocol but I want to write a microprocessor to understand the SS2K protocol . Anyone got a copy. ? cheers Mike...
This is something strange I experienced. I am trying to get my polar alignment to better than an arc minute or two of the SCP (and I'd say its very close). So...
Hi, I've just bought a SS2K 2000 PC, can anyone help me get a manual for it please? I've tried pressing a few buttons and the mount does some interesting...
Slim chance I know, but does anyone have a spare spacer unit with the variable intensity illuminator for the GP-DX mount? I know they were available a few...
Hello All, Does anyone use a STAR2000 guiding interface with their SS2k? I've just acquired an MX716 with a STAR2000, and although I've verified that the...
Hello Everyone, Anyone using this combo yet? I am thinking about buying the camera this week. Will I need anything else (Shoestring GP-USB)? Or will this just...
Hello, Does anyone know any details, i.e. specification, equivalent part number etc., for the opto switch surrounding the encoder disc at the rear of the MT-4...
OK, I have read the relevant threads but just can't seem to wrap my head around things with all the generalization. I will ask this with actual numbers and see...
Guys Just posted this message on the roboscope board by mistake ? I live in central london so often have to drive miles to get good skies and perfect alignment...
Hello, If the skysensor 2000 or the motors should ever fail and cannot be repaired, is there a replacement bolt on system for the DX mount that will do the...
Hello, If the internal battery is getting low do funny things start happening, like partial loss of alignment and tracking on switch on? All the data (lat,...
OK So now I can change my mount from AltAz to RADec. When I shut power off it resets back to AltAz. There must be a way to make it default to RADec but i can't...
I just picked up my SS2K PC. The software is version 2.05. Once the unit is powered on it says to press enter once the scope is in position. I press enter and...
My long protracted tracking problem of my GPDX mount and GoTo drive .. repeated nudging in Dec out of the field of view.... seem to have rectified itself. I...
I finally got me hands on a PC version of the SS2K. I would like to make a cable to connect the SS2K handset to my laptop. Does anyone have the necessary...
Hello All, I've recently been refining my backlash settings - to my (sort of) horror, I'm now at RA 250 and DEC 305. Just would like to take a snap-shot...
Hopefully this list will stay active. There are some good users here that can help others solve issues. I have a heavily modified Celestron CG-5 mount that I...
As several have noted since Hideo Tsdhudia , a fluent English speaker and most helpful person, left Vixen things have not been the same. However despite the...
I had this issue that polar alignment using a C9.25 looked great both manually and using PEMPro - but I was getting star trails. It was like the mount (a...
