Sure sounds like the wrong cord. I use Radio Shack Adapta-Plug products to power almost all of my mounts. You can buy a generic 12V cigarette plug adapter cord...
Be careful. A lot of the older Vixen mounts are positive ground. The DD-1 I know for sure is positive ground. I have that controller. Rikk Stearman Plato...
Thanks Chris, Â Â It sure helps. But don't forget that this is an adapter made by Vixen. Polarity is OK. Strange thing is that contrary to what i wrote...
Yes, that is what I was saying about plug polarity. Christopher Erickson Consulting Engineer Summit Kinetics Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com _____ ...
Oh, i did not know that. I bought both DD-1 and ss2k during 2006, new. I guess concerning the ss2k it should have been one of the last units made because...
Chris and Rikk, Â Â I checked both the DD-1 and ss2K. They are negative tipped. I guess by "negative tipped" we mean that the tip which is in the center of...
I have been supplying power cables for these for several years and it always worries me that there is the difference in polarity on the power lead, it is just...
Over time, different Vixen products have had different plugs and polarities. I suspect that you received a power supply for a Starbook or something that is not...
Hi, regarding this, and to avoid problems, I did replace in the past the female jack of the ss2k for a "normal" one (centre positive). It takes very basic ...
I have a Vixen GPDX with Skysensor 2000PC in excellent condition for sale in the U.S. at a very reasonable price. Contact me by email if interested. Thanks. ...
If you were to decide to break out the SS2K I would be interested. I already have a GP and two GP-DX's. I agree that $900 is a good deal for the combination! ...
Definitely i will try something else. But there is no mistake. I am sure polarities are OK and the cable i have is for GP. It fits and works perfectly on DD-1...
And besides Chris, i already had purchased the Vixen's cable for the Star Book (by a mistake) and that one clearly did not fit the ss2K power receptor. You...
Given that the SS2K has a positive ground (center pin negative) system, I would be extremely cautious about hooking other stuff up to the same power supply....
I don't have enough information to say. Christopher Erickson Consulting Engineer Summit Kinetics Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com _____ From:...
"asking for accidents". I did that one night. I plugged the battery pack from my Vixen SP DD-1 controller in to one of my Meade telescopes. It in a hart bet...
I understand Chris. Thank you very much for your help. Â Nick ________________________________ From: Christopher Erickson <christopher.k.erickson@...> ...
Yes, asking for accidents is the right phrase i guess. I am not planning even to give it a try. Â Nick ________________________________ From: Richard A...
Hi, Although i've been using it for years with excellent results, there is something in the setup of ss2K which troubles me: When setting the time on Location...
Simple way to do this is in setup tell the controller not to use daylight saving time. Then when you input the time in the summer just subtract one hour. Then...
I am not sure i'm following this completely. You mean to use standard time but when the daylight savings is in effect to add one hour at the standard time? And...
I never said add. Subtract one hour from daylight saving time. Yes always leave +2 set. That way you never change the settings in your hand controller. If...
Got it, thanks. I will do it this way. So far i was always using the same standard time and TZ at +2, summer or winter. After the alignment the GO TO function...
TZ is linked to longitude and is invariable. A slight Western Europe problem concerns part of France and Spain that lie west of the prime meridian. Thus the...
Thank you Andrew, Â Â So, i should change the time according to daylight savings in the controller? It has to be changed just as we do with our watches? ...
Hello all ss2k users,been a while since I've logged on. I recently had a tune up of my ss2k motors,and my alignment was not the best afterwards,I adjusted the...
what is best for auto guiding-alt az,RAdec,X-Y ? Any other settings that I might need to look at.Had a few goes at AG-ing.And was crap results.But it appears...
