Re: Data base corruption
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George
Jack,
I’m pleased that it worked out well. Enjoy!
Regards,
George
George Whitney Astro-Physics, Inc. Phone: 815-222-6538 (direct line) Phone: 815-282-1513 (office) Email: george@...
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On Behalf Of Jack Huerkamp
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 12:47 PM To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Cc: mallincamusa@... Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Data base corruption
George,
I guess I got lucky! I received the replacement battery and, using the instruction downloaded from the AP website, I was able to access the battery. I did manage to disconnect the old one, fish the wires under the fiber optics and get it plugged in. Then when trying to secure the battery in its holder, I noticed that the connector had dislodged. I figure that there wasno battery power for over 30 seconds, but when I got the keypad back together and tried it, it appears that the Messier and NGC databases were not lost.
I connected the mount to SkyTools, did a slew to the Sun and that was fine. Then I used the keypad to go to M33 and then NGC 7814. In each case the crosshairs moved onto the targets on the atlas, so it appears that all is fine with the keypad.
I will know for sure the next time I get to use the mount. Once the keypad battery issue was accomplished, I started removing all the scopes from the mount to tackle the regreasing of the RA and Dec gearboxes – another long overdo maintenance issue.
Yours truly,
Jack
Jack Huerkamp Jack's Astro Accessories, LLC 38388 Pine Street Pearl River, LA 70452-5192 985-445-5063 30.37N 89.76W
All of us get lost in the darkness. ………………………………….Neil Peart
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io>
On Behalf Of George
Jeff,
You should be good for 20 to 30 seconds…no rush, but I wouldn’t go get a cup of coffee while changing the battery. <G>
Regards,
George
George Whitney Astro-Physics, Inc. Phone: 815-222-6538 (direct line) Phone: 815-282-1513 (office) Email: george@...
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On Behalf Of Jeffc
I just replaced a keypad battery (and a cord) (and I have another keypad which will also get a new battery as soon as I get some time).
It seemed the DB did not get lost when I swapped the battery... tho i might not have checked the Messier objects. How long will the keypad memory persist without a battery?
-jeff
On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 8:03 PM Jack Huerkamp <Mallincamusa@...> wrote:
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