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Re: My Keypad Freezes
Ted Mickle
My keypad had a similar malady, except that the “5” button stopped working.
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I removed the back and reseated the major connections; the “5" button worked intermittently thereafter. When sent back to AP, no overt problem could be found. A few months later the “5” button went totally inoperative — it was returned to AP, who in turn sent it back to the manufacturer for definitive repair at no charge. Ted
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Re: Polemaster adapter for AP-1600 w/o absolute encoders
Cheng-Yang Tan
PoleMaster doesn't need to be on the DEC sight hole. I do this way for both my Mach1GTO and AP1100:  cytan
On Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 10:16:14 AM CDT, Dale Hooper <dchooper5@...> wrote:
Hi Tony, Thanks so much for the info. I think I will do like the author of the video and get another dec sight hole cover and drill that. I'm a bit surprised that QHY hasn't released an adapter for the A-P 1600. Thanks and clear skies, Dale.
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Re: Polemaster adapter for AP-1600 w/o absolute encoders
Dale Hooper
Hi Tony,
Thanks so much for the info. I think I will do like the author of the video and get another dec sight hole cover and drill that. I'm a bit surprised that QHY hasn't released an adapter for the A-P 1600. Thanks and clear skies, Dale.
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Re: Brand new used Ap1600, initial startup
J. Belden
Thank you Roland, I will give George a call this morning to get some ideas. I did check the keypad connector for pushed back pins and made sure the pins were clean.
Joe
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Re: Polemaster adapter for AP-1600 w/o absolute encoders
Harley Davidson
Dale
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The 1600 mount's cap for the polar scope has a much larger diameter than the AP-900 adapter for the polemaster so it won't work. It works fine for the 1100 as seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piFWxBcJOJ8 For the 1600 this would work fine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=550pZhBKeRw&t=18s In fact you could just eliminate the "mending plate" and mount it directly on top of the polar cap for the 1600 after drilling and tapping for the 1/4"-20 hole. tony
On 10/30/2019 1:21 AM, Dale Hooper
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Re: My Keypad Freezes
Suresh Mohan
To me this has happened twice ( now I remember ) . I think somewhere in the files section there are instructions to open the key pad and clean the pins , that should fix It but it didn’t work for me . The first time I sent to AP as it did not solve the problem , they found the cable faulty at the point it enters the HC . The second time it happened I simply replaced the cable and it became fine . Suresh
On 30-Oct-2019, at 5:58 AM, Kent10 <kent.moore@...> wrote:
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Polemaster adapter for AP-1600 w/o absolute encoders
Dale Hooper
Hi Everyone, I tried a keyword search of polemaster and 1600 and I was surprised that I couldn't see a direct answer to this question - so I thought I would ask it. I have an AP-1600 GTO without absolute encoders. I'd like to know if I can use the AP-900 adapter for the Polemaster or if there is some other adapter I should be looking for? There is *lots* of space around the polar sight hole - so it seems like this should work - if the threaded hole is the same size. Clear skies, Dale.
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Re: Intersection of Dec and RA on AP 1100GTO for Dome Geometry Configuration
Tony Benjamin <tonybenjamin@...>
Many thanks Chris J
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io [mailto:main@ap-gto.groups.io] On Behalf Of vk3cjk
Yes Tony - that is the internal point that I believe your ADH documentation is referring to.
Cheers, Chris
On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 2:26 PM Tony Benjamin <tonybenjamin@...> wrote:
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Re: Brand new used Ap1600, initial startup
Roland Christen
What's probably happened is that the keypad is not communicating with the mount. It gets 12 volt power but the communication from the keypad to the mount is not on. It could be as simple as the pins inside the keypad not making good connection. Open up the back oft he keypad and check the connector. Remove and re-insert the connector and see if it will communicate.
If nothing works, call George in the morning and he can suggest some tests.
Rolando
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From: J. Belden via Groups.Io <jjb4469@...> To: main <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Sent: Tue, Oct 29, 2019 9:37 pm Subject: [ap-gto] Brand new used Ap1600, initial startup Hello all,
I just received a brand new used AP1600 yesterday, what a beauty and heavy of course. And to think I am going to use this setup as a portable setup, oh well I am thinking about the future. Anyway, excited I setup everything in my RV last night and setting it up like I would my trusty Mach 1 or AP1100, I boot up with the hand controller hooked up but it pretty much just display Astro-Physics Ver: 4.19.3 and nothing else. I can see the blue LEDs for the encoders and I have a CP4 controller but I am thinking maybe it might be related to the auto-connect to the keypad after an flash update. I have tried hooking up with the Sky X via a serial cable to see if I could connect but I am not seeing anything in my comms as being active/connected. I tried both Pyramid powers supplies and verified I have 13.8~ vdc when powered up per Fluke meter. I will apologize firsthand if I missed something in prior posts but the last three mounts I have owned from AP just worked out of the box with a quality power supply and a keypad without integrating with the SkyX or the Sky v6. Hoping this is just a matter of re-flashing something and carrying on my way. Clear skies, Joe Belden
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Re: Intersection of Dec and RA on AP 1100GTO for Dome Geometry Configuration
vk3cjk
Yes Tony - that is the internal point that I believe your ADH documentation is referring to. Cheers, Chris
On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 2:26 PM Tony Benjamin <tonybenjamin@...> wrote: I want to improve the accuracy of my dome opening with the telescope pointing. As part of that I want to be sure that I have the correct starting point. So, I'm using the ASCOM Device Hub (ADH) to control the dome/telescope and it's documentation says the following:
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Intersection of Dec and RA on AP 1100GTO for Dome Geometry Configuration
Tony Benjamin <tonybenjamin@...>
I want to improve the accuracy of my dome opening with the telescope pointing. As part of that I want to be sure that I have the correct starting point. So, I'm using the ASCOM Device Hub (ADH) to control the dome/telescope and it's documentation says the following:
"If your dome or telescope are new then you must very carefully and accurately measure the distances from the intersection of the mount’s RA and Dec axes to the geometric center of the dome. In the following discussion consider point A as the being at the intersection of imaginary lines drawn through RA and Dec axes of the mount. If your mount has a hole through the internal portion of the counterweight bar to support a polar alignment scope, Point A would be in the exact center of that hole. The origin point is at the geometric center of the dome." So, if I understand this correctly then the intersection of the Dec/RA axis is inside the mount where those 2 arrows intersect? Or am I wrong? 
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Re: APCC doesn't call dome closure?
Ray Gralak
It allows the driver to log extra debug messages more easily to determine if the problem is in a client application or the driver.
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-Ray Gralak Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center): http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?products/accessories/software/apcc/apcc Author of PEMPro V3: https://www.ccdware.com Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: https://www.siriusimaging.com/apdriver
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Brand new used Ap1600, initial startup
J. Belden
Hello all,
I just received a brand new used AP1600 yesterday, what a beauty and heavy of course. And to think I am going to use this setup as a portable setup, oh well I am thinking about the future. Anyway, excited I setup everything in my RV last night and setting it up like I would my trusty Mach 1 or AP1100, I boot up with the hand controller hooked up but it pretty much just display Astro-Physics Ver: 4.19.3 and nothing else. I can see the blue LEDs for the encoders and I have a CP4 controller but I am thinking maybe it might be related to the auto-connect to the keypad after an flash update. I have tried hooking up with the Sky X via a serial cable to see if I could connect but I am not seeing anything in my comms as being active/connected. I tried both Pyramid powers supplies and verified I have 13.8~ vdc when powered up per Fluke meter. I will apologize firsthand if I missed something in prior posts but the last three mounts I have owned from AP just worked out of the box with a quality power supply and a keypad without integrating with the SkyX or the Sky v6. Hoping this is just a matter of re-flashing something and carrying on my way. Clear skies, Joe Belden
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Re: APCC doesn't call dome closure?
Hi Ray,
Thanks. Could you briefly explain the difference between the async park and the prior version? I downloaded it, and enabled async park.
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Re: Thank You! 1000% better than Yahoo
I agree that this is much better. Glad that you like it.
Clear Skies,
Marj Christen Astro-Physics, Inc 11250 Forest Hills Rd Machesney Park, IL 61115 Phone: 815-282-1513 Fax: 815-282-9847 www.astro-physics.com
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io [mailto:main@ap-gto.groups.io]
On Behalf Of Don Anderson via Groups.Io
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 5:24 PM To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Thank You! 1000% better than Yahoo
Glad you moved the group over Marj. Yahoo groups is dying. Onwards and upwards! Regards
Don Anderson
On Thursday, October 24, 2019, 09:57:11 p.m. MDT, Marj Christen <marj@...> wrote:
Thank you very much, Keith. So glad you are joining us again.
Groups.io made the process much easier than I had anticipated. We are happy to be here.
Clear Skies,
Marj Christen Astro-Physics, Inc 11250 Forest Hills Rd Machesney Park, IL 61115 Phone: 815-282-1513 Fax: 815-282-9847 www.astro-physics.com
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io [mailto:main@ap-gto.groups.io]
On Behalf Of Keith
Wow! Sooo much better than yahoo groups.
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Re: My Keypad Freezes
Kent10
Thanks again, Don. I'll follow your advice and clean everything up. I live in Arizona so very dry here.
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Re: My Keypad Freezes
Sounds like bad contacts somewhere in the cable. I would get some good quality electronic spray contact cleaner. Pull the plug off the circuit board on the HC and spray the cleaner on both plug and pins. Clean the contacts in the plug on the CP-X controller as well. Corrosion can happen fairly quickly depending on your local environment. Best of luck Don Anderson
On Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 05:14:06 p.m. MDT, Kent10 <kent.moore@...> wrote:
Thanks Don. I will certainly try what you suggest the next time it happens. The keypad was purchased a year or 2 ago but I have only used it for less than a month. Connections should be clean and cables look new so I will wiggle everything around to see if there is a connection problem somewhere. One time I also got an orange screen. Everything was orange and there were no letters or numbers. I unplugged it and plugged it back in as Rolando suggested and that worked. But I hope I can find the source of the problem so it doesn't keep happening. Thanks!
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Re: NGC891 - Edge on galaxy
Awsome Steve! Don Anderson
On Friday, October 25, 2019, 12:22:45 p.m. MDT, steven ho <stevenhoffman53@...> wrote:
 Taken last night CDK17 + AP1600 + FLI16803 6 X 600 per each RGB channel Steve
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Re: My Keypad Freezes
Kent10
Thanks Don. I will certainly try what you suggest the next time it happens. The keypad was purchased a year or 2 ago but I have only used it for less than a month. Connections should be clean and cables look new so I will wiggle everything around to see if there is a connection problem somewhere. One time I also got an orange screen. Everything was orange and there were no letters or numbers. I unplugged it and plugged it back in as Rolando suggested and that worked. But I hope I can find the source of the problem so it doesn't keep happening. Thanks!
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Re: My Keypad Freezes
Kent I suspect Dr Suresh is right. you may have a cable problem. Check for loose or broken wires in the coil cable. It could be a dirty connection where the cable plugs onto the circuit board in the key pad. Also check you plug at the mount. Don Anderson
On Friday, October 25, 2019, 02:56:47 a.m. MDT, Suresh Mohan <drsureshmohan@...> wrote:
Hi Kent , I’ve had the issue . In my case the point at which it enters the HC at the base was the culprit . Suresh On 25-Oct-2019, at 11:57 AM, Kent10 <kent.moore@...> wrote:
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