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Re: Mach2 issue: noise from dec motor housing, potential free screw inside
Donald Rudny
Just a suggestion, Andrea, but take some photos as you do this. It will help Roland assess things and document your efforts. Best of luck in finding the problem.
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On Sep 4, 2020, at 1:03 PM, uncarollo2 <chris1011@...> via groups.io <chris1011@...> wrote:
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Re: Mach2 issue: noise from dec motor housing, potential free screw inside
Roland Christen
You can remove the back of the housing by removing the 4 Hex head screws. Take a look inside and contact us here at AP if you find anything loose. I will work with you to correct that.
Roland Christen
Astro-Physics Inc.
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From: Andrea Lucchetti <andlucchett@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Fri, Sep 4, 2020 5:35 pm Subject: [ap-gto] Mach2 issue: noise from dec motor housing, potential free screw inside Hello AP,
this evening I grabbed my Mach2 and noticed/heard the typical noise of a screw (small part in any case) going around in the DEC motor housing. it could be in the DEC housing but most probably in the motor housing. I think it is there from the very beginning, as the mount it is brand new: it arrived in July and has just 2 nights of operation. I'd like to open the motor housing to check but I will wait for directions from AP people. Thank you very much, Andrea-Italy
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Re: AP1100 vs mach2 decision
#Mach2GTO
#Absolute_Encoders
Roland Christen
On paper and in the real world, yes the 1100 has greater weight capacity. The reason is that the 2 gearwheels are larger on the 1100. That is the primary thing that determines how much scope you can put on a mount.
Gearwheel size is the single most important thing that determines a mount's capacity. The thickness of the base is the next important thing.
The pier or tripod that you put the mount on also needs to be robust. For the pier/tripod the important thing is not so much the weight rating, since most of them could hold up a Sumo wrestler, the important thing is how resistant it is to a twisting motion.
Rolando
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From: Ram Viswanathan <ramviswanathan@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Fri, Sep 4, 2020 5:18 pm Subject: [ap-gto] AP1100 vs mach2 decision #Mach2GTO #Absolute_Encoders In terms of capacity, is there a significant difference between these mounts?
The 1100 seems very slightly heavier but can be separated easily into 2 parts. On paper, it appears to have much greater weight bearing capacity. What am I missing?
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Mach2 issue: noise from dec motor housing, potential free screw inside
Andrea Lucchetti
Hello AP,
this evening I grabbed my Mach2 and noticed/heard the typical noise of a screw (small part in any case) going around in the DEC motor housing. it could be in the DEC housing but most probably in the motor housing. I think it is there from the very beginning, as the mount it is brand new: it arrived in July and has just 2 nights of operation. I'd like to open the motor housing to check but I will wait for directions from AP people. Thank you very much, Andrea-Italy
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Re: AP1100 vs mach2 decision
#Mach2GTO
#Absolute_Encoders
Bill Long
It does. It's also more expensive with encoders.
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of Ram Viswanathan <ramviswanathan@...>
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 3:18 PM To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Subject: [ap-gto] AP1100 vs mach2 decision #Mach2GTO #Absolute_Encoders In terms of capacity, is there a significant difference between these mounts? What am I missing?
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AP1100 vs mach2 decision
#Mach2GTO
#Absolute_Encoders
In terms of capacity, is there a significant difference between these mounts? What am I missing?
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Re: PEMPro vs PHD2
#Guiding
Bill Long
Its not Windows Defender causing this problem. This is starting to get old.
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of Joe Zeglinski <J.Zeglinski@...>
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 1:52 PM To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Subject: Re: [ap-gto] PEMPro vs PHD2 #Guiding Hi Curtis and Ray,
If you aren’t aware, the “new Win-10 DEFENDER” antivirus program that always came free with the OS, has a newly “enabled” default feature in the recent Win-10 Build-2004 screw-up.
Defender is supposed to bow out and “deactivate itself” if it finds a paid subscription version of any other antivirus program, so there would be no potential conflict of interests. Otherwise, DEFENDER (now) does the same as the paid versions, and
(now) has its own Microsoft researched list of PUP’s (Potentially Unwanted Programs). It used to be check marked only on Enterprise versions of Win-10, but (now) is checkmark enabled for ALL versions.
I originally disabled Defender when I discovered from its history list, that it removed apps that I had used for decades. Then, upon further reading MS website explanations for each such case, I discovered that Defender is in fact “more meticulous”,
than perhaps most others. So, I re-enabled DEFENDER, because it seemed to find Bloatware we sometimes miss, or ignore.
Microsoft’s Defender now Quarantines and eventually removes any “Bloatware” that tags along with some downloads. For example, CCLEAN from Piriform (now fully owned by AVAST), is found quite acceptable by something like MalwareBytes, but Defender
will NOT let such downloaded PUP extras remain very long on the PC. It might be a free copy of AVAST antivirus (or other things), that the user “missed unchecking” during the initial download screens. Defender does not tolerate tag-along apps that are usually,
bit not always, third-party programs, even free trial opps.
So, I wonder if the real problem you have been having, is that CCDWARE adds a checkmark (by default), for other trial CCDWARE (or other apps like Chrome Browser), which then makes it look like a “PUP” to Defender lurking behind the scene, blocking
further download.
In the end, it isn’t CCDWARE that is the problem, offering website visitors more extra’s, than the perhaps less tolerant MS DEFENDER would like them to do.
Joe Z.
From: CurtisC via groups.io
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 1:46 PM
To: main@ap-gto.groups.io
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] PEMPro vs PHD2 #Guiding
CCDWare: I have McAfee. I would have preferred Norton, but McAfee came with my Dell computer. Last night it flagged CCDWare as "suspicious," just as Chris reports.
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Re: PEMPro vs PHD2
#Guiding
Joe Zeglinski
Hi Curtis and Ray,
If you aren’t aware, the “new Win-10 DEFENDER” antivirus
program that always came free with the OS, has a newly “enabled” default feature
in the recent Win-10 Build-2004 screw-up.
Defender is supposed to bow out and “deactivate
itself” if it finds a paid subscription version of any other antivirus program,
so there would be no potential conflict of interests. Otherwise, DEFENDER (now)
does the same as the paid versions, and (now) has its own Microsoft researched
list of PUP’s (Potentially Unwanted Programs). It used to be check marked only
on Enterprise versions of Win-10, but (now) is checkmark enabled for ALL
versions.
I originally disabled Defender when I discovered from
its history list, that it removed apps that I had used for decades. Then, upon
further reading MS website explanations for each such case, I discovered that
Defender is in fact “more meticulous”, than perhaps most others. So, I
re-enabled DEFENDER, because it seemed to find Bloatware we sometimes miss, or
ignore.
Microsoft’s Defender now Quarantines and eventually
removes any “Bloatware” that tags along with some downloads. For example, CCLEAN
from Piriform (now fully owned by AVAST), is found quite acceptable
by something like MalwareBytes, but Defender will NOT let such downloaded PUP
extras remain very long on the PC. It might be a free copy of AVAST
antivirus (or other things), that the user “missed unchecking” during the
initial download screens. Defender does not tolerate tag-along apps that are
usually, bit not always, third-party programs, even free trial opps.
So, I wonder if the real problem you have been having,
is that CCDWARE adds a checkmark (by default), for other trial CCDWARE (or other
apps like Chrome Browser), which then makes it look like a “PUP” to Defender
lurking behind the scene, blocking further download.
In the end, it isn’t CCDWARE that is the problem,
offering website visitors more extra’s, than the perhaps less
tolerant MS DEFENDER would like them to do.
Joe Z.
From: CurtisC via groups.io
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 1:46 PM
To: main@ap-gto.groups.io
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] PEMPro vs PHD2 #Guiding CCDWare:
I have McAfee. I would have preferred Norton, but McAfee came with my Dell
computer. Last night it flagged CCDWare as "suspicious," just as Chris
reports.
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Re: PEMPro vs PHD2
#Guiding
CurtisC <calypte@...>
CCDWare: I have McAfee. I would have preferred Norton, but McAfee came with my Dell computer. Last night it flagged CCDWare as "suspicious," just as Chris reports.
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Re: PEMPro vs PHD2
#Guiding
Ray, I have lots of logs, going back to July. I eliminated all but the latest one. I put the old ones in an "old" folder. I didn't throw them away. You want to see them all? A few are aborted runs -- I didn't like where it was going on, so I killed it. I've been doing PEMPro runs almost every night, twice last night. I'll fiddle with the balance (which is spot-on exact now) or gear mesh and try again. Last night I was getting 19+ p-to-p, but it was smooth, so I loaded it to the mount. Probably unrelated, but just before I shut down and went to bed last night, I tried some 5 min test shots of NGC 7331, and I had fantastic guiding, even the tiniest stars were round.
Edited to add: It's often said that one definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result. Guilty!
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Re: Dec drive problem
thefamily90 Phillips
Spoke directly with George and we tested the motor different ways. He told me to be careful as an out of balanced scope will spin when I remove everything. He is getting a work order (?) for me and I will be shipping it in next week.
Thanks everyone!
Jim
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of uncarollo2 <chris1011@...> via groups.io <chris1011@...>
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 10:05 AM To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Dec drive problem Hi Jim,
Remove these 5 screws to remove the gearbox from the mounting plate:
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From: thefamily90 Phillips <thefamily90@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Sent: Fri, Sep 4, 2020 10:02 am Subject: [ap-gto] Dec drive problem Subject: Dec drive problem
One of my older AP 1200 go to mounts has a problem. The deck drive does not work properly. When I use the keypad to move the mount north or south there is just a jerky movement or, the telescope starts going around in a circle nonstop. This happened
to a previous mount of mine years ago and George at AP was able to fix/replace it. I cannot recall which screws/bolts to remove to remove the drive. I will also have to get a work order number as well. Here is a pic. Thanks for any help.
The mount is at my farm and I will only be here until Monday so I need to get the drive off so I can ship it when I get back home.
Thanks,
Jim
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Re: Dec drive problem
Roland Christen
Hi Jim,
Remove these 5 screws to remove the gearbox from the mounting plate:
-----Original Message-----
From: thefamily90 Phillips <thefamily90@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> Sent: Fri, Sep 4, 2020 10:02 am Subject: [ap-gto] Dec drive problem Subject: Dec drive problem
One of my older AP 1200 go to mounts has a problem. The deck drive does not work properly. When I use the keypad to move the mount north or south there is just a jerky movement or, the telescope starts going around in a circle nonstop. This happened
to a previous mount of mine years ago and George at AP was able to fix/replace it. I cannot recall which screws/bolts to remove to remove the drive. I will also have to get a work order number as well. Here is a pic. Thanks for any help.
The mount is at my farm and I will only be here until Monday so I need to get the drive off so I can ship it when I get back home.
Thanks,
Jim
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Re: PEMPro vs PHD2
#Guiding
Roland Christen
You have to go into the graph setup to change the graph. Click on the > button at the bottom left of the graph.
Rolando
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From: CurtisC via groups.io <calypte@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Fri, Sep 4, 2020 4:11 am Subject: Re: [ap-gto] PEMPro vs PHD2 #Guiding Rolando, you do you get the guide graph to produce a line like that? I just get tiny triangles.
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Re: Calculate flattener spacing for new camera from old camera
Hi Eric
I saved the file to a PDF. Here is the link to it. Assuming that you can open it let me know if the resolution is OK. If not I will attach the file in it's original format (Excel) https://ap-gto.groups.io/g/main/files/Telescope%20&%20Camera%20Sketches,%20R15,%20200820,%20Pg%206.pdf
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Re: PEMPro vs PHD2
#Guiding
Clayton Yendrey
No issues with gmail here...
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Re: Dec drive problem
George
Jim,
Contact me directly.
Regards,
George
George Whitney Astro-Physics, Inc. Phone: 815-222-6538 (direct line) Phone: 815-282-1513 (office) Email: george@...
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io [mailto:main@ap-gto.groups.io]
On Behalf Of thefamily90 Phillips
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2020 10:02 AM To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Subject: [ap-gto] Dec drive problem
Subject: Dec drive problem
One of my older AP 1200 go to mounts has a problem. The deck drive does not work properly. When I use the keypad to move the mount north or south there is just a jerky movement or, the telescope starts going around in a circle nonstop. This happened to a previous mount of mine years ago and George at AP was able to fix/replace it. I cannot recall which screws/bolts to remove to remove the drive. I will also have to get a work order number as well. Here is a pic. Thanks for any help. The mount is at my farm and I will only be here until Monday so I need to get the drive off so I can ship it when I get back home.
Thanks,
Jim
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Re: Dec drive problem
Hi,
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Dec drive problem
thefamily90 Phillips
Subject: Dec drive problem
One of my older AP 1200 go to mounts has a problem. The deck drive does not work properly. When I use the keypad to move the mount north or south there is just a jerky movement or, the telescope starts going around in a circle nonstop. This happened
to a previous mount of mine years ago and George at AP was able to fix/replace it. I cannot recall which screws/bolts to remove to remove the drive. I will also have to get a work order number as well. Here is a pic. Thanks for any help.
The mount is at my farm and I will only be here until Monday so I need to get the drive off so I can ship it when I get back home.
Thanks,
Jim
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Re: PEMPro vs PHD2
#Guiding
Ray Gralak
Hi Chris,
Ray, just FYI but Gmail is routing all of your group emails destined for me into my SPAM folder because theyHopefully this won't go to spam. I think it is because of the link to the ccdware site in my signature. Ccdware.com has been falsely tagged with malware by Google. I am guessing that even the presence of a link to that site will result in a message being sent to a gmail spam folder. Thanks for the heads up on this, Chris! -Ray Gralak Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center): https://www.astro-physics.com/apcc-pro Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: https://www.siriusimaging.com/apdriver -----Original Message-----
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Re: PEMPro vs PHD2
#Guiding
Ray Gralak
Hi Curtis,
Ray I have a PEMPro log for you.There should be more than one PEMPro log if you had measured different PE values. You can use the PEMPro Log Zipper to grab all your logs from the night(s) you acquired data. Do you want me to put it in Files in this forum, or email it to you, or what?That's up to you. If you want, you could instead provide a dropbox link to the Zip file in a post in this thread. -Ray Gralak Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center): https://www.astro-physics.com/apcc-pro Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: https://www.siriusimaging.com/apdriver -----Original Message-----
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