To Charles and everyone else who responded, I am grateful for your help. I'll try it next night out. I know, I know--RTFM. :-) Paul Gustafson

Great! That will be a very useful feature especially for long exposure astrophotography. Bobby Middleton http://www.koyote.com/users/bobm/astro1.htm

The polar alignment routine using 4 stars ie: using the n-polar aligment mode with at least 2.4 firmware will not require you to move the scope by hand anytime, other then the inital pointing, but

A speical feature is coming for 2.6 that will permit you to use the a/p GTO mount to think the zenith is not at the center or top of the mount, but rather offset by a user selectable amount, say 4

Hello Everyone, Sorry I did not respond to these questions right away, I have been VERY busy with DSV 3.0, the upcoming downloadable Hand controller code. a new chip will be required for your

Hello What can i do to verify orthogonality.I have a C8 and a ap900 gto and i have some problems with the precisions of pointing of the mount. When i press Rcal to recalibrate on a star (for exemple

There should be some instructions, and I poseted my thoughts on message #2 of this e-group. I think it would be very difficult. Perhaps you can set up during the day in front of your house just to

Hi Derek, I have the polar alignment scope but I have not installed it yet. I understand that it first needs to be aligned coaxial with the RA axis then it can be usedproperly. Any tips on getting it

Hi Jim: Perhaps Charles could comment, but I think what the manual should state is that the best alignment stars should be 4-8 hr. RA from the pole, preferably at declinations below 0. Arcturus is

Paul, I think this is a known bug. I have a very similar thing with version 2.4. Except that I steer well clear of the iterative routines, which are hopeless unless you have excellent orthogonality

Hello Bobby You can set the time plus or minus from the correct local time, which has the effect of moving the meridian where you want in the sky. I use 2 hours offset quite regularly, sometimes up

Jim Fakatselis wrote: Jim, You didn't say whether you were having trouble with tracking or with pointing. If it's pointing, you may also want to look at the orthogonality of your setup. I use

Thought I'd pose a question to the group. My AP 600EGTO hand controller has version 2.2 and my manual is dated 11/2/98. Method 1 suggests a star greater than +/- 4 hrs RA from the pole Why in the

This post is a cross-post with the AP users-group. Both it and this group are having light traffic now so I've posted on both hoping to get a faster response. I've been told that there is a way to

RCK wrote: Howard, Further to this, the letter I received from AP dated May 27 mentions the keypad upgrade prominently. It also lists the revisions by date and function. The 11-2-98 version 2.2

HOWARD L LAZARUS wrote: Howard, You might want to call Christine and ask. I'm not sure if I got an "official" notice, but I'm pretty sure that Mark Wilson did. I also saw a posta while back from

Hi Bob; Just wondered about the firmware. i am still on the original firmware and have no problem in adjusting the slew speed , that is , it never reverts back to 64X uinless i wish it so. My

Paul Gustafson wrote: I've wondered about this myself, but haven't figured it out. The only thing I know is that the older firmware didn't do this, which is the main reason I haven't upgraded

When polar aligning, a constant frustration for me is my inability to adjust the N/E/W/S button speed when centering the alignment star. No matter what speed I pick at the initial screen, as soon as I

Paul, Greetings from Fredericksburg. I noticed from a previous posting, on S.A.A I think, that you live in nearby Williamsburg. What a marvelous historic locale. My wife and I have visited there