Does anyone know the details for the 'RR' and 'RD' commands? Specifically, what does the 'sxxx.xxxx' value added or subtracted represent? I don't see any explanation for these values in the

end was front. I I have also been fortunate to never have my cables become tangled. I also suggest to Dean to check out the manual that comes with the AP1200GTO, for I remember an interesting section

Dean, The same thing happened to me on my AP 400 on the Portable Pier. What I finally did was to "borrow" a cap screw from Steve Peterson and screw it in with a screwdriver. There is no way for

Dean, Regardless of what mount it is or when it was last discussed - your experience is a timely warning to all of us who might have missed this topic. Sorry to hear about your problem - I hope it

Dean -- I simply shorten my cable by pulling it back through the plastic clip on the CP3 control box so that it's not quite long enough to ever get below the silver knob. But this might work better

Sorry it is a 1200. I do see a better way to connect it under the polar housing but the cable is not long enough to do that. I am going to see if I can cap those somehow. the during a end

It might help if you told us which mount it is. If it is the 1200 there has been PLENTY of discussion in the past about cable routing and methods of avoiding this including caps on the knobs and

Well it happened, the impossible. The DEC cable got caught under the big knob used to attached the DEC housing to the RA housing during a park. The cable works but I don't trust it anymore because

I was away on the 30th so this is a belated congratulations to Alan Friedman on his great APOD of the Aristarchus Plateau. Awesome! Jim Email jjanusz@... Astro Images

I totally agree ;-))) Gilles I'll second that. Besides being a technically very savvy guy Howard is also a true gentleman. My experience has always been that Astro- Physics has world class

I'll second that. Besides being a technically very savvy guy Howard is also a true gentleman. My experience has always been that Astro- Physics has world class support to compliment their world

I am new to astronomy and nobody knows this better than Howard. Having the AP 900 and 1200 mounts has been a real pleasure, but what really impressed me was the great service and advice that Howard

WOW, what a fine piece of machinery!!!! Got it set up, scope and camera mounted and balanced, and connected to my laptop, and communicating with the software just fine, which is amazing for me. Got

Hi Howard, Thanks! That is a professional grade instruction set! This level of support is rare in any consumer market today. Thanks, Rick Anyway, under Cable will I in

I have been following the group with great interest over the years but never actually posted. Sorry. I was just wondering what sort of quantities are produced in the AP line of products, primarily

Must be back up, I can ping them...unless email and webserver are hosted at different places.

Marj asked me to let folks know that the Internet at Astro-Physics is down, and has been down since early last evening (Thursday, November 29). If you have written to AP since last evening, and are

I am currently having an intermittent (sometimes once per imaging session) issue where my mount is rejecting requested declination coordinates. I am running my new AP1200 in an automated

Santa just stopped by and dropped off 4 nice boxes for me!!! This is what Brown did for me today, a brand spankin new AP1200GTO :)

Thanks Howard! Much appreciated. Chuck Anyway, Cable will I