Try the Pulse Guide manual from the CD that came with he manual and mount. you will need two straight through serial cables. Each with its own USB to serial device. The ones sold by Staples work

I just ordered a USB to serial cable and a serial cable. The previous owner somehow didn't send me the serial cable. In the mean time, I like to try the mount controlling with the keypad but

Thank you Larry for the link to the new version of the manual. I will look through the manual.

Thank you Steve. I will look through the documents in Ray's website.

Check out this AP manaul - http://www.astro-physics.com/tech_support/mounts/servo/gtocp3manual-2011-0718.pdf See page 8 and the paragraph titled RS-232 ports Larry

Go to Ray's site here http://www.gralak.com/apdriver/ and download the latest ASCOM driver. Complete setup instructions are on this site. You will need the ASCOM software that is available at

Hi guys. I received the mount few days ago and it has been raining here so I haven't been able to go out with the mount. I'm playing around with the mount inside and I'm getting used to the

Hi Joe, We'll provide additional functional description when the information is ready. At this time, we are concentrating on the 1600 with the absolute encoders. Clear Skies! Marj Christen Vice

Whoops ... does that mean that the alignment grid is actually part of the “special eyepiece”, rather than a reticle somewhere further down, independent of the EP? If so, then putting a video EP in

Thank you Roland.

I found this item on the Southern Skies forum. It is a free application, donations accepted. It runs on a PC and links to the ASCOM interface. It allows Sky Safari Pro on iPad, iPhone, Android or

J.Zeglinski@... writes: Yes, the eyepiece is removeable. However, you will have to put the eyepiece back in to the original alignment position so that the meridian line is aligned with the

Marj, Will the new Polar Scope have a standard 1.25” eyepiece holder”. It would be nice to be able to insert a video cam, or a Celestron/Meade “video eyepiece”, and do the alignment

malonee72@... writes: You did it correctly. Rolando

Thanks, Ray. That information certainly helps. In about a week, I will be at my observatory and will attempt to finally align the mount with PEMPro's help. Robert

Hi Robert, PEMPro can work with any camera supported by MaximDL, CCDSoft, or AstroArt. So if you have one of them (and I think CCDSoft is included with all SBIG cameras) then PEMPro supports

Thanks, Ray. I do not see the SBIG ST8300C camera listed in the Help files. Is it not supported? If it is not supported, will I be able to get full use of PEMPro (for alignment as well as PEC) with

Hi guys. I'm new to this group. I just bought a used Mach1GTO and received the mount yesterday. The mount is beautiful! I fully assembled the mount at home today and I found out that the DEC motor

Hi Robert, Yes, you would need to use a computer and also a supported CCD camera. -Ray Gralak Author of Astro-Physics Command Center (APCC) Author of PEMPro: http://www.ccdware.com Author of

Thanks, Sean. One question - I have only operated the mount through the keypad so far. Do I need to operate the mount through the computer to use PEMPro for polar alignment? Robert