OK Ray, I agree Pempro has more and more precision than an alignment with three stars. But is this precision necessary with a future pointing model, I don't sure ... I'm also OK polar align would be

Hi Stephane, If you want a very speedy initial polar alignment, why not just use the Right angle polar alignment scope? That should be faster and more accurate than any multi-point alignment. The

Andy, I could certainly do that, in fact that's what I did to confirm the issue was with my USB hub and not the computer itself. However that's another cable to run from the mount to the computer and

Hello, I just would like to know if it is possible to have with Keypad or with APCC a polar alignement procedure (I think about APCC because it has already got procedure of pointing model) In order to

Joel, One other approach to consider if you run into any problems with your solution of going through the USB hub: plug the USB-serial adapter directly into the PC and run an RS-232 cable from the

I attempted my first quick drift alignment this evening, but I could never get my Mach1 to do the needed flip after setting the meridian delay. The mount does not change position and stays locked to

Thanks Robert. Yea, colour is very hard. I like the black and white stuff myself. Terry

Glad you got it working. Wow, almost 2000 reviews for this product. Peter ---In ap-gto@..., <buckeyestargazer@...> wrote : The good news is I got the mount connected through the hub. I did a bit of

That's interesting Joe. When I setup my Win10 laptop (indoor tests) the com port assigned was COM1. And it workd perfectly the first time. Ports 4-18 were "in use". On my Win7 desktop in the OBS

Joel, I had a similar problem with APCC and thus the APdriver. I was using an FTDI chip based Startech USB-Serial adapter cable. TheFTDI setup utility told me that COM1 to COM3 are dedicated PC

The good news is I got the mount connected through the hub. I did a bit of troubleshooting from the hub manufacturer website that solved the problem. This is the powered hub I'm using (5v 5a). I'm

Like I said, try a different hub as part of your testing. I am using genuine FTDI USB serial adapters. Check the user feedback on many different USB hubs on Amazon and you will see a whole slew of

My USB-to-Serial adapter (FTDI chip) connects to a 12VDC powered USB hub without issues. Generally speaking, I see no reason an USB-to-Serial adapter should not work with USB hubs. Is your USB hub

Some seemingly good quality USB hubs can have trouble with some USB devices. I would suggest trying a different USB hub as part of your troubleshooting. Sent via Android on a Samsung Galaxy Note 3

I received a new to me Mach1GTO with CP3 yesterday and set it all up indoors to get familiar with it. I needed to install a USB to RS232 driver and using my laptop indoors I connected to the CP3

I find that NGC 253 is one of the hardest to get the color right. It is a very complex object. I really liked your luminance only as it shows the complexity of 253 but the color doesn't get in the

Thanks guys. It's a fairly bright object which really helps. The hard bits are in the transition from bright to dark in the halo. I have tried all sorts of exposures in an attempt to get colour

Excellent Terry. A bit too low in my location. I’m surprised at the short exposures but it certainly seems to work. Steve

Terry, it looks excellent to me - nicely done! Stuart -- Stuart Heggie http://www.stuartheggie.com/featured.html

I decided to post this as a follow up to the lum shot. Gee this colour stuff is tricky. I just keep looking at it until I go batty. There is a fairly wordy description in the flickr