Suresh, I also have a couple of questions about Orthogonality error (OE). I hope you don’t mind me jumping in on this thread. Can OE lead to issues with Guiding? I have continued to struggle to

Hi Tony, By default the mount will flip if issued a goto command after it passes the meridian + meridian delay. However, you can force the flip by setting the Action to take on APCC's Meridian delay

Jimmy, best explanation of OE I have ever seen or heard, great post!

If OE is short for orthogonality error. An Orthogonality error (OE) is only east-west when pointing at zenith or along meridian. OE is always in line with the counter-weight shaft. When pointing at

Hi, While I have been using Voyager successfully for a bit now (thanks Bill :)) I still have not been successful in getting the mount to flip automatically when reaching the meridian. Can anyone see

I know this question was discussed by Roland several years back but I seek the answer . Why does OE always show up on the east west axis Thanks Dr Suresh

Paige from Astro-Physics gave me the part number for the AP-1600 dec sight hole cover, in case anyone else is interested in trying Tony's idea of drilling and tapping a spare. The part number is:

The encoders cannot anticipate wind but can react to it after the fact. So you will have excursions but the axis being affected will recover much faster when the encoders are on. The best strategy is

I have a question regarding encoders and wind. Do encoders make a vast improvement in gusty wind conditions?

Hi Claude Do you have a Keypad controller ? Ifso you might be able to use the directional buttons to manually slew tothe RA and Dec coordinates of the object keeping the weights pointed up.Then once

Hi Claude, I achieve this by setting a meridian delay in the APV2 driver, usually no more than 2 hours, but the other night I set a +3 hour delay, which actually advances the meridian flip point east

Oops...I hadn't noticed that you were the author of the videos. Thanks so much for making them, they are very helpful to us in the A-P community! Clear skies, Dale.

Hello, I have the AE1100 and am just learning how to use it. I would like to know what I need to do to slew the mount my scope is pointing to the east on an object and with the weights up? Not sure

Hi Astronuts, I have seen this question asked on other groups by people who wonder whether it is worthwhile to have encoders on a mount and what it will buy you in terms of performance. To answer the

Thanks Dale...a very easy project and you don't need to be "exact" with the placement of the tapped hole. Those are my videos by the way. tony

When I was having intermittent issues with my keypad, George suggested removing the back cover and checking the contacts on the large ribbon cable. Sure enough, the cable was loose but the contacts

My keypad had a similar malady, except that the “5” button stopped working. I removed the back and reseated the major connections; the “5" button worked intermittently thereafter. When sent back

PoleMaster doesn't need to be on the DEC sight hole. I do this way for both my Mach1GTO and AP1100: cytan

Hi Tony, Thanks so much for the info. I think I will do like the author of the video and get another dec sight hole cover and drill that. I'm a bit surprised that QHY hasn't released an adapter for

Thank you Roland, I will give George a call this morning to get some ideas. I did check the keypad connector for pushed back pins and made sure the pins were clean. Joe