Hi Jom You would probably need a combinationof flat surface adapters and / or flat pier plates. The rotary tables areslotted, so it should be pretty straightforward to attach the mount baseto the

They look pretty cool. But, how would you attach one to a pier and AP GOTO 900 or 1200 mount? Jim Get Outlook for iOS

You might try looking on eBay. I accumulateda pretty good collection of machine tooling from eBay over the years. Thiswas back when they did real auctions and not the "buy it now"system that they have

Thank you for the detailed response Rolando Regards Suresh

Here is my reliability list, FWIW. Starting with the most reliable and going down to the least reliable. 1. Real RS-232 cable between two real RS-232 ports. No USB involved. Greatest weakness of this

Rick, Aside from astronomy I am also a hobby machinist. Years ago I helped a fellow that built an observatory in a surplus ambulance. He had the same problem. What I suggested to him and he did

thank you Rolando for the info. Vince

If you can't feel any movement when you wiggle the scope or the counterweight shaft, then the worm gears in both axes are in full mesh, and you don't want to further improve upon that. There is about

No 360 degree movement. I believe it has about 15 degree freedom of movement. Rolando

The autoguiding routines have not changed for the CP4. Rolando

None of our mounts require APCC Pro to run, and that includes the Mach2. The present version of the driver works just fine with the Mach2, it's what I've been using for the past year. In bare bones

If one is using a laptop can the mount connect to the laptop's ethernet port and a 2nd network for internet access be used with a USB-ethernet adapter? Of course the mount ethernet would have no

If you do a meridian delay the mount will go to the object with counterweight up and any other object nearby. Rolando

I'm thinking of placing an AP1600/1100 in my portable observatory trailer. Since it moves around field to field; it can't be parked precisely so that the pier is facing North for Polar Alignment.

Bob, Yes, it will be able to be run by using just the V2 driver and third party software. We will release the required V2 update at that time. Regards, George George

Hi, I am looking to purchase the GTOCP4 but before buying it I wanted to check if that would improve the auto guiding for imaging. My AP1100Gto is performing superbly so I am in 2 mind bout

Since the Mach2 has not shipped as of yet, this question is more for Rolando or anyone at AP. I do not plan to use the Mach2 in an observatory, just occasionally at home and in the field. On the

Hi Richard, I do this all the time with my 12 year old AP1200GTO CP3, by setting the meridian delay in the V2 driver - note I do not have APCC. A positive number moves the 'meridian' east (earlier)

Sure, you can set a meridian delay value in the driver. APCC allows you to configure a dynamic meridian delay value that changes with declination and pier side. -Ray Gralak Author of APCC

Rick: Do you have APCC...either Standard or Pro? You can change the meridian limits in either to move the point of flip east or west as needed. Typically, we want to start CW up with the scope