There is a third party GPS solution for AP mounts from StarGPS.ca that will keep the hand controller time, date and location precisely set every time it is powered up. It can only do this during

Roland, of course in the park1 is less reassuring from this point of view, ... personally when I switch on my mount and it leaves the park ... I'm not going to have dinner right away but I'm starting

"If you unpark the mount from Park1 and begin tracking sidereal, in a few seconds the mount will be in a counterweight up position, which you may not realize." I'm well aware of that. Not an issue in

Thanks. I did that, but it unparked the mount and started tracking. That's when I discovered "Don't unpark" the unpark choices on the next screen. I selected that, and the next time I ran APJog, the

Is there consideration to update apcc pro to allow the mount to be parked at a negative altitude? I am permanent and want to park that way to mitigate dust on the primary. Sent via the Samsung Galaxy

An ASCOM driver instance must be started by a host application, so there is no way to practically operate the driver on its own. For your purposes, I would recommend using the APJog utility that is

ASCOM doesn't work that way by definition. It needs a program to launch it. Rolando

Is there a way to launch the ASCOM driver by itself? I am about to install the CP3 V-chip, and will manually position the scope to Park 1. I want to use the driver to unpark from Park 1. But when I

Peter, The version history is available when you follow the APCC link from this page on our website: https://www.astro-physics.com/software-updates/ Click on version history on the next page.

Right now the modeling we have is a routine done in the keypad, which is very simple. It has actually been in the keypad in a different form in the past called Smart guide, but it was not well known

The mount runs on DC and doesn't care what waveform the AC is, square wave or sine makes no difference because it doesn't appear on the DC side. Rolando

Park1 points to the north horizon with scope on the west side. Park 5 points to the northern horizon with scope on the east side of the mount. Both parks are correct. If you unpark the mount from

I am wondering what the updated version of APCC in November changed?

You can update the keypad time by simply pressing "Get Time From Mount" on the keypad menu after initializing the mount from your ASCOM driver. This way the keypad and your computer are synchronized

I know Mach2 will have a new modelling method. My understanding is that it will measure drift along the objects path and then apply corrections as the mount moves through the new sky

Ah , yes highly possible Don Suresh

You can use Park 1 if you keep the keypad time synchronized with the computer time. You do this by going to the ASCOM driver and selecting the checkbox "Sync Mount to PC Time". After that, you go to

Thank you, Ray. Then is there a way to adjust the keypad's date & time to be exact? Judging by the workflow guide, Park 5 is the result I get when I ask the keypad for Park 1.

Wayne, If you need a mount for the occultation, and don’t have the Mach2 yet, you are welcome to borrow my 1100. I won’t be needing it until later in the spring. -Wade

Don is correct, although typically if you pull too much current out of an inverter it will blow a fuse or breaker. Try running the mount right off the battery if you can make up a cable. Fusing that