Is it possible to re-design the RAPM2 to set the RAPAS an inch or so further back so that the Mach2 doesn't impact the north end of the RAPAS? That way someone like me who might forget to pull the

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Steve I use Cartes du Ciel (CdC) with my 1100 successfully. Here are some tips, once George gets you up and running smoothly. Once all the connections are made (ASCOM driver, COM ports, etc), I

Roland, I'm just trying to help others avoid the pitfalls I've encountered. If there is a specific way to do things, that is documented somewhere, which I've overlooked, please point me in the

Hey Rolando, That sounds like exactly what I think the problem is. I have not even attempted to do a polar alignment on the mount yet. Just got everything all up and running and was just trying to

Hey Konstantin, No, I don't have a handpad, keyboard only.

Best to talk to George at AP and have him explain how to set up your APCC software. You can disable the setting in APCC that prevents recal on an object that is too far away. It is a safety feature to

There is no need to park any of our mounts. You can just yank the power cord out of the wall, then next time plug it back in. The mount doesn't care, and that includes the Mach1, mach2, 1100, 1600,

I always use Park2 position to load up the scope onto the top dovetail plate (rings open, swing scope up and into rings, close rings). Then next i slide the RAPAS into its dovetail, position Polaris

Windows 10 is constantly changing my com ports. I sure would like to find out why it does that. Rolando

Robert, Yes, the PE is stored in the control box, but it corresponds with the gear angles of the motors. When you switch mounts you are switching to totally different gear angles. Going back

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Clarification needed....I have a 900 with CP3 and 1100 with CP4 mounts. I use the same hand controller with both (waiting for the new features before getting a second controller dedicated for the

Well, this appears to be the trade-off for having through the mount cabling. I hadn't realized the situation before. Having the counterweights as high on the shaft as possible is the preferred

Actually in the observatory and both programs and driver are up to date but by itself I can not get the scope unparked. I’m dead in the water. Any suggestions? I have the driver set to use the IP

Dean, you are correct, you don't need to use a park position. I was just slewing the mount a bit west, enough to get my head in there to look through the scope with my right eye. This is after

Hopefully with the through the mount cabling, cable snags on the RAPAS shouldn't be much of a problem. Having the mount strike the RAPAS seems to be more of a potential problem though. -- Dean

As I am in Michigan, the RAPAS is fine with my 1100 and 900 mounts and 6" refractor/11" SCT but my club has a 8" D&G refractor on a AP 1200 mount. That long tube (f15 as I recall) means the mount has

Even if one adjusts the counterweights to avoid the RAPAS when imaging in the east, it looks like a pier flip to an object just to the west of the meridian will cause the top of the dec. axis to

I’ve got my meridian limits mapped to trigger an early flip, but in some cases I want to manually set a limit to override the mapped limits, but having trouble figuring out how to do it. Say just