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Re: Mach2 power consumption #Mach2GTO

Try one of these. I have them both and they are great solutions using Powerpole connections. They run cool, and quiet, and have never given a problem in the years I’ve used

By David · #71265 ·

Re: Mach 2GTO manual for download?

Reading through some of the past traffic on this I guess the manual is not yet available, at least not for the keypad modeling features. I will wait patiently. :)

By Pete Su · #71264 ·

Mach 2GTO manual for download?

Is the user manual for the new Mach 2 available for download anywhere? I'm curious about how some of the new features, especially tracking without guiding, will work for non-permanent back yard

By Pete Su · #71263 ·

Re: Mach2 power consumption #Mach2GTO

Roland, do you have a better 120VAC to 12VDC power supply solution for me? I'm looking for one. Between weather and schedule, I finally had a chance outside in the back yard Friday night to see how

By Jerome Allison · #71262 ·

Re: Do-it-yourself battery replacement in 'new' keypad vs have AP do it ? (Cost ?)

Gert, I have replaced batterys in my keypad(s) with the instructions as given on the AP tech support page, no problem to do it yourself provided you have the correct battery type for your

By Geert · #71261 ·

Re: Any update on April 2019 notifications for Mach2

Pretty sure that asking over and over will not make your name come up any faster on the list. It will come when it comes.

By David · #71260 ·

Any update on April 2019 notifications for Mach2

AP team, Do you have an estimate when you will begin notifications for the April 2019 Mach 2 sign up list? Shailesh

By Shailesh Trivedi · #71259 ·

Re: APPM Status message - bad x scale

It means the platesolve succeeded but the image scale was outside of the image scale tolerance you have defined. It means it was likely a bad plate solve. -Ray Gralak Author of APCC (Astro-Physics

By Ray Gralak · #71258 ·

APPM Status message - bad x scale

What does "Bad X scale" mean as a Status message in APPM Plate solving mode? These do not count as "Bad Solves." Should I even worry about them? Bryan

By Worsel · #71257 ·

Re: What is the diameter and thread on the Pasil.4 polar scope?

Ah. Got it! That will be a LOT easier! I think I have some of those in my parts bins too.

By Christopher Erickson · #71256 ·

Re: What is the diameter and thread on the Pasil.4 polar scope?

Hi No, this is much simpler than this. I want to use my polar scope this summer since I will be using the scope as a portable. Thus having the polar scope is simple. The scope is however permenantly

By Tom Blahovici · #71255 ·

Re: What is the diameter and thread on the Pasil.4 polar scope?

Speaking as a hybrid hobbyist/professional machinist, I would add that threading can be one of the trickier machining efforts to get right. Especially when you are going to be making two different

By Christopher Erickson · #71254 ·

Re: Do-it-yourself battery replacement in 'new' keypad vs have AP do it ? (Cost ?)

Just plug your keypad into the CP controller, turn power on. Now you can replace the battery and you won't lose any of the memory data. Rolando

By Roland Christen · #71253 ·

Re: Do-it-yourself battery replacement in 'new' keypad vs have AP do it ? (Cost ?)

Gert, Please reference the following: https://astro-physics.info/tech_support/mounts/keypad/keypad-maintenance-instructions.pdf Regards, George George Whitney Astro-Physics,

By George · #71252 ·

Do-it-yourself battery replacement in 'new' keypad vs have AP do it ? (Cost ?)

Hello All, I need to replace the keypad battery for my AP900 mount.The keypad is the 'newer' model (with resp. to being from AP900 a few years back when it was still offered) I've seen the symptoms as

By drgert1 · #71251 ·

Re: What is the diameter and thread on the Pasil.4 polar scope?

Sounds like I my have to rethink this...I certainly didn't think about having to try it and reposition it in the lathe. I guess I will need some practice. Thanks

By Tom Blahovici · #71250 ·

Re: Mach1 problem please assist

Turn PE OFF, run 15 minutes UNGUIDED with PHD2 showing the guider graph of star position. Any guided graph is basically useless for mount troubleshooting. Rolando

By Roland Christen · #71249 ·

Re: Mach1 problem please assist

I'll check PE. But after cleaning I did a "record" and it finished so I suspect it recorded a clean PE. I REALLY hate sending in the whole thing. But would be nice to get it all tweaked. (PHD

By Ron Kramer · #71248 ·

Re: Mach1 problem please assist

What is it supposed to do? Well for one thing it would tell me if the problem is on the worm wheel since doing this will expose a fresh set of teeth, and it is highly unlikely that each of the 225

By Roland Christen · #71247 ·

Re: Mach1 problem please assist

By the way, is it possible that you have PE correction turned on and you are playing back some bad data? We had this happen once on a mount at the Mauna Kea visitor center. Someone had manually

By Roland Christen · #71246 ·

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