Wonderful job Geoff! Stuart Heggie http://www.stuartheggie.com/ -- Stuart http://www.astrofoto.ca/stuartheggie/

I was finally able to emerge from travel restrictions and get to my dark sky site--as expected the clouds didn't cooperate but I managed to get a few hours. Image is

Certainly. You will also have to load new software into the CP4, but that's real easy. Rolando

Is it safe to assume that if we currentlyown a Keypad and CP4 that we will be able to download the new softwareto our existing Keypads ? Best Regards Michael Hambrick ARLANXEO TSR Global

That popup window is not something that APCC would ever show. APCC has a built-in OEM license to the virtual ports so it will never ask you for a license for the virtual ports. So maybe you have

Great! Glad to hear it's working. Rolando

Thanks Ray, I did do an uninstall and install and the same issue is presented. Note, the uninstall was just using windows uninstall process. If there is a specific uninstall process or other ideas I

Thank you once again Roland. Indeed my encoders were disabled - no idea how and when that happened? Can APCC update do this? Enabling encoders from APCC did the trick - I do not see PE anymore. Still

Hi Joe, Yes, I believe you do have a choice to not install feature updates. Here's a link to some things you can do. https://www.techradar.com/how-to/how-to-stop-a-windows-10-update -Ray

It sounds like maybe your anti-virus software or a registry "cleaner" may have damaged the APCC installation. Try uninstalling APCC and then reinstalling, making sure to enable the option to

I've not tried to undo the 2004 update yet - but I tried reinstalling APCC and the ASCOM driver - same issues. Will undo the 2004 tomorrow and report back here.

Running, I'm running into a problem with running APCC and get the error message about Virtual Port, image of issue enclosed. I tried running both Normal and as Administrator and issue persists. I

Actually ALL of the power consumed eventually is released as heat. Since energy can't be created or destroyed. Energy and mass can be converted but not created or destroyed. If your power supply is

Ron PEMPro will give you better PEM in all aspects. Here is what the A-P manual says about using the basic PEM functionality in APPC Pro Use APCC to Record PEM NOTE: Like the Keypad method below,

Hi Joe, Win10 2004 is a feature update and not a security update so, at least for now, you don't have to accept it. I've left mine sitting there for 2 weeks now and it's not forcing me to update.

Hi Ron, Thanks for the photos. I see that you wiped off the grease on the worm and the large spur gear, is that right? And left the small gears alone, right? cytan

Thanks Christopher. problem SOLVED. Just recorded a new PEC in APCC. I don't really know how to use PEMpro. I tried it when I first got it but was told I did it wrong. What will pempro do for me

The newest keypad version will work with CP4/CP5 controllers. Rolando

Ray, Do we have a choice in NOT upgrading? I thought Microsoft forces us to accept the latest upgrade – unlike in previous OS’s. IIRC, we can only hold it off for 7 days. Joe

If this is in fact the cause of Rodolphe's problem then having a Windows update take down the mount driver and ruining an imaging trip is frustrating. The only Windows computer I own is my imaging