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

Rodolphe, I've heard there have been some compatibility issues with Windows 10 v2004, so you might want to revert Windows to the previous version you had running. If reverting to the old Windows 10

Will the new update be backward compatible with the older mounts as well? For instance, if I update my existing keypad to work with the CP5, then can it also be used with my CP3 equipped 900GTO? --

The main delay now is the instruction manual. It is very lengthy to cover all the old and new features in both the CP5 and the keypad. We have a number of our staff working on it. The shutdown caused

Hi Ray Thanks for the response, here are additional details (sorry for the long message). As the groups doesn't allow embedding images, I have stored them onlive (onedrive),

Hi A-P, Just wondering when the keypads for the Mach2 mount will be ready to ship. I am fortunate to have received my Mach2 mount recently - Quite a work of art. I have been reading A-P is

32 tpi. Going to try tomorrow. Tom

Hi Rodolfe, That's the PHD2 developers' attempt to blame the AP V2 ASCOM driver for a COM interop threading issue in the PHD2 code. :-) Disabling "Synchronous PulseGuide Calls" does not resolve the

Hello I observed in my recent sessions several issues - not sure if they are connected or not. Running Win10 Pro, 8GB Ram, plenty of disk space. 1. When starting a new frame capture in SCG Pro, PHD2

That makes excellent sense Barry, I appreciate your feedback. I remember reading that article back then bit never put 2 and 2 together. Thank you! Let me run some numbers and I may email you back

They are working on bringing up the camera for our building (the other 4 already have them) i may just work with them to set the limits. The gopro is a good idea, but i feel like i would need 3 or 4

The comments other have made about CFZ (Critical Focus Zone) are very relevant. You need to find out what the step size of your focuser means in actual linear distance (e.g. microns), to see if the

Do you have cameras in your observatoryso that you can watch the scope ? The GoPro cameras are pretty high quality.You would probably need them looking at the scope and pier from at leasttwo angles.