Hi Dominique, Don’t worry. No need to send your Keypad to AP for repair. Fixing buttons on ANY “rubber membrane” keypad (TV Remote, cordless Phone, AP Keypad, etc.), is easy, if you are

Since the 800 apparently uses stepper motors, it seems like it would be possible to adapt it to a recent controller, like the GT4. Has anyone ever done that?

Greg, Thanks for the information. You've highlighted a number of important parameters to double check in SGPro and APPM setups. I need to look through the program profiles again to make sure

Greg thanks, A veritable lecture in an email that is a real keeper!! -- TJF MOBILE

Dean and Joe, I normally watch this forum and learn from the experienced astronomers and imagers, but wanted to pass on a few thoughts about my developing experience with plate solving and APPM.

Thanks Marj I'll call on Monday then. Thanks for getting back to me quickly. Carl

The same folder as the logs. BTW, when APPM is collecting data if the image has been saved you can double-click the failed line in APPM and the FITS image will be opened in the default FITS viewer on

I'm using 8 second exposures at ISO 6400. Nominally not all that different from your exposure time although the high ISO when starting the mapping run early in the evening may be washing out the

OK, thanks. The setting to save the failed solves is already checked. I'll try solving those independently and see if there's a problem with them. Where are they saved in the file structure?

Hi AP, The keypad (3388GTO) of my Mach1 dating a little (2011) I took advantage of the command of my Mach2 to take a battery to replace the original one. Everything went well and upon reignition I

i use SGP + Pinpoint for plate solve with exposure time of 5 seconds bin 1 (FLI proline 16803 camera). I got maybe 5 solve failures in a 400 point model and it took about 3 hours. not sure how that

It could be just a different part of the sky requires more processing time (e.g. Milky way fields). Try increasing Max Solve time in APPM. Also, you can configure APPM to save the plate solves that

You can find it in the help file, as well as online here (scroll to the SkyX section): https://www.siriusimaging.com/Help/APCC/appm_platesolve_settings_tab.htm -Ray Gralak Author of APCC

Ok, thanks. I haven't seen the SkyX settings for external plate solvers yet. I will look for that. -- Dean Jacobsen http://astrophoto.net/wp/ Image Gallery -

Hi Ray, Yes, that feature is enabled. I set up APPM based on your SGPro/PS2 video. In the past I've been able to complete a 55 point run in about 40 minutes. I'm using a Nikon DSLR with SGPro. The

Dean, There are separate settings in SkyX for external plate solvers, so you should take a look the help for that tab in APPM. Also, you should connect SkyX through the AP V2 ASCOM driver. Again

Thanks for the tips Ray. Polar alignment was good - I actually disassemble the Mach2 as per Roland's recommendations and leave the base on the pier. Nothing changes on the SGP configuration. I

Hi Joe, That is not normal. You normally should be able to get 2-3 points per minute. Do you recall if you had enabled "Use last plate solve's offset as hint for next plate solve"? That setting is

Oh, one other thing... how good was your polar alignment? That can have a large effect on platesolve processing time. -Ray Gralak Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center):

Hi Dean, Was SGPro controlling the camera, or SkyX? For consistent plate solving SGPro usually needs to be connected to the mount to get the RA/Dec value. Did you happen to install a new version of