Hi Ray, Last night, for the first time, I found myself with my AP-1200 “Emergency Parked” while I was using SKY CHARTS to position the mount for a photo. When I happened to glance at the

Hi Woody, Thank you for the kind feedback. My own experience is that these things don't work for me 'out of the box' so I have to travel the path of step by step debug / understanding / fixing /

Gert, I don’t know if this helps, but when I use my RN-270 (or SkyBT) serial to BT devices with my Mach1-GTO w/ CP3 controller, I don’t change ANY of the DIP switches on the serial to BT

Over the years I have developed a habit of putting big fuzzy car washing mitts or neoprene camera pouches over protruding counterweight shafts and such. I also use glow-in-the-dark tape on all kinds

Hello All, I am in a mighty struggle with serial protocol. Esp. how many configurations there are that will make it not work. Ultimate plan is to use a serial Bluetooth dongle at the mount (AP1200

On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 03:38 PM, Ray Gralak wrote: Probably not. The worm would not vary between worm cycles.Most of the time it doesn't. That was unusual. I haven't been able to repeat the low

Yes. Probably not. The worm would not vary between worm cycles. More likely it is a gear mesh and/or differences between worm wheel teeth. If there is dirt, grit, etc., on some teeth that could also

Ray: Thank you for looking at my data. During the afternoon of Sep 2, prior to the runs I sent to you, I removed the RA box. I thought maybe there was "gunk" deep in the teeth of the worm. Maybe

Looks like it will have to wait until I come back to my farm in a couple weeks to get the motor off. The button bolt between the two regular hex bolts on the right was so tight I could not get it

The new keypad will require a new version of the CP5 software. Updating the CP5 is super easy and takes about 15 seconds. Rolando

Curtis, I looked at your logs, and unless the image scale had changed, I do not have a definitive explanation for the dramatic change in periodic error. It may be due to the RA gear mesh needing

Hi Ajay, Nice hypothesis, but that had nothing to do with this. Best regards, -Ray Gralak Author of PEMPro Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center):

A-P sells a re-greasing kit that contains two types of grease, a brush, and instructions. Contact A-P directly; I don't think it's on the website (but I could be wrong). --- Mike

Hi Vincent There have been several discussion threadson the forum concerning the type of grease to be used (search for messagesabout "grease"). One of the recommended types is Aeroshell 33,but Rather

Vincent, AP sells a grease kit which has separate types of grease for the worm and spur gears. It is pretty expensive and would be more so if it had to ship to France. Maybe your distributor has it.

This is a hypothesis. I think the reason CCD Ware was suspected by Google and other malware detection programs is because of "Ware" in the name. Warez is a term used by software pirates to describe

Hi I would like to replace the old grease of my 900gto. I think i must buy few lithium 3-1 grease, is there some tips to not damage my mount.. Regards Vincent from France

Great to hear Marj! Although I could “get along” without it, I miss my keypad! Like an old friend for quick go-to’s and positioning. Thanks for all the hard work. Wayne

On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 01:35 PM, Marj Christen wrote: I am doing some final edits to the keypad manual right now. We plan to be shipping the keypad with the new v5 to all Mach2 owners that ordered

Hello, I posted a couple or so months ago about the DEC axis of my AP1200