What conditions/actions will cause the Absolute Encoders to go into the "Set" condition? I have a GTO1600AE/CP4 and when I ran the APAE utility it showed the status of the encoders as "Set". I

Hi, With Mach2 / CP5 I also have an equivalent problem. When the mount is connected to the PC via USB3 the CP5 network disappears from the networks visible on the smarphone and on the PC and for

Thank you for the advice, It will be cleaner to power direct from 12V battery, when imaging where AC is not available. Steve

Hi Steve, I have been running my Mach2 on 12 v since I got it. Actually, I have the power supply set to 13.5 v but a couple of times I forgot to turn the PS on and ran all night on the backup

If you are doing nothing but slewing, then it's nice to have 1800x. However, the mount runs just peachy with only 12 volts. In fact it will even run nicely at 10 volts. When you are tracking or

Hello, Preparing for a mach2 in the future, would anybody care to recommend (AP staff included) a good quality DC2DC boost converter for 12V to 24V? Reading the specs, it seems the mount may like to

Thanks, Chris for the tip on not having to park. I didn’t know that. I’ll try it next time. Don Don Rudny Pepeekeo, Hawaii

Thanks for clarifying this, Liam, Glad you are on-board. Keep up the good work. Joe

Joe, I do not think this is an issue with Ernie’s Windows system. Since the problem is manifesting on multiple systems (mobile device, Windows 10, and a Mac) it is more likely an issue with

Ernie, Which “Update version” of Win-10 are you running on (perhaps # 2004 ?). With deference and due respect to Bill Long, I have recently started having “system-erased password”

I have had this problem too. Very intermittent and not reproducible on command. My solution is to simply cycle power on the CP4. No need to park the mount first, since the CP2/3/4/5's all have an

Ernie, I would be happy to talk to you about the wifi issues you are experiencing. Like Don mentions, it is a problem we have had trouble replicating here at Astro-Physics; since you have the

Hi Ernie, I have had this problem with my CP4 on occasion. It will disconnect in the middle of a session. If I try to reconnect, it asks for the password, but won’t accept it. The only way to

Hello all, Absent the keypad, I've been using SkySafari6 and my iPhone as a hand controller, via WiFi, to nudge the field of view when centering objects for photography. I do this by first

Hi Ray Thanks for your investigation. Correct, I tried different options to stabilize the connection to CP4 and finally settled with Ethernet. Last night, I had an 8-hour continuous session without

Hi Ray thanks for the information. I wrote here because the manual or help file didn’t help me much clarify the concepts. I’ll check YouTube as you advised. KR Rodolphe

Ah yes, thanks, i was wrong to say on a "true EW line" .. its as you say, a true NS line .. i can nudge the star back there with E and W buttons , where it arrives depends on irrelevant (to pem)

It may be counter-intuitive, but you want to keep the star on the N-S line. You can allow it to drift up and down on that line. Rolando

Hi Roland, thanks for so quick response! I suggested trying "the old chip" ...by which I meant reinstalling my old GTOCP2 rather than modifying the GTOCP4 (which I would not dream of doing :-) . But

There is no "old chip" in a CP4. There is only the microprocessor and no chips are upgraded in the CP4. Perhaps you are referring to a CP3? Rolando