Dale, thank you for the detailed and thoughtful response and information... like you, the focuser is my biggest concern, second is dew control. I like the Dew Busters capability and will have to

On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 04:49 PM, <alex@...> wrote: Hi Terri, Thanks for the info! I will also take a look at the printed stuff Dale pointed out. To answer your question, yes, please enclose a pic if

Hi William, I'm going to check out VHB. Also, I ended up buying a a 3D plate from Joel. He had one in stock with the right hole locations. The plate it is light, strong enough to support my gear and

Hah! I used 3M VHB (very high bonding)! That suckah ain’t going nowhere! After all, that’s what they use to attach architectural panels to the outside of skyscrapers! ” VHB™ Architectural

Why don’t you buy one from ADM Accessories (admaccessories.com)? He makes them himself, are high quality, and I think he’s got lots of stock (if not, he can make more)

Hi Terri, Thanks for the info! I will also take a look at the printed stuff Dale pointed out. To answer your question, yes, please enclose a pic if it is not too much trouble? The pics from Dale and

Hi Ron, Thanks for the link to the Celestron plate on Amazon. Right now, the link leads to a Amazon page with the Celestron Universal Mounting plate but it mentions the plate is currently unavailable.

Hi Dale, Like Brian, I was wondering about how well the built focus controller works versus the Boss II unit. It appears to work fine, which is making me seriously consider this path to minimize

Hi Brian, This is a impressive unit. I like the brackets for a Losmandy plate and the software interface, plus it can control my starlight focuser. My only issue is I already have some hardware I plan

Thanks for the info Liam. I appreciate the detailed reply. -- Dean Jacobsen http://astrophoto.net/wp/ Image Gallery - http://astrophoto.net/wp/image-gallery/ Astrobin Image Gallery -

It really depends on your setup. If what you have works, there isvery little compelling reason to change. Here is the change list from the release notes that users can be concerned with, from the

>>>Is there a compelling reason why I should upgrade? I am in the "if it isn't broken, then don't fix it" camp. no, not in my opinion -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio brianvalentephotography.com

My setup runs fine now with ASCOM 6.4 SP1 so I am reluctant to be an early adopter and lose imaging time if I can't get APPM/SGPro/PlateSolve2 to work. Is there a compelling reason why I should

Good news, everyone! There is a new update from the ASCOM Initiative! Looks like the latest version fixes some of the bugs introduced with 6.5 that affect plate solving in APCC. Here are the details,

I buy the large Celestron plate off Amazon. Best price/value I've found. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004KMFO14/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 -- Ron

Yep, I did the switch. The FocusBoss controller, as nice as it is, is no longer used. The UPBv2 drives the HSM35 motor now using a cable I made based on the pinouts provided by Pegasus. It works like

Dale Just to clarify, you *did* switch to their stepper motor driver from the Optec? I have the UPBv2 but i haven't used that part of it. i haven't even considered switching to that because - like you

When I decided to go for the UPBv2, the one thing I was ultra hesitant about was using its built-in stepper motor controller to drive the Starlight/Optec HSM35 motor instead of the rather substantial

Hi Alex Glad the pictures helped. I forgot to include the most important picture - that of the Linx Power Panel. Without this nothing works. Bruce

On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 01:37 AM, Dale Ghent wrote: This arrangement worked well, but I didn't particularly care for the mess and weight and cables between all those little boxes and wanted an even