When you connect to APCC you can look at the top of the window and see the firmware version on the right side.

That is slated to appear in mid Jan 2021.

For some reason, my posts never go through this late at night. See the circled bit in this image below. Flip Mount button in APCC. Pro not required.

Look into ConeSharp. Works REALLY well to eliminate cone error. From the SharpCap folks. Steve

In terms of making the adjustments to polar align the mount, being level matters very little. The only effect is that an adjustment to one axis might slightly affect the other, but as long as you put

My thinking has been that if the RAPAS is properly calibrated to the Mach2's RA axis, then a non-leveled tripod won't make a difference. Once the polar axis is precisely aligned, it does not care what

Hi John, When I received my keypad, I had the same type of problem. Solved by setting the keypad to EXT, which I think gives priority to APCC, but normally if the site initializes on the keypad and

Yes, there is a mono version of the Sony IMX571 APS-C detector on the way. I read on CN today that QHY is trying to get theirs out by mid January. Both ZWO and QHY introduced a new 4/3” sensor

Hi Group, I am using a 1600GTO. Just wondering if any of the latest software updates have included a Meridian Flip feature yet please (I haven't updated the firmware for about two years)? AP make

Hi Marj, Could you tell me how to identify the version of my GTOCP5 so I know if I need the update? I got the Mach2 two weeks ago, but I am not sure if the update is needed. Also, when I proceed to

Nice to see such good images being taken with CMOS cameras. They are getting better all the time. Now the mainstream guys not just the Chinese manufactures are starting to produce them. I am pretty

I like this particular camera Don. I have been enjoying using it. I'll still be using mono cameras for things like narrowband but I think that the color camera works great for star fields and

Thank you, Marj!! Merry Christmas to you and our AP friends. Gary

The 1100 mount would not even know it was there. There are many coma correctors available for Newtonians, and you should be able to get good images over a full frame camera field. Rolando

Hi I have an 1100 on order and I have an old 10 inch f6.6 reflector with superb optics. I was thinking I might try imaging with it. Would the mount handle it? At the moment it is a truss tube DOB. I

Hi Christopher, Thank you! My tripod is the TAK wood tripod, which cannot be adjusted. In the past few years, I put heavy TAK stuff on it and there were no stability issues. Of course I don't put

Hi I have an 1100 on order and I have an old 10 inch f6.6 reflector with superb optics. I was thinking I might try imaging with it. Would the mount handle it? At the moment it is a truss tube DOB. I

Nice work Dean. I love wide field shots. Faithfully reproduced star color is a pleasure to see. How do you feel the OSC camera images compare to those of Mono cameras with filters? Don Anderson

Gary, I reinstated the webpage for GTOCP4 version P01-14, the version that precedes the newest version. Here is the link to the software updates page. You can go from

John, If APCC is initializing your Mach 2 you should make sure the Longitude/Latitude/Time Zone are set correctly when APCC initializes the mount. If one of these properties is incorrect, then the