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Re: Dec limit in Mach2

You may have another application that is sending a slew command at that point. When APCC connects the ASCOM driver will come up, but it takes a small bit of time for it to initialize the mount. Your

By Roland Christen · #76099 ·

Re: Dec limit in Mach2

On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 02:11 PM, Howard Hedlund wrote: Hi Luca, I'm sorry that I missed this thread. Give me a call at AP. I can remote into your system with Teamviewer and have a look. HKHHi

By Luca Marinelli · #76098 ·

Re: Dec limit in Mach2

Hi Luca, I'm sorry that I missed this thread. Give me a call at AP. I can remote into your system with Teamviewer and have a look. HKH

By Howard Hedlund · #76097 ·

Re: Ap1200 / TheSkyX jog runaway

Hi Gents, I talked with Dan Bisque yesterday. They have a bug in their mount control that will be fixed in the next daily build release. Keep you TSX current!

By Howard Hedlund · #76096 ·

Re: APCC GrapeCity Error Message

Thanks. I missed that.

By John Jennings · #76095 ·

Re: Mount Maintenance

You should buy the AP grease kit for lubing the drive worm and gears but those are very specialized greases, and very expensive, and not necessary to keep the two stages from corroding together. For

By Steven Panish · #76093 ·

Re: Ap1200 / TheSkyX jog runaway

Oops! Pressed Send too soon. Sorry. Look for a link on this page: <https://www.astro-physics.info/index.htm?products/software/ascom/ascom>

By Mike Dodd · #76092 ·

Re: Ap1200 / TheSkyX jog runaway

Try this: <https://www.astro-physics.com/ascom> --- Mike

By Mike Dodd · #76091 ·

Re: Ap1200 / TheSkyX jog runaway

I apologize I do not know who to write but can "someone" in charge change my email address from my work one bob.bridges@... to my personal gmail account at astrobuddy508@.... Thank you, Bob

By Robert J. Bridges · #76090 ·

Re: APCC GrapeCity Error Message

John FYI. There was a thread recently about several users not getting software update notifications. Ray fixed that with 1.8.8.17. Bryan

By Worsel · #76089 ·

Re: Ap1200 / TheSkyX jog runaway

OK, I'm trying, but I have not been able to find where to click on the https://www.astro-physics.com/ascom page to download the driver. I downloaded the ASCOMPlatform65SP1.exe file from the

By Allen Gilchrist · #76088 ·

Re: APCC GrapeCity Error Message

On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 04:12 PM, Ray Gralak wrote: http://www.apastrosoftware.com/apcc_download/APCC_Pro_Setup_1.8.8.17.exeRay, APCC showed it was up to date with version 1.8.8.5. Not sure why. I

By John Jennings · #76087 ·

Re: Mach1 Park 3 curiosity

Thanks! 👍🔭

By Jeff B · #76086 ·

Re: Mach1 Park 3 curiosity

Universal time is calculated in the mount by using the local time and the longitude that you enter. If your longitude is off, then the calculated universal time will also be off. The mount runs

By Roland Christen · #76085 ·

Re: 1100 mount production

Final assembly is underway, one mount is already done and more will be assembled and tested next week. Rolando

By Roland Christen · #76084 ·

Re: Payload AP1200GTO

Yes, it would handle that. Rolando

By Roland Christen · #76083 ·

Re: Mach1

The clutch on the Mach1 is a brass plate and should have grease on it. The clutch locking system uses hard anodized pressure plates against a hard anodized hub. These should be lubricated also. It

By Roland Christen · #76082 ·

Re: Mach 1 not parking at Alt Az position

Thank you Mike and Ray. Ray - I will email the requested files to you. Mike - In answer to your question "Parking - click to cancel" never stops even though the mount has apparently reached the Alt Az

By Arun · #76081 · Edited

Re: Mach 1 not parking at Alt Az position

Arun, Check for imbalance. Rev Q is very old and does not have integral gain to overcome a tiny positional error due to heavy imbalance. Park 3 might work because the weight is

By michaeljhanson@... · #76080 ·

Re: Payload AP1200GTO

Peter, there is something you can do about that infestation working its way up the pier, but it requires professional help. 😁 Jeff

By Jeff B · #76079 ·

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