Hi Roland, will the ortho setting also work with the new keypad software and a older not Mach2 Mount with a GTOCP4 box? Grüsse Konstantin v. Poschinger Hammerichstr. 5 22605

No, the Ortho is always on regardless of whether you use or turn off any of the other keypad models. Once you enter ortho data it stays there until you overwrite it by doing a new ortho

Roland and Ray, Thanks so much for the very detailed answers, I have a much clearer picture of how it all works together now. Your answers address all of my confusion. I think I also understand the

In case you didn't see my previous e-mail: What is your power source? The button rates (xand 1200x) are not the same as the slew rate. The slew rate during a move to Home or to any sky position is

Are you using 12 volt supply or 24? Rolando

My Mach2 to it’s making some strange sounds (vibration) when moving to the Home position. It happens in the dec axis moving counter clockwise (north) for the last 15-20 degrees. It will happen with

Thanks Ray, I ran both as admin and switched to 32 bit and that did the trick. Really appreciate the assist. -- Bill Kowalczyk billk@...

I was just coming to suggest the single run as admin thing. That is probably the issue.

That means the SkyX ActiveX camera control has not been registered by the system. If you are not running the latest build (13150 or greater) of SkyX, you should update. If that doesn't help, you

Yes, even local connections to SkyX use the TCP Server component. If that is checked, and the camera is connected in SkyX, APPM should be able to connect if SkyX Camera is selected.

Hi Bill, Yes that is checked and it is listening for connections. Is that necessary with everything local? Some more info is that I have SkyX selected on both the run tab and the plate solving tab and

The first question to ask is if the TCP Server checkbox is set in SkyX to allow remote connections.

APCC does not erase the keypad ortho model. The keypad model resides in the CP controller and is used to compensate for non-orthogonality at all times, whether an external model is used or not. Once

You can use them but only if you first create the keypad ortho model and load it into the CP4/5. Once that is done, it will simply make pointing for external models easier. What you should not do is

The CP4/5 controllers are totally independent of anything that APCC does. APCC models are not loaded into the CP controllers. The way it works is like this: 1) if you do NOT create an Ortho model with

Hello Tom, We are looking into this. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. Clear Skies, Marj Christen Astro-Physics 11250 Forest Hills Road Machesney Park, IL 61115 Phone:

That's interesting but the saddle is not new. Since I have to seen any other complaints in the past it must be something different now. What's AP going to do about this? Tom

The springs look like they are 0.36" OD X 0.27" ID X 1/2" long closed and ground end compression springs as shown below. The compressed length for the 1/2" long springs is 0.21". McMaster sells a

In my case they just drop down right into the path of the dovetail. I just tried stretching the springs a bit and that has held. I don't know if that will be ok after weeks with the scope in

Hi Craig Thank you for finding and reporting this issue and confirming the fix! Best regards, -Ray