Nope, the 1600 production mounts are painted white so you don't bump your noggin on it at night. This mount is cobbled together from rejected parts that had scratches or nicks, etc. Basically a

Beautiful mount! Are all the new 1600s coming with polished aluminum instead of paint? I'm on the list - hence my question. Thanks! Brian

Oh yes, air for sure. Will arrive next Thursday. Roland

If going by ship it might take a while for delivery. Might want to go by air instead. Chris

... where it will gather photons and help to test software and hardware for AP. It has been cloudy here all month with no end in sight, so it is being shipped off to sunnier and warmer climes. My

Could be a cable or connector problem too. Or a popped USB port. -Christopher Erickson Observatory engineer Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com

You have loosened the clutches? Don't you mean "tightened down" the clutches? Try checking your location data in the keypad. Is it accurate or way off like maybe you accidentally left it set on

Reinstalling APCC is not likely going to help unless APCC had become corrupted through some disk error on your computer. More likely is that the settings file has become corrupted. So, try

I posted the message below initially under the topic of "Smart Meridian Flip with NINA" but I'm starting a new thread on this topic because at this point it has nothing to do with the original problem

What a clear and concise explanation! -Christopher Erickson Observatory engineer Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com

I'm hoping for some suggestions to help restore a functional connection between my computer and the mount. After the latest event that started with a meridian flip followed by pointing issues which

Scroll down this page. https://www.astro-physics.com/software-updates/

Hi Roland, Thanks for the information. It’s very helpful to users like me to know how something works and why it’s built the way it is. Thanks so much for taking the time to write this great

Thx for the highly educational discourse! Kenneth

Hi Rolando, I've read WHWang's travails with the 150 on cloudynights. From your description below, isn't it obvious that he is under-mounted with the Mach2? The little engine that could is being

Hello again, I want to follow up with a bit more information and historical perspective for those interested in how mounts have evolved and why. Today's mounts are different from previous generation

And to answer your "how hard" question, it's easy and straightforward. Download the database file from A-P, and follow the instructions in a document named dataload201.pdf. I don't know where to find

Hi Christopher, That's quite a list of culprits. Slight chance it could be #s 4 and 8. Definitely #11 is playing a big part. Pier goes down 9 feet and is filled with a lot of concrete. Best wishes,

If the hand controller battery was replaced at some point then it is almost a certainty that the object database in the hand controller was corrupted by the bad battery, or got corrupted when the

PA is very good as evidenced by small corrections via PHD2. Best wishes, Michael On Wednesday, October 13,