Dear Ray, Dear All, I did apply thoroughly Ray's recommendation to adjust Windows regional setting to use "." as a decimal point rather than the "," that we have in Switzerland / Europe. Here are my

As for maintenance of an old legacy 900 GTO mount- no plans to re-grease the gears using the AP special grease kit 🤔 ??? Fernando

Responding to Scott, here are some photos of the tandem setup on my 900. The main saddle is a DOVELM162. The tandem plate is an SBD18SS, the C14 is on another DOVELM162, with a Losmandy C14 dovetail

I have a legacy mount, 900GTO and perhaps I've never pushed the equipment enough but I'm not sure how much more precision I could get that would even translate into better images. I purchased the

Christopher Erickson wrote: ...and most USB connectors and cables are junk. And it's getting harder and harder to actually get good ones. That's why I was so delighted getting this mount with

...and most USB connectors and cables are junk. -Christopher Erickson Observatory engineer Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com

One thing I do is to set all of my astro-devices that have timing to UT with no DST. Observatory PC's, imaging PC's, hand controllers, etc. In observatories I like to have clocks showing LT, UT and

Very impressive photo. I think Roland made a great scope for him....but his processing skills are spectacular so lets give him the credit he deserves. 90 hours of imaging time over 3 years.....90

I don't usually use the hand controller, but it should be obvious how to set the time if you can get into the hand controller's settings menu. However, if APCC initialized the mount then the hand

Yes the hand controller is plugged in. The initialize window opens when APCC connects. How do I correct the time in the hand controller? Seems like it was ok before switching computers.

Aygen, What I posted to Peter applies to your setup as well. Make sure computer time, time zone, latitude, and longitude are all set correctly, and always let APCC initialize the mount (as opposed to

Dear Ray, Thank you, I will do it right away. I wish you an excellent start into the new week. My best regards, Aygen

Aygen, If you are using a desktop computer, I suggest you get a good serial-port add-in card and use that instead of USB as the backup port (and maybe consider it as the primary connection).

Peter, It sounds like the clock time on one of the devices (computers, hand controller, etc.) you are using may be off by 1 hour, which translates to 15 degrees in movement. You should double-check

The revision log for the GTOCP3 states that for V2: I have a CP3 with a V chip. Do I need to upgrade to the latest V2 chip to be able to track at increased speeds or will my V chip be able to cope if

Thank you, Ray, for your great support. I am currently reviewing my network in detail to see whether there is something to improve from my side. As of now, my mount is connected via TCP LAN + a

Dear Peter, Did you finally manage to find a solution to your Park problem ? Just asking since I had exactly the same "strange" behavior yesterday. Cheers, Aygen

Apparently, there are galaxies in the centre part of the Helix. Can someone point them out to me?

The mount has been going to Park 5 with CWs about 15° up after a session is finished. I had to install software on a different control computer. Formerly it returned to the perfectly horizontal park

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