Following Rolando's suggestion I rang David at AP to discuss the procedure. He is going to read it over the next couple of days and possibly edit it to match more closely what they do at AP to tweak

Hi Tom, Refraction is not the only thing affected by temperature shifts. For example, the scope becomes less flexible, and the colder ground might shift polar alignment. If the model is not working

Thanks Craig, This sounds somewhat like the procedure I used to almost completely tweak out the noise. Generally I would stop at the point of noise, loosen the bolts to where they just touched,

It is kind of like the way you would normally balance by getting the feel of the imbalance by positioning the scope in the proper position to push up and down to see which side needs more weight. You

Emilio, I have finally found a solution for meshing the gears and now I can slew the telescope with no noise. I created a new topic with my procedure so as not to digress from your original

I have an AP1600GTO with CP4, auto adjusting worm box and absolute encoders. Currently, I am installing a new OTA on the mount so I decided it was a good time to service the mount, including

Our mount tech, Dave, her at the factory would be the person to talk to. He can help you set your gearbox so it runs smoothly. Just call the office and ask to speak to Dave about your mount, and they

Don't adjust the encoder readheads. You probably have a bit of dirt on the encoder ring. Remove the end cap on the Dec axis to get access to the inside of the axis. Take a Kleenex and gently wipe the

I am (1.9.3.3). And I guess my main concern is knowing when to be annoyed. I assume if it can't read the encoder it just goes by dead reckoning, until it can? I.e. it does not interrupt any

Hi I have noticed that as the temperature drops here in Canada, my pointing accuracy seems to be getting worse. In addition, when I start everything up, and try to do a plate solve and sync in APPM

You just described the Takahashi TSC 225. Despite mass produced Schmidt cass shortcomings, astrophotographers have been producing exceptional images with them. You mat be shocked to learn that

Hi Steve (and Ed), Happy to see that you do not have any issue with your Eagle 3. Before having my observatory - when I was mainly l nomad - I was using a HEQ 5 pro mount along with a small

@Emilio Thanks for the explanation. I think i understand now. Just use the scale to pull up/down on the end of the weight bar for RA and probaly the end of the camera near focus for DEC. Makes sense.

Hi Linwood, Your observations of the encoder LED color and the APCC warnings are likely related. The encoders aren't doing much in the middle of a slew - your slew accuracy is not affected as long as

For Dec rotate the telescope so that it is horizontal the ground and any movement of the scope is perpendicular to the ground. Find something to hook the scale on to and pull down and read the

Ed, I have the Eagle 3 with The Celeron Chip but 8gb of RAM, an upgrade from 4gb. The computer has its own power supply. I run mostly NINA and PHD 2. On occasion I run ASIstudio. I power the guide

Craig, Very interesting report and I will follow the progress if you are kind enough to continue to document your activities. I think for some reason the DEC motor meshing on my mount is also very

I am still trying to visualize how this works in practice. When you say "pull up and down on both Dec and RA", what do you mean? Hook the scale to the end of the dew cap or end of camera on the DEC

Hi Ed, Sorry for my late reply - been quite a busy day :) Why have I decided not to install another Eagle ? Simply put, I am not really willing to invest in a computer which is a bit "outdated" (for

I agree. It is kind of a shame that the EdgeHD (or equivalent for Meade) is the best SCT we can get right now. It would be nice if someone could make a better mouse trap. An SCT that didn't have all