Shailesh, APCC/APPM cannot cause motor stalls. There are various reasons for a motor stall so give Mike at A-P a call tomorrow unless Mike sees this and posts some suggestions. -Ray

If you are using APCC then after a slew wait about 10 seconds then in the AE tab on APCC disable the encoders. Wait about a minute and then check to see if the stars are round. If so, then wait a

On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 11:24 AM, Ray Gralak wrote: Ray, Maybe I am not understanding why during an APPM run I got a motor stall warning. I looked at my APPM settings, the CW Up slews is not checked.

I uploaded a new video showing Astro-Physics Dovetail Saddles & Dovetail Bars can be used for more than just telescopes. tony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBBb2BiSn0o

Hi Shailesh, Are you mapping counterweight-up points in your APPM runs? If so, it is very important to have the meridian limits set correctly. If you are not mapping counterweight-up points then the

I have configured horizon and meridian limits for a scope combination. I changed the image train (now it is much longer), when running a pointing model using APPM, I think the scope hit the pier and I

On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 10:59 AM, Roland Christen wrote: 1) are you sure that you were guiding when you took the image? 2) If you did a model but the scope drifted in RA and Dec it appears that you

Brian, the web page I linked to has all the hardware. I have an SBIG STXL 16200 camera with the guider built into the filter wheel, so no differential flexure. After I posted I checked the two boxes

I agree 100%. Any pointing model is made using the main camera only -- no guide camera. Then you can get "excellent guiding" with the guide camera, but that's unrelated to the main imaging

Hi Eric, According to the pointing model, the mount's polar alignment is over 10 arc-minutes off in elevation and over 20 arc-minutes off in azimuth. Since you say that the polar alignment is now

1) are you sure that you were guiding when you took the image? 2) If you did a model but the scope drifted in RA and Dec it appears that you did not activate the model 3) What is your guiding setup?

Hi Eric I can offer a few observations: On your model, you may have a few errant points (max error on east is 174 which seems high to me) I suggest you enable these two options Second,

What Mike says but when I look closely at some of the dimmer stars, they look like very tight double stars to me. Odd. Keep us posted. Jeff

Last night, it was cloudy. So, I set up APPM and connected it to my AP1600 mount. For the camera option, I selected NASA SkyView so I could see how the procedure works. It took about 25 minutes for

Thanks Karen. More great videos. I will throw another one into the suggestion list. How about a video demonstrating how to set up meridian delays with APCC and the Keypad. Maybe this would be better

Are you seeing the oval stars across the whole image ? If so, it could be that your imaging train is tilted ? If you are only seeing the oval stars in the corners you may have some field

I have a TEC 140 refractor on a 1100GTO with encoders on a permanent pier. I ran a 378 point model, and am getting excellent guiding with SGP and PHD2; mostly +/- 0.25 pixels, but getting very oval

RTFM of course...

I’ve been swapping saddles around and installing a DOVELM162 on the Mach2 today. Of course, finding the correct bolts is a bit of a challenge.

I think I got it. My router would not allow me to assign the same number as already being used by the mount... had a lease already. So I made a fixed lease for another UNUSED number, then assigned