Yan, You will need to contact the ASCOM group for help with Alpaca usage. The AP V2 ASCOM driver knows nothing about Alpaca. However, earlier firmware versions of the control box may limit the

I noticed on the data sheet that this grease is not recommended "As a lubricant in metal bearings" I emailed Daleen instead to place an order for the AP special grease. Also, when I took DEC apart

Hello everyone, here is the first image with my AP900 that I got few weeks ago. There's absolutely nothing to say about the mount, it just works. Flawlessly from the first to the last sub. The scope

Hi Ray Thank you when i move the mount with AP V2 ASCOM in 600, i can see that the move is fast. (its ok)but with Alpaca in 2.5 the displacement corresponds to a speed 12 in ASCOM I can't find the

Did some model testing and grabbed 3.5 hours of Sadr in HA. Epsilon E160ED scope, AP Mach 2 mount, unguided subs of 5 mins. Camera is the QHY600 full frame CMOS. Filter was the Astronomik MaxFR 6nm.

Agreed. Placing the burden of solving the issue in terms of work, on users, is a bad thing. From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of Andrew Burwell via groups.io

Honestly, there is an easy solution for this. Most equipment listings are just variations of the same thing. He should have been able to mass migrate all the obvious stuff, and leave users to sort

Conformal coatings are good for boards that aren't already contaminated. Not so good for already-contaminated boards. There are ways to clean contaminated boards to stabilize them, dry them and then

On Mon, Jul 4, 2022 at 04:12 PM, Bill Long wrote: It wants someone to migrate every piece a gear they have ever used. So for those that have some really old images (even those moved to staging) it is

This is the grease I have on hand: https://www.duniway.com/images/_pg/datasheet-DC-150.pdf It is Dow Corning High Vacuum Grease. Silicone Base and rated for -40C to 204C degrees. I remember reading

Hi Steve I had to deal with this recently. One of the things I added was conformal coating to the circuit boards/electronics. It shields the boards from

Cool! Thanks roland!

A loose nut will show as backlash in PHD. Will see it if you physically push and pull on the axis A worm that's not fully in mesh will show as backlash in PHD. Will see it if you push and pull on the

Thanks Christopher, I’ll reach out separately to explore how to best achieve these

Yes that was my understanding. Good suggestion on the stainless, thanks, I do see some signs of corrosion on the small level on the baseplate; not too worrying as it’s not core to the mount’s

Good tip on the nut. Would A loose nut be seen as backlash in phd? You are correct. While I feel wiggle in both axis, I only have a problem in declination. The backlash is so great that it is not

It should say end play nut. Rolando

If the worms are fully in mesh, then it's possible that the end-play not is loose. This is the adjustable nut on the end of the worm gear that holds it in place. If it's loose, then the worm gear is

I'm glad you got it going. Nice image of the Tulip. Roland

Thanks Roland. I do have play in the axis, but any tighter and it stalls. I'll remove the housing and take a look. It's a fun project! Ps- will any high end silicone grease with good temperature