Hi Ray. I will will give the ASCOM 6.5 SP1 Beta a try. Thanks for the update. Andrew J

Yes, will ship early next week. Rolando

If you have a keypad on order, we will have them ready to ship early next week. Roland Christen

Hello Keypad users, This is the weekend that most states in the US turn their clocks back. I have created a Wiki on Groups.io regarding changes that need to be made to your keypad if you are in one of

Hello Haydon, I also have a Mach2 and use Sky Safari 6 Plus on an iPhone and iPad to point it. I'm doing this while waiting for the hand controller, so my situation is much like yours. I've had fairly

Thanks Roland. That tells me what I need to know.

I don't believe Sky Safari can control the Mach2 properly at this time. Rolando

The Mach2 does not need to be started at any particular park position. All it needs is to be sent time, date and location and a park off command. The encoders do the rest. Rolando

Thanks Don, I certainly appreciated your efforts.

Hi Ray, Thanks for your explanation even if I always understood the naming protocol. That said... I never being diagnosed but I suffer a kind of dyslexia...unfortunately it seems even worse with age

Hi Haydon, I think Roland may have to chime in here. You have a Mach 2 with AE’s. I’m not sure if SkySafari needs to initiate in P4. When I initialize my non AE 1100 with CP4, I use APCC. Once

Hi Yves, Okay, thanks. That *almost* clears things up. :-) Since ASCOM 6.5 platform has been released, any RC (release candidate) would be older than the current release. So, if you are using APCC

Hi Don, It is pointing toward the south horizon when I start in park position 4. More information that may or may not be helpful. Orientated from the control box, lets say facing polaris, when I

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When you first connect, is the SkySafari target icon on the southern horizon due south? You are in the Northern hemisphere, correct? Don Rudny

Sorry Ray, a typo error...I meant RC2 !!! Yves

I think that was 2nd version of release candidate for 6.5 platform. then the 6.5 release happened, which superseded that. 6.5 SP1 beta is after this initial release -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio

That's not what you wrote... You wrote "SP2", not "RC2". (SP = Service Pack) (RC = Release Candidate) They have completely different meanings. -Ray Gralak Author of PEMPro Author of APCC

Thanks Don, That is what I have entered and can control the mount. It is the go to function I am having issues with. In certain instances, no matter which target I select, the right ascension axis

Stellarvue probably has one to match their scopes and should be fine. For custom, Markus Ludes of Aries can supply a very high quality one to match the scope. All depends on how much you are willing