Thanks Howard. I' ll give you a call tomorrrow.

With APPM the modeling is done automatically while you are having dinner. Rolando

Are you using the keypad as well as the PC to control the mount? If so, please make sure the keypad is set to Auto-connect=EXT. For truly remote imaging, the keypad shouldn’t even be connected.

Moving the PNT file or renaming it is fine. It’s up to how you like things organized. However, do NOT move or rename the Settings.apcc file or you will lose all of your other settings as well.

Hello Eduardo, yes. It is setted correctly in the driver.

Is the time correct? I had a similar problem when my BIOS PC battery died and I had to make sure the time was updated before initializing the mount. Regards, Eduardo Virus-free.

Dear AP, your help needed, please. I´m running an AP1200/CP4/APCC in an automated mode with CCDAutopilot (controlling through the AP Driver of course). Everything works perfectly, until the end of

I actually put it off waiting for the new keypad release. Planned to do both and compare the relative efforts and results. Problem is that no matter how I plan it, I seem to barely get everything set

It can be very practical if you do a reasonable polar alignment. Then use APPM to develop a quick model along the path that the object takes. Would not take long, and can be done during twilight. We

It would not take anything. You could do it right now if you wished. APCC Pro has everything you need. Rolando

No, not ground moving, very solid on concrete or attached to a pier. See other response, most likely loose front ring on guide scope. A while back after an unrelated but similarly vexing but simple

Others will weigh in, but modeling in APCC as I understand it, and it's on my list of things to implement. My imaging set up moves around a lot though, so I don't know how often it will be

With an 1100AE, what would it take to achieve unguided imaging? Bryan

Hi Chris, I've seen that before on my setup quite a few times (sad to say). Everything guides great during the night and then suddenly the stars start becoming oval. I have double checked that

Would it not be easier just to move the file to another folder, say /APPM-PNT-Backup/? Then you do not need to worry about editing and the file could be easily moved back and restored to APPC, if

Loose front ring sounds like the culprit. Rolando

Hi Chris, Yes, any slop in the guide assembly, e.g. mounting, camera, focuser, etc., can lead to differential flexure and it can be a real pain to isolate and fix. You mentioned that it appears in the

Yes, certainly not the mount. Focuser is tight on both main and guide scope, cables are routed and bundled as they should be, guide camera is tight and focuser/guide bracket are tight. BUT, the front

If your guide scope is held only in 2 places, you will get differential flex. Needs to be held in 3 places. Take a look how we mount a guide scope: https://www.astro-physics.com/guidescope/ Rolando

Have to admit I didn't think of that, but am aware of the problem. I broke everything down and reinstalled the guide scope between the two sessions. I typically tighten those guidescope mounting