The rain event that I documented over on the AP-UG appears to have also impacted my mount. When I attempted to slew the other night I got a motor stall error on DEC, followed by DEC axis starting a

Thank you for the clarification, mjb87. That’s helpful. Karen AP

I'm a moderator at Cloudy Nights (Observatories, Mounts, etc.). There has been no breach of security at Cloudy Nights. What we have observed, common to many astronomy sites, is concerted efforts by

Thanks Ray, I think I came up with the same result using the chimpanzee solution. I normally park in #5, but on unparking it would not come back even after I move the scope to the right position. I

Again, not really. For MaxDome operation and setting up slaving of the dome to the scope, please take a look at this link: https://cdn.diffractionlimited.com/help/maxdome/MaxDome.htm -Ray

Shane, How much delay do you have configured in APPM for passive dome mode? If it is 5+5 seconds for each point, then 360 points would add up to 3600 seconds (1 hour) maximum of extra time. If it

Hi Shane, ASCOM has argued that each application writer doesn't have to reinvent the wheel to use a device, like a telescope mount. However, to actively control a Dome, as you point out, applications

Actually, APPM is not calling the shots. Because of the poor API design of the ASCOM Dome drivers, the dome driver is usually “dumb” and doesn’t know about mount geometry, so APPM’s

Hi Ted, I am glad that APPM and APCC Pro are working well for you! In general, yes. However, if polar alignment changes enough because of ground settling, or if you change equipment balance

It's a problem with APPM, not MAXDome. <https://ap-gto.groups.io/g/main/message/76596> - Shane -- Shane Ramotowski kor@... https://www.kor-astro.net

Hi Alan, I ran into this a few months ago.  AAPM does not have a way to do dome geometry so it's dome positioning command are wrong.  They are all based from the center of the dome instead of where

There seems to have been some sort of cyber-security incident at Cloudy Nights. Since a couple days ago you must sign into your account just to be able to look at the classified listings. This

Not sure why it wouldn’t be... APPM’s calling the shots in regards to the maxdome moves, so I betcha I’d be calling for help here too. Funny how some people seem to first think of

This really isn't the right forum for MaxDome-II support. Diffraction Limited has their own support forum and there is the Observatory forum on Cloudy Nights. Is this something that has worked

Hi. I'm trying to run APPM with MaxDome II. The first image attempt at the zenith fails due to the dome being 180 degrees off. The scope is on the west side of the mount / counterweights on the east.

Ray, I ran my first-ever APPM model three nights back, a 95 point model. Since then, using APPM I’ve run hours of 900 second narrowband imaging unguided and marvel at the small round stars, even

HI Ron, It runs the same steps to collect sky data points but with the active model for the purpose of diagnosing pointing or tracking problems. We might ask you to run this if you have a dramatic

thanks for the assists Ray - and thanks for the nina compatible updates. Now what does "verify" check box do? and how often should I make a new model? I did a 300, 600 and 1000 second exposure after

Hi Jerome, The first thing to check is that latitude/longitude/time are correct (on APCC's Site tab). If any of those are wrong, you can have proper RA/Dec, but the wrong Altitude/Azimuth. If you

Hi Ron, That's excellent! I'm glad you got everything working! :-) Best regards, -Ray