Dave wrote: You can use the free Dimension 4 <http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/index.htm> to synchronize the PC's clock with an NTP time server. The ASCOM driver will send the computer's time to

Sorry, I missed this post because I haven't been in the group for a while. Has anyone tested this yet with an AP mount? It looks like just what I am looking for. Thanks, -Dave

I haven't been in this forum for a while, so I missed the whole GPS discussion. There is one reason that I would like support for a GPS, to keep accurate time. I am not interested in position data

Those of us who fly know, but to confuse things we call it Zulu Time ;-) Problem is, around here, people don't know what GMT

Thanks Bob and Roland. Next question... MaxPoint says this about a checkbox called "J2000": "For most telescopes, the epoch used for positions is the "epoch of date". This means that precession and

I personally consider not messing with our clocks twice a year one of the greatest benefits to living in Arizona... Ok over 300 clear nights a year is probably the best benefit but that is beside the

Yea, Mike. Set them to 0 and let the mount itself handle the limits.... That's the safest and easiest way to go ad well. Take care, Bob

Yes the behavior of the mount does make sense. My interpretation of Maxim is to question : ) I think I should set these fields to "0" instead of "5". I do not know why Maxim would default these to

I imagine Maxpoint has two different strategies for computing the corrected location of a star, based on whether it's in the same, or the oppposite, hemisphere of the current RA/DEC coords. I see now

Hi All, I never liked this messing around with time zones and DST. It should be practice to set the observatory PC to GMT and leave it like that at all times. As a benefit all files will have the

Any time that your scope has gone past the meridian, if you issue a GoTo command to the same object, the scope will flip. 1 second past, 1 minute past, 1 hour past, makes no difference. The

drgert1@... writes: The keypad does tell you what GMT is at all times. So you can check to make sure it is set correctly. Problem is, around here, people don't know what GMT is (unless you

cheap beer... firmware...joe

Uploaded the A-P 4.12 firmware to my AP1200 GTOCP3. The process to the mount took about 20mins to complete. Everything is running fine now, still no known reason why or what happened to require

Agreed Mark, as I said 'I rather doubted' it would have. Someone suggested that as a 'possible' cause while we were talking on the street...joe :) "May You Go Among The Imperishable Stars" Joe

Joe, The transformer that blew was at about 3:45am on Wed It was nowhere near your home though Cannot imagine that it would affect you seeing it was on another property and a few transformers from

Agreed Roland, but I've never bumped let alone banged or dropped my Keypad...joe :) "May You Go Among The Imperishable Stars" Joe Mize www.cav-sfo.com Chiefland Astronomy Village, Fla.

Larry, Howard didn't mention anything specific. However, someone at the Star Party said a couple nights ago they blew a telephone pole transformer supplying the observing field. There must have been

Joe, Did he mention what may cause this and things we should try to avoid to keep it from happening? Or is it due to cosmic rays from M1? :-) Larry lost or will be info...joe :) had a Knutz, it's

Just finished talking with Howard at A-P, it looks like I may have lost or corrupted my Keypad Firmware. After a couple preliminary tests I will be Uploading the Firmware today. Thkx Howard for your