Thanks Rick. That is good to know. Larry and well.

From every point of view other than the physical size, shape and weight of the hardware, they are identical to operate, and operate identically, for the 1200/900/Mach1. Connectivity is identical

Roland, Is all you say about the 900 mount also true for the Mach!? Larry dean@... very close star? it can be build it up you center the star with you have the servo to

Rolando, Not sure why the difference but anything semi-automatic as far as adjustments go has to reduce the number of maintenance questions/ calls and make life easier for both the owner and

Jim, I have also had a few issues with my 1200 lately, I normally use the auto start function. After the mount slews to a selected object and I manually move the scope in slow motion, normally 12x

Rolando, Slick! Is this different from the other mounts because of an overall design difference or was there an Eureka moment on a better way to tension the worm blocks that could be applied

llp41astro@... writes: Yes, all our mounts use the same servo drive and keypad. Rolando ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Roland, If I move the axis to re-balance, and use a level to get it back very close to the park position, could I still just resume, then recal to a star? Dean

Mark63clegg@... writes: It's possible that the spur gear on the end of the worm shaft has loosened and is spinning freely on the worm shaft. I bet the motor is running at 12x, but the worm

Hi, I wonder why manufacturers put their mount serial numbers in such hard to see locations. Losmandy G11 serial number is under the mount base plate. Seems to me, if I needed to look up the

low battery voltage?

Hello Everyone, I solved the tacking fast problem. It was operator error. Here is what happened. I had two scopes mounted in tandem on the AP 900 mount, a Meade 12" LX200R and Stellavue SV80S.

If your polar alignment is intact, then you don't have to do any of this (even setting the mount to Park 1 before powering down). The mount will "park" wherever it is; park positions 1, 2 and 3 are

Has anyone tried putting their Mach1 mount on a Celestron CG5 tripod? This would be a nice temporary solution for me but Im not sure if the ADATRI will match up with the CG5 tripod? Thanks, Todd

gnpnotti@... writes: Yes, this is different from the other mounts due to design. Rolando ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

alanv12952@... writes: It would be if there was no atmosphere. I assume that is what is meant by the calssic drift method. If you want to zero out the drift in that region of the sky, you

I almost hate to ask this but I want to be sure I'm doing the work flow right. At the end of the night with my AP900 I set the scope to Park 1 position and power down. If I want to resume the next

llp41astro@... writes: The Mach1 is made differently from the 900/1200. Normally the spring loaded worm would stay in contact for a long time, so no adjustment would be needed. However, if

Hello again, I sent to message below probably at an odd time. Does anyone have any ideas? Someone contacted me off line and said he had a similar thing happen and that the problem is in the Keypad.

writes: Yes, you can. Park 1 is called the Reference Park position because it can be easily recreated, even if you tear down your setup each night and build it up another night. Rcal works no