Note to self: order extra Y cable with the new mount :)

Hi Bill, that I have tried three sources of power ... my original battery with which the problems started, the new battery purchased today as well as one of those portable 17Ah batteries which I was

ayiomamitis wrote: Anthony, In my mind you have not actually verified the power source ?. Until that is done you might be chasing rainbows. Certainly you must have available a 110 <=>13.8 VDC power

Hi Jeff, Your offer is very kind and generous but I suspect it would be better to wait for Rolando and/or Howard to get back to me in relation to my message to them. The Y-cable is the only item I

Jeff Yes, I streeeetched the cable but was embarrassed to admit it! <G>. At least it prevented the scope from hitting the pier! Richard

Anthony -- I guess I didn't read closely enough. I thought you had run the test with the Mach1 Y cable. I also have a spare Y cable, but I've never used it after soldering new wire into it. I

Hi Jeff, I pulled out my Mach1GTO controller plus the Mach1GTO power cable and a 17Ah battery which one can find at stores such as Target for about $30 which allows me to bypass the use of a car

Richard -- Ha! So there is someone else out there who's sheared a Y-cable. FWIW, both the motor voltage supply wires (+ & ground, but they switch depending on which direction the motor is being

Anthony -- Right. The controller only tracks in RA, so when you power on you should only get any signals going down the RA cable (that's the short one). Since it still produces a slew when you

Hi Richard, The weakness in all of my tests is indeed the Y-cable and which I have not replaced during testing. I must go back to my Mach1GTO boxes and look for the Y-cable so that I can repeat my

Hi Harvey, Yes, I have purposely changed the power cables and the use of the brand new Mach1GTO cable produces the same odd behaviour. All of this nonsense leads me to the idea that there is a

Anthony, I've been following your saga here and you've got to be close to eliminating just about everything, but I don't think I've read that you actually verified your power supply that is

Anthony It looks like you are doing a very methodical set of tests ... exactly the right way to approach the problem. I know it is grasping at straws, but one possibility is that a wire inside a

(7) using the Mach1GTO controller, the automatic slewing now changes axis when the shorter cable is plugged into the housing for the longer cable (and with the longer cable not connected as is the

(6) I connected the longer cable into the housing for the shorter cable ... red light comes on for two seconds and then yellow and without a slew attempt. (7) let me pull out my Mach1GTO controller

Hi Jeff, I really like your idea and suggestion. I just tried it but the shorter cable will not reach the housing for the longer cable. With your suggestion as a basis, I also tried the

Anthony -- Swap the ends of your Y cable so that the Dec cable goes to the RA motor and the RA cable to the Dec motor. (Be careful as if it does start a long slew the shorter cable won't be long

PS. I have a Mach1GTO still wrapped in the original boxes due to my inability to locate a Losmandy G11 tripod. I decided to check the existing CP3 controller by plugging everything into the

Dear Group, As a follow-up and with a fresh/new battery at my disposal, the problem still persists with the "automatic" slewing following a power connection. I made the comment the other day that

I can understand the frustration of not being able to buy things others take for granted of being just around he corner. But the truth is that Europe is probably just as well off without Wal-Mart