I'm using my GTO mount box to control my focuser. Regards, Chris Christopher and Vicky Go Christone Industries Manufacturer and Exporter of Quality Furniture Cebu,

Hi Chris,. I had a similar problem with my Robofocus. There was a problem in the control box, so I sent that in for repair. They were great about this, sending me a loaner while it was being

There have been a number of messages on this. I found http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ap-gto/message/2830 and its related posts to be very useful and informative

Hi guys, I'm having a problem recently. My focuser just goes crazy and runs on one direction whenever I press it on that direction. Even if I remove the hand controller it focuser doesn't stop! I

chris@... writes: It's possible that there is something overloading the output of the servo focus chip, or that something is wrong with the chip set. I have never seen this before, so I

I live in NY and I have never had a problem getting all 3 stars on a clear night. I also have been to the WSP 5 times. I think the lat is about 24deg at that location and I never had a problem seeing

peturnielsen@... writes: 2 star alignment is only one tool for polar alignment. It does not always work depending on the stars chosen. I do polar align in 2 stages. First I use the star

Frankly, the 3 Polar Finders that I have owned so far are all accurate enough (Celestron for the CGE, Kenko for the Skymemo and the AP for the 1200) PROVIDED you can place that second star in its

I did not have much success using the two star alignment method myself when i took delivery of my 1200 recently. I purchased the astrophysics polar scope and can get close enough for 60min exposures

was playing with polar alignment tonight using the 2 star alignment. i slew back and forth many times - in the end i was making the same corrections but in opposite direction when going from one star

Hi Dean and Group! The easy way to check whether your time is set correctly or not is to press 4=Time/LST from the main menu. Then verify that GMT is correct. The system is designed so that the

BTW, thanks for the tips on PAM, it took 10 minutes and I was 30 sec of arc in both directions correct knows the

Jim that worked, I just set it back to winter and set the time zone to 6 to adjust for DST correct knows the

You will have received two CD's with your mount. The Astro-Physics CD contains PulseGuide and PEMPro AP Special Edition along with copies of the mount and keypad manuals and some other goodies.

I've been going through the boxes, looking at my new AP-1200 mount. Last night I got to the software disks that were provided in the package. I was in the process of installing some of the programs

Welcome to New Mexico I grew up near Gila. If you come thru Albuquerque, let me know. We could talk about AP mounts. I live in the mountains outside Albuquerque to the East.

Hi Dean, I just ignore DST and set my computer and mount to ST and the correct time zone. In your case in AZ turn off DST and set TZ 7 and the correct time. That should fix it. Jim

If you mean lat and long yes. Every system is different. I am assuming that if I put time zone 7 and 1 for summer, then it knows where I am. Some systems expect you to put in an adjusted time

This image captured on 26th-27th Aug in very misty conditions and moonlight proves the Ha filter really does cut through a less than perfect atmosphere. The star is Sadr in Cygnus, open cluster NGC

cluster@... writes: Since time in the AP system is used primarily for locating the meridian, park positions and horizon points, just change your time entry or daylight savings number by