Thanks Roland

Roland, Marj, or anyone else, Can you please tell me what range of periodic error I should expect in my 1200 mount? Also, I am experiencing some odd behavior when I use PEC. At the end of each

In a message dated 12/12/00 7:40:47 PM Central Standard Time, jmarietta@... writes: << Will the upgrade to a V3 handcontroller be a software or hardware upgrade? Thanks >> Software you will

Hi Roland, Will the upgrade to a V3 handcontroller be a software or hardware upgrade? Thanks

Hi Roland, I thought this was the case, and I'm glad to hear you reconfirm my suspicions. Like Alan French once said, "All we need now is for the mount to GOTO the Car" when we're done using

In a message dated 12/12/00 5:55:14 PM Central Standard Time, markdambrosio@... writes: << would AP be supplying a small Flyer to thier customers, so we all then know the new capabilities?

In a message dated 12/11/00 8:54:49 PM Central Standard Time, markdambrosio@... writes: << Hi Doug, In referrence to the firmware upgrade, I assume you are speaking of the upgraded eeprom

In a message dated 12/11/00 6:00:42 PM Central Standard Time, jmarietta@... writes: << If you do this, will the mount still remain calibrated for the next night of observing when you power

thanks Larry

Hi Doug, In referrence to the firmware upgrade, I assume you are speaking of the upgraded eeprom chip in the Servo Control Box. I was under the asumption that the new 1200's were shipped with the

Joe Marietta asked: Yes. You must chose one of three park positions, wait until the mount is parked in the position you chose, hit Menu, and unplug the mount. Provided you do not move the mount

Thanks Doug, So I can unplug the powercord from the power supply and the handcontroller will remember? Joe

for the next normally? Joe... the mount hand controler will be in parked mode when you power up if indeed you parked the mount and pused the MENU button as the last thing befor power down. of

Hi Doug, My mount came yesterday.... I think it is a "work of art"... looks like it belongs in some museum or something. Joe

Hi folks, Just received my new AP mount. Reading through the manual I had a question about parking the mount. The manual states that after you park the mount, you can turn off the power. Well, the

My AP1200 arrived on Dec 7, packed well... no shipping problems. I set it up in the house and tested... everything works as spec'ed. Clear sky on Sat. and not too cold so I set up outside and

Thanks Everyone, wow that was less than 2 minutes!!!! Joe

Hey Joe- You could try the Heavens Above Satellite Visibility web site. If you enter your home town, it will probably be in the database. Then you can arithmetically convert their decimal fraction

Enjoy the mount! This will get you close: http://www.bcca.org/misc/qiblih/latlong.html This will probably get you closer: http://www.astro.com/cgi-bin/atlw3/aq.cgi?lang=e Joe Marietta wrote:

Here it is Joe :-) http://www.geocode.com/eagle.html-ssi Larry --