Hi Steve (and Ed), Happy to see that you do not have any issue with your Eagle 3. Before having my observatory - when I was mainly l nomad - I was using a HEQ 5 pro mount along with a small

On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 07:38 AM, Emilio J. Robau, P.E. wrote: For Dec rotate the telescope so that it is horizontal the ground and any movement of the scope is perpendicular to the ground. Find

Hi Linwood, Your observations of the encoder LED color and the APCC warnings are likely related. The encoders aren't doing much in the middle of a slew - your slew accuracy is not affected as long as

For Dec rotate the telescope so that it is horizontal the ground and any movement of the scope is perpendicular to the ground. Find something to hook the scale on to and pull down and read the

Ed, I have the Eagle 3 with The Celeron Chip but 8gb of RAM, an upgrade from 4gb. The computer has its own power supply. I run mostly NINA and PHD 2. On occasion I run ASIstudio. I power the guide

Craig, Very interesting report and I will follow the progress if you are kind enough to continue to document your activities. I think for some reason the DEC motor meshing on my mount is also very

On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 08:44 PM, Emilio J. Robau, P.E. wrote: Use this to measure the weight reading as you pull up and down on both Dec and RA. Make sure your moment arm is equal and pick a spot

Hi Ed, Sorry for my late reply - been quite a busy day :) Why have I decided not to install another Eagle ? Simply put, I am not really willing to invest in a computer which is a bit "outdated" (for

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 07:51 PM, Roland Christen wrote: Celestron and Meade pretty much put the kabosh on anything Cassegrain. Fact is they use plate glass optics and aluminum tubes, which together

Hi Aygen: Can you elaborate on the whole system slowing down? I am juggling CPU upgrade against double the price. I do not contemplate capturing video for luck imaging or doing any processing on the

@Sam. Nevermind. Your original sceen shots didn't come through on the email. I see you did post them in the online groups.io posting. I have to admit i have no idea what these different check boxes

@Sam. I would like to better understand this as well. Can you share screen shots of the check boxes you are talking about. I don't recall seeing check boxes in APPM.

Last night I imaged, everything worked fine, the mount parked (2) about 3am, at 8am or so I woke up, did a slew-to-zenith to do my flats. Two errors popped up: Error reading from DEC encoder and No

Thanks for the info from everyone. I'll update my setups some time this week. Well, after backing everything up, of course :) cytan

No question about it, it would break anyone's heart. I'm sad to hear this and somewhat reluctant to do the grease on my own mount, although i've seen the video - it looks too easy. I'd be interested

I was not as fortunate. My 1600 w/auto adjusting worm mesh, is about 5 years old and I am putting a new OTA on it. So I figured while switching telescopes I would service the mount, including

Hi Aygen, Good information, thank you very much. I will consider the Eagle 4s. It would also be prudent to have a separate power source, I have two. I contemplate using AnyDesk and Google Remote

I am up and running and everything works well. Three cameras, Moravian, ZWO, and QHY, One Moravian and Two QHY filter wheels, three focus lynx focusers and focuser boss, one AP1600, The SKYX, PHD2.

Basically you use a small electronic fish scale. I purchased one for about 10 bucks on Amazon. Use this to measure the weight reading as you pull up and down on both Dec and RA. Make sure your

Great report! Now I have not heard of the fish scale test. I suspect I understand, but is there a link to the description? Cheers