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Re: Mach1 Unable to Find Home Position Suddenly
Nothing probably to do with this but previously (older versions of AP V2) when you launched the driver, it asked if you want to unpark the mount. The current one does not do that and I notice that
Nothing probably to do with this but previously (older versions of AP V2) when you launched the driver, it asked if you want to unpark the mount. The current one does not do that and I notice that
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Mikko Viljamaa
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#69498
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Re: First Light for 1100GTO
Nice scope.
Rolando
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Roland Christen
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#69497
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Re: Mach1 Unable to Find Home Position Suddenly
Yup, SGP forum has been pretty quiet lately...
Yup, SGP forum has been pretty quiet lately...
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Mikko Viljamaa
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#69496
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Re: Mach1 Unable to Find Home Position Suddenly
Dale click the lower one as it's a file. You should be able to read it...
Dale click the lower one as it's a file. You should be able to read it...
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Mikko Viljamaa
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#69495
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Re: Mach1 Unable to Find Home Position Suddenly
Not sure I asked before but have you posted to SGP?
Not sure I asked before but have you posted to SGP?
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Steve Reilly
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#69494
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Re: Mach1 Unable to Find Home Position Suddenly
Hi Mikko,
I still think it would be wise to try using your Luminous program to initialize, then slew to a couple of things and see if it returns to the original park position. Don’t align or recal.
Hi Mikko,
I still think it would be wise to try using your Luminous program to initialize, then slew to a couple of things and see if it returns to the original park position. Don’t align or recal.
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Donald Rudny
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#69493
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First Light for 1100GTO
I join this group in 2009 just before I took delivery of a Mathis fork mount with A-P electronics. But now I just took delivery of a 1100GTO and took it for a spin last night. Kudos to A-P for the
I join this group in 2009 just before I took delivery of a Mathis fork mount with A-P electronics. But now I just took delivery of a 1100GTO and took it for a spin last night. Kudos to A-P for the
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Michael Cook
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#69492
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Re: Mach1 Unable to Find Home Position Suddenly
You may not see anything slipping because you really can't see a gear slipping on a shaft. Use an Allen wrench to tighten the small set screws on the last gear in the geartrain, the one attached to
You may not see anything slipping because you really can't see a gear slipping on a shaft. Use an Allen wrench to tighten the small set screws on the last gear in the geartrain, the one attached to
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Roland Christen
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#69491
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Re: Mach1 Unable to Find Home Position Suddenly
These screenshots are all coming in illegibly because they are likely being resized.
Try posting them to imgur and replying with the link to them: https://imgur.com/upload?beta
These screenshots are all coming in illegibly because they are likely being resized.
Try posting them to imgur and replying with the link to them: https://imgur.com/upload?beta
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Dale Ghent
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#69490
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Re: Mach1 Unable to Find Home Position Suddenly
Here...
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Mikko Viljamaa
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#69489
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Re: Mach1 Unable to Find Home Position Suddenly
Unparked from last position
Without doing / slewing anywhere else, immediately park #4
Mount misses the horizontal line
Repeat a couple of times and the error - both parks 3 & 4 multiplies every time
Unparked from last position
Without doing / slewing anywhere else, immediately park #4
Mount misses the horizontal line
Repeat a couple of times and the error - both parks 3 & 4 multiplies every time
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Mikko Viljamaa
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#69485
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Re: Mach1 Unable to Find Home Position Suddenly
Can you screenshot the AP ASCOM driver window with it fully-expanded, right after SGP launches it and it connects to the mount, and post it here?
Also make a screenshot of the Telescope tab in SGP's
Can you screenshot the AP ASCOM driver window with it fully-expanded, right after SGP launches it and it connects to the mount, and post it here?
Also make a screenshot of the Telescope tab in SGP's
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Dale Ghent
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#69484
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Re: Mach1 Unable to Find Home Position Suddenly
Ok, try one more thing if you can.
Start from park3, then go to park4
Unpark the mount from present position and go back to park3.
Do this a couple of times without loosening anything. Does the mount
Ok, try one more thing if you can.
Start from park3, then go to park4
Unpark the mount from present position and go back to park3.
Do this a couple of times without loosening anything. Does the mount
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Roland Christen
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#69483
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Re: Mach1 Unable to Find Home Position Suddenly
Power on
Start SG Pro
In SG Pro connect mount
This brings up the AP V2
in AP V2 unpark, from last selected (as this was from the last night, the mount was correctly parked with alignment lines nicely
Power on
Start SG Pro
In SG Pro connect mount
This brings up the AP V2
in AP V2 unpark, from last selected (as this was from the last night, the mount was correctly parked with alignment lines nicely
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Mikko Viljamaa
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#69482
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Re: Mach1 Unable to Find Home Position Suddenly
The mount is not where your problem lies.
Please list the steps that you are doing that you say is causing the mount to not park properly.
Rolando
The mount is not where your problem lies.
Please list the steps that you are doing that you say is causing the mount to not park properly.
Rolando
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Roland Christen
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#69481
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Re: Mach1 Unable to Find Home Position Suddenly
Hi Mikko,
I've been following this thread and I would suggest that you make a movie of exactly what you're doing and then send the link to Rolando. There's always confusion of putting into words
Hi Mikko,
I've been following this thread and I would suggest that you make a movie of exactly what you're doing and then send the link to Rolando. There's always confusion of putting into words
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Cheng-Yang Tan
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#69480
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Re: Mach1 Unable to Find Home Position Suddenly
Correct, but I wanted to try those also and see if that would help.
- Mikko
Correct, but I wanted to try those also and see if that would help.
- Mikko
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Mikko Viljamaa
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#69479
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Re: Mach1 Unable to Find Home Position Suddenly
Can you please tell what exactly you did, how you commanded the mount to move without a planetarium program?
Rolando
Can you please tell what exactly you did, how you commanded the mount to move without a planetarium program?
Rolando
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Roland Christen
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#69478
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Re: Mach1 Unable to Find Home Position Suddenly
What levers are you loosening? Do not loosen the motor gearbox lever to rotate the mount. Those are not to be used to move the axes around. They are only for critical balancing!
Rolando
What levers are you loosening? Do not loosen the motor gearbox lever to rotate the mount. Those are not to be used to move the axes around. They are only for critical balancing!
Rolando
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Roland Christen
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#69477
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Re: Mach1 Unable to Find Home Position Suddenly
Actually this is wrong. After sending it to Park4 DO NOT loosen the clutches, rather use the altitude adjuster to level the scope.
Rolando
Actually this is wrong. After sending it to Park4 DO NOT loosen the clutches, rather use the altitude adjuster to level the scope.
Rolando
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Roland Christen
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#69476
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