Forgot to mention.....I use Polar Finder regular version by TechHead. For those of you that already use this....go to Play Store and it will tell you if you have the latest version in the text. March

These apps (I use the PC version as well as the Android version) have settings for different polar alignment scopes brands and models. I use both the RAPAS for my two AP mounts as well as an Ioptron

Ray, the AP website doesn’t show 1.8.0.9 yet, where can I download from?

As soon as you initialize, the RA axis will begin tracking and the LST/RA difference will increase 15 arc sec per second (when the mount is in Sidereal tracking mode). If you put the mount in STOP

The accuracy of your PC clock and, by extension, the clock in the mount control box, is crucial regardless of the situation. I presume you are initializing the mount using the A-P ASCOM driver from

I did not see that setting prior. Much better. Thanks!

Thanks Ray & Rolando, So as long as I have had the Mount, about two years now I have never used park from the last position - this without any issue. I did go out and tried both; unpark from 3 and

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Unpark will initialize the mount. Roland

When the mount is first powered on it will report RA=0 Dec=90. This indicates that the mount needs to be initialized. That's what your screen shot of the driver shows. Initialization is the process of

When the mount is parked the RA and Dec will not register. Unpark the mount from Park3 and look at the LST and the RA. They should be 6 hours apart. Rolando

Ray when you say, initialized, what exactly do you mean? - Mikko

Hi Cytan, They use different libraries. APCC uses the .Net framework and the driver does not. I'm guessing this is a .Net Framework issue. -Ray Gralak Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center):

Don, Those are Linak DL270CA00500655 lifting columns. I purchased two of them along with the control box, power cord, handset and motor cables directly from Linak back in September of 2019. When I

Hi Ray, FYI, your driver sees the update! cytan

I received a notice from UPS. The following is extracted from the notice. Something similar from FEDEX. Bryan ----------- We want to do all we can to keep you informed as the efforts to slow the

Thank you Family A-P. Be careful. Stay safe.It is true, That for us Astro-nuts, confined, a Mach2 would be likely to cheer us up. Dominique