Just in time for stress testing in the frozen north... Although the 'stress' is likely to effect the operator more than the mount (frown). Terri

Karen, maybe show a picture of the connectors on the dec axis.. are they they same kinds of connectors. Most of my USB 3 cables have a B plug on the non-computer side.. this shows an A style plug. Not

Thanks Karen and David for the replies, picture and links. I'm trying to get everything together ahead of time. My current setup has wires everywhere (no through mount wiring) and I am looking forward

Seems like a great option for power, but think I'll use my AGM battery until it dies before spending $500 on a battery. I'm able to use my 55AH battery all night now, with an Atlas mount, camera, cool

I only typically need one for all night, but I've only done this in warmer climates. I do have a max oak 50,000mah lipo battery in case the laptop needs juice, but it's gotten very little use. T

Friendly comments...there are other perspectives here and I suggest they're equally valid and should be respected as well. There are some of us who don't have other A-P, or similar performing, mounts.

Hi Marj, thank you for the reply. I struggled whether to say anything at all, as most of these forums are very cliquey, and wondered whether I'd get hate mail. It's no financial hardship and I took a

A non-optical professional opinion is to send back to ES to have them readjust and align. They have been pretty responsive for me. I had an adjustable cell 102mm, one of their first, and thought I cou

A-P has it very good with its customers. I'm of the opinion that consumers should set the bar for suppliers, so will never be a fan-atic. There are products I really like, and will say so, but it does

Roland, thank you for the extensive Mach2 update and your continuing dedication to making some of the world's finest amateur and professional astronomy products. I'm anxiously looking forward to ownin

I received a shipping notification today... I'm very excited! I can't wait to try it out! Terri

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Thanks guys.. The whole software system seems a bit more complicated than I've been dealing with. I've been using ASCOM, EQMOD driver and SGP. From what I've gathered so far (I should have started rea

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Thanks guys, I have received the mount and it’s all together and up and running. I’ve installed the v2 ascom driver and gotten that working with cartes du ciel. This was all pretty fast and no trouble

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HI Wayne, there is a white sticker on the back, above the azimuth knobs. The last digits on mine are the same as the controller.. which might imply I have mount #14. Terri

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Hi Wayne, you are free to e-mail me directly as well, I'm theresamarie11@.... Might be good to compare notes. I haven't figured out how to do a polar alignment during the day yet. Is that a feat

Hi Ray, I did find this.. and have read some of the setup information. It wasn't a poke, it was just me articulating (maybe poorly) that I need to educate myself and figure out what I can make use of

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Ray, do you suggest I try re-installing the 5.30.8 driver and give it another try. Should I do an uninstall first, or just install over the top? best, Terri

Hi Wayne, thanks You will enjoy the polemaster. I used mine last night. You can use it as soon as the lowest gain settings allow you to see polaris and at least one of the surrounding stars that it us

You use the threaded adapter that is made for the AP900 mount. Terri

Hi Ray, thank you for your very fast responses. So if I might ask another follow-on: If I install APCC, and call the telescope from either CDC or SGPro, does it call APCC then versus the V2 driver dir

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