Right, in NINA and other apps, the parameters for a vanilla meridian flip are straight forward: You specify a desired flip delay once for when you reach the meridian, and an optional pause-before valu

To be fair, this kind of thing has been in SGPro for a while now as well, but it's done through a different mechanism (APCC send the limits to SGPro's network API, where this plugin reads and interpre

Hi all, this aimed at users of APCC and NINA; specifically those who are using the current development train of NINA, version 1.11. I've been working with another NINA contributor on a plugin for NINA

Correct me if I'm wrong, but T-Point will not give you tracking modeling when using it with a non-SB mount, correct? Point modeling doesn't really amount to much in astrophotography when there are thi

Hi Shailesh, It's note really clear as to what your goals are. Is it to use a planetarium app to drive the mount around the sky for visual and occasional light astrophotography use, or are you looking

What Linwood said. I'll add that it's a good idea to not fixate on a single exact number when it comes to back focus distance. There are manufacturing variations in the objective or mirror of the scop

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There's a way to mirror COM ports on Windows, although it's a little janky and a bit manual. If you go to the com0com project on Sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/com0com/files/com0com/3.0

Eh. Definitely something up with the device. Perhaps related to the thing that Jeff mentioned. I've built my own temperhum-type devices using the same sensor that's in the MGBox (the Bosch BME280, and

ASCOM logs end up under in your user's Documents\ASCOM folder, subdivided by date. This is an odd issue you're having. I also use the ASCOM OCH because I have 3 different devices that source info for

The same clock discipline considerations that exist when syncing time to the PC clock would also exist when syncing to the mount. The PC clock and mount's own clock should also be in sync for reasons

You just need more leverage than what an allen wrench can provide. Use a longer device, such as a long phillips head screw driver, instead.

Time syncing is complex enough of a topic that it's best to let dedicated apps which handle the intricacies involved do the driving on this. There are entire professions and academic pursuits based ar

Thank you, Konstantin I'll take your word for it :) Going off of my experience with a Mach1 and 1200GTO, it's great to know that the new design is incorporated in the current iteration of the 1100. I

Oh awesome, thanks for cluing me in. I must have missed mention of this before.

Hi Marj, Just so I’m clear and don’t pick up something that I might already be getting, 1100s in the run that is currently undergoing assembly and shipping will not feature the S1100CSA, correct? Woul

To add to Ray's comment, you can do the modeling run during twilight, usually during nautical dusk. Plate solving doesn't require anything in the way of fidelity; only that a sufficient number of star

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Ok, we have an enhanced version of the Smart Meridian Flip plugin for NINA that can read an APCC MLM file to know where the limits are and how early or late to flip at the current declination. It'll e

Ah, this must be new. I looked on WMR's store for one of these a few months ago and they didn't have one. Great, so there's now a decent commercial source for these for people who don't want to buy cr

Yep! That's exactly what I do, too. XT60 is an odd choice of connector for the UPBv2 but I guess it's smaller than powerpole and more secure than coaxial plugs.

I can't speak to the command references (although, regarding point 2, you're likely querying the mount for its position when its in an uninitialized state immediately after power-on.) But regarding su