Understood and I appreciate the apology. I look forward to learning more about this as I prefer to abandon my finicky PHD guiding.

ok- I don't doubt that; your efforts and ingenuity is greatly appreciated; no reason to get snippy; a simple no would have sufficed to someone who bought two of your mounts or the suggestion that Robe

Roland My CP4 is about 8 ft above my laptop desk in my observatory. So, not sure the hand controller will reach that far down and I do not want to purchase APCC. Does that mean I am out of luck or is

Thanks, Brian I think between your response and that of Roland's, I will stick with the integrated OAG system. In fact, I need to move the new MIDI version as I need 2" filters for my new ASI2600MC Pr

OK- that answers that question. I'll fix my OAG issue and carry on. Thanks much

Hi Brian The idea is to do unguiding. I can do about 60s now but would prefer to do 120s unguided. Weather bad now so I am at a standstill at the moment. The mount connects with PHD2 but no focus achi

I would feedback from those doing pointing models if would be advantageous for me to try it based on my specific setup on stick with OAG. I am in a permanent observatory above my garage roof which is

Hi Derek I have a Pelican case which is waterproof and very sturdy for travel. I know there are other brands similar to pelican that are cheaper but mine works very well for my Mach 1. Bruce

Jack, Are you thinking of getting something like the PT-3 dual pier column that Pier-tech sells? I know you mentioned Pier-Tech previously but looking for another source as it is expensive. I must say

Dale/Mike/Brian That worked! Thanks much guys.

Hi Ray I tried to download the new version several times (I have a GTOCP4) but keep getting the same message: I clicked NEXT as the Automatically close the applications radio button was filled in. How

Thanks all for the advice and tips. I know my PA is very good and clutches are not slipping, so it sounds like it limits it to a re-alignment issue and possibly a clock issue. I need to confirm that a

Great- good to understand what is probably causing this and that a solution is forthcoming. Thank you

Hi Ray Sorry- what I meant by manual was re-aligning using SkySafari and not un-clutch it. Thanks for the follow-up and the other possible reasons for this. I just wanted to confirm that I was not doi

Hi Ray Almost 100% no slippage. Everything tight and well balanced before beginning a session. I do manually realign to center some objects at times but that is it. Could that be the cause? However, I

In my permanent setup, I use SkySafari 6 Pro as my planetarium program to slew my AP1100 with no issues (connected to the GTOCP4 via RS232). It parks and unparks from position 4 with no issues. I also

yes- I mention/ask about PE correction in my opening email on the topic. It was the modeling part I was missing. Thanks for confirming and the additional information.

well, let's just stick that we think alike and hold-off on the great part....at least for a few more years :-)

Actually, the same as you just described. I started out using Polemaster and now use SharpCap. So, "excellent" per the definition and limits set by SharpCap.

Thanks all for the additional feedback. I'll see how far I can go next time I put the hyperstar on. I have excellent polar alignment in my permanent observatory and other than sky conditions, I think