Hi Everyone, this is my first post, gald to see a users group online. Just recently made a long cable (25') for connecting the laptop computer to the my 1200 mount (because the computer stores in Miam

Bob, Since you have in place below ground conduits, I would pull 3#12 wires (THHN type, +110, netural, ground) through the conduit to a new outlet above ground. I would also use GFI recepticles, for y

Rich, Yes, if you move the scope/mount manually the mount wont know where youre pointing. What I do, when I manually use the scope/mount, is to first computer align the scope, then point it to a brigh

Hi All, I'm wondering How may of you have had to spend time squaring your scopes with your AP Mounts. I'm having some small problems with the pointing accuracy. I've done drift aligments, and added sh

Terry In Short, you wont damage you equipment at 14V. I use two 32 AH Gel Cell batteries to power my 1200 Mount, ST-4, Dew Heaters, Dew gun, and Computer. When the batteries are fully charged they sit

For those that are interested in the connectors..... Fwd Attachment: They are called Anderson Powerpoles in the 30A size (they also make huge ones for 1000Amps), its a standard industrial connector an

--- Mark Jenkins <markj@...> wrote: Just a note on sonotube/concrete: Concrete cracking around the bolts are due to, a couple of items. First cracking is ussually due to too much water in th

Mike, Check if the setting on your hand controller is for the proper mount. On the AP mounts you can set up the hand controller for the 400, 600, 900, and 1200 mounts. Choose the correct one for your

This past weekend in the Everglades, A question was posed to me "does your AP1200 mount have the King tracking rate." I checked the menu to find only the Lunar, Solar, and Sidereal tracking rates. The

I've been using the Anderson Single Powerpole Series PP15 ever since I received my mount (Nov. 98). The only problem is that the Silver in the Anderson connectors will tarnish and will have to be clea

Mike, That's a great idea, but does it effect the orthogonality that much? I just tighten equally, seems to work for me. Tim --- "Michael A. Roth" <maroth@...> wrote: ____________________________

Would it be difficult to add a few more user locations to the menu, perhaps an additional 3. Also, It would be nice to have a 5 digit alpha-numeric reminder for each location. Tim ____________________

Steve You will only need to use one serial port. DSV has a "link bridge" to The Sky, unless you plan to use them independently. If you use 2 serial ports, Let Windows configure the ports & see which p

--- steppzimmr@... wrote: On my 1200gto, there is a set screw in the setting circle, which allows for the adjustment. I dont know if there is one for the 600e. Mine was perfect from AP. If your go

How "Clean" is the DC-DC converter and did you put a large capacitor at the output? Also, wouldn't you want to have a 3-4 amps converter instead of 1-2 amps? I've thought about doing this: a 12V batte

Has the problem with T-Point & The Sky been resolved? I see that they have a new update patch for The Sky (5.00.09), but it still doesnt support our AP Mounts. As for shims are concerned, I took apart

The following was carried out on my friends 1200 goto mount: When using the Sky and the 1200gto mount, the software moves the scope without any problems. However, whenever we invoke the :U# , the moun

We will try some different combinations (computers, port settings...) and document what we do. Tim --- chris1011@... wrote: __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo!

Larry, Is it easy for you to check this out on your 1200, if so please let us know your results. I agree with Roland post, that its probably the computer. There are so many brands with varying ranges

In my experimenting, here is what worked for me: right click "my computer" Click "properties" select "device manager" tab double click "Ports (Com & LPT) double click "Communications port" Select "por