If you don’t already have it, you’ll probably want the optional larger diameter CW shaft that takes the standard AP weights also. The larger diameter shaft is shorter, heavier, and doesn’t store insid

Richard, I recall Roland recommending that you slow the slew speed down from its highest speed, to the next highest slew speed. I can’t remember what that is, but it might be 600x. Woody

I get the shorter moment arm, but a good solid stiff side-by-side saddle is most likely going to put total weight over 65 lbs.. You obviously have a lot of faith in the Mach1’s weight carrying capacit

I know all about heavy batteries! Mine weigh 69 lbs. each, although I did get a much smaller and lighter-weight one for short duration star parties. I’m sold on Li batteries, they just currently cost

Dean, Interesting how weights add up. I’ve broken my Mach1 down into two Pelican cases. The mount case weighs 55.6 lbs. The other one weighs 31.15 lbs. And then there are the CW’s. They’re separate. G

Dean, Is the Mach1 that much lighter than the 900? Or are you considering weight carrying ability per pound? I ask because my Mach1 seems to be getting heavier and heavier as the years go by. One of t

Measure the voltage yourself to see exactly what yours is putting out. I no longer use Pyramid power supplies, but when I did, mine put out 13.9v DC no-load. I can’t recall exactly, but I seem to reme

Ron, I have TSX Pro, and I don’t have APCC, but I think the SA edition works similarly. Have you installed the TeleAPI APP? I’m pretty sure you need to do that. Woody Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 201

Bob, Fast slewing is great at public outreach events – particularly when going from one extreme to the other. For imaging and personal observing, I don’t care how fast it goes. But when I’ve got an au

Bob, The quietest mounts I’ve encountered so far are the direct-drive ASA mounts. They’re absolutely silent and move so fast they’re dangerous. There was one at a star party I was at and the operator

Bob, My Mach1 is a couple of years older than yours and has the CP3 controller. But I think it’s rather quiet while slewing – even at 1200x. My iOptron and Celestron Alt/Az mounts are much noisier. An

Stuart, Glad you figured that part out. I’ve been using SkySafari Pro and various Android tablets and phones to control my Mach1 for years. Using Android, I used the wireless Bluetooth to serial adapt

I don’t have a CP4, but I understand AP is now using the standard PP (Power Pole) connectors for it. They’re also known as Anderson Power Pole connectors. They’d be the 15 amp ones I’d think. You can

Now that’s funny! And I’ve been wracking my brain trying to figure out what’s so “wrong” with cucumbers in the gefilte fish. Woody Sent: Friday, July 13, 2018 2:25 PM To: ap-gto@... Subjec

80/20 extrusions strike again! Woody Sent: Sunday, June 3, 2018 4:39 PM To: ap-gto@... Subject: RE: [ap-gto] Switch to inhibit motion If you HAVE to image near the horizon, then a telescop

Barry, That sure looks a lot like StarTech's hub - and with similar specs. and price. Woody Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 2:01 PM To: ap-gto@... Subject: [ap-gto] Re: Reliable DC-Powered US

Yup, something’s wrong at your end. I’ve been seeing LOTS of replies. Have you checked your junk or SPAM folders? Also check the junk or SPAM folder’s on your ISP’s webmail account for you. At least m

Following up on Joe’s comments regarding back-lighted keyboards. My Dell mobile workstation (think big powerful modular laptop – but not cheap) has backlit keys (4 levels of dimming), and I have an ol

Tom, Nebulosity is reputed to be one of the easiest astro image-processing programs there is to figure out and use. Most Mac people seem to like it because its creator (Craig Stark) is a Mac guy. But

Christopher, Thanks for that update information. I only use genuine FTDI adapters, or adapters that contain the FTDI chipset. But I’ve been doing this since Win-98 and back then even FTDI adapters ass