Hi, I wonder why you needed to turn off the firewall and wireless. If the Anywhere USB is Ethernet compatible, then you should be able to just add it's address to the current permitted firewall list -

Hi Gavin, Just another OTA balancing approach. In case you go for an OTA counterweight - I have a Questar-7 which came with a "cumber bun" looking OTA counterweight. It is just one of those soft lead

Hi, Recently, I discovered that my convenient QUICKSET "heavy duty" TV camera tripod, adapted for the AP900 base, turned out to be very shaky - with all huge weight of the AP900, counterweights, and 7

Thanks Stuart, That is indeed reassuring. I had a fear that the several "levels" of screws or bolts could still leave the assembly shaky - i.e. too many couplings in the stack. In my setup I was going

Roland, What a wonderful surprise - is this something new? If so, have you got an "AP900 to Losmandy G11 tripod" adapter plate for me? I was just about to have one machined, but would prefer an AP pro

Jeff, Your painter should do a colour match, before final application, since paint ages, and your AP mount colour could have changed a bit. You would hate to see the OTA differ, however slightly, from

Hi Marj, Just one question about "time precision". I think the GPS unit might give you the EXACT time at your precise location - give or take 10 metres I believe, for the non-military GPS. If so, the

Hi Marj, Please ignore my previous, obviously confused reply. I was too tired to think straight. Of course, I was confusing "calculating" local sidereal time - not setting up the UT entry. Without a c

Hi Dean, Don't quite understand your comment about needing GPS mainly during the "first" set up. The question is how long is it between your observing sessions, that you can rely on not using the GPS

Hi Brian, Thanks for the opportunity to explain this further - and no, I am not favouring users in either hemisphere. I don't know of any GOTO mounts that still have a N-S switch to change the polarit

Roland, Obviously, LCD's can be heated. There are even ruggedized laptops with heated LCD displays. For the size of the pad LCD display, power would not be an issue. Besides, the new rubber mitt would

Hi Jim, I didn't notice the discrepancy, until you mentioned it. The rule for selecting sex in the design of a cable connector is that if it provides power, the receptacle should be a female, socket t

Hi Rick, Those anti static pink DB9 serial port plastic caps that come with the GTOCP3 are nice, but they are easily lost. All you need to do is brush against them a bit, and they are gone. Thy are re

Hi Roland, Still going through the details in the manual on my new AP900, but I was wondering: Is there a "power saving function" on the display? Unless I need RA/DEC, or LST, displayed all the time (

Thanks Anthony - I missed that in the manual. Sure wish there was an index in it, especially for new owners like myself, to find such info quickly. I guess I will have to make one for myself. Joe

Yes Roland, ... But don't you customize the keypad firmware for AP? Even though the keypad unit is made elsewhere, I thought your programming staff could make the suggested feature addition. It sounds

Hi, I posted this idea on the DSLRFocus group, and wanted to ask here, if there would be any "serial port signal conflicts" on my AP900 GTOCP3 controller. I have a working LED version DSLR shutter rel

Thanks Howard, Just what I needed, Joe

Hi Gavin, I can't picture how the ribbed plate looks like underneath - is there room to drill an extra set of holes in the plate further towards the back of the OTA? That would be the same as sliding

Roland, I think I finally realized - it finally sunk in - WHY you are always so "unconcerned" about accurate time - as far as tracking and GOTO is concerned. Let's see if I got this right. For example