Tom, So glad you brought this up. I have always had the same frustration with my AP-900 and AP-1200 mounts. I just “incrementally” tighten each lock knob a few degrees of a turn at a time, snugging th

Hi Ron, So glad your new tests results are beginning to look promising, in discovering the actual cause. As you are getting warmer (pun intended), might want to delay the loaner shipping hassle for a

Thanks Ray, WOW !!! – I didn’t think the “WiFi Jungle” was as bad and thick as this. Looks like getting a stable WiFi channel for a device to use, is like playing “musical chairs”. That link you gave

Ron, I think most of us here are listening, and do care when someone in our tight community is in need of help. Howard is extending even wider AP tech support, to brainstorm a solution - so hang in th

Paul, Based on what Geert wrote, you should be able to draw a “shifted pattern” using the new adapter as a template, drill three extra holes, and have both slots and round holes in the adapter. I beli

Steve, It may be an ISP’s marketing ploy. You got higher speed & a lower price, perhaps by them occasionally throttling down customer emails, during peak periods, or holding off sending their huge sto

Ron, Does a (router + repeater) make a “MESH” of things in-house ;-) In spite of the Losmandy pier’s colour, I don’t think it is an “Ethernet Black Hole”. Where is your CP4 attached – on the AP mount

That also happens to me, but it is quite rare. I always suspect my ISP (Rogers, here), as having an equipment problem, or local ISP (Yahoo client) overload, before their server “forwards” my email to

Ron, All I can say is --- WOW --- you have certainly been diligent ! With so many things you have already tried, maybe it is time to get a ... “well tested, certified working complete loaner (includin

Ron, One more ... Try raising and/or rotating the CP4 antenna stick, if it is currently in its default stow position. Test that it is screwed on tight enough. If you suddenly see all your neighbours n

Ron, First idea - Picking at straws here but ... Do you (also) have a USB cable attached to the CP4? I wonder if the Windows “Power Plan” option is set to “save power on USB connections”, which then t

Steve, This link is bad, even though it looks right. Maybe it is too long for some browsers. Go to ... http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Frascto.ca%2F and paste yours there, to get back a

Hi Ray, Never having used MS Visual Studio, I am not familiar with their “FORM” usage. I’m sure it is relevant in a “programming environment”, as in any other computer language, but not in a public us

Good point, Ray. ********** I’m likely being picky, but ... Now that you mention it, why refer to it as a FORM ... which I relate to “something needed to be fill-out”? I don’t. I suppose it really is

Really useful, and excellent, set of mount greasing videos. One minor oversight – video shows a tube of ... AeroShell Grease 33”MS” ... about which Roland warns us that it can attack brass. Is the wor

Actually ... “ ... Swapping around servo controllers causes loss of the saved PEM curve, since it is stored in the servo controllers. So if you upgrade from a CP2 to a CP3 or a CP4, you will have to r

Chris, “I wish that someone like AP or ADM-Accessories or Losmandy were to come out with a dovetail bar and radius block design that had convenient ortho adjustments built right into them.” You want a

Hi Chris, Valuing your considerable expertise, I would consider the idea with some minor concerns. But ... on just a quick first read through ... Adjusting the Azimuth knobs ruins the current polar al

Hi Rolando, I keep reading your PA method’s advice about the second part – choosing a star near “Zenith” for the altitude axis. But why does PemPro use a target at DEC = 30 degrees for this part? Seem

Rolando, That’s interesting ... didn’t know that. Maybe an “AP written UNWRAP” utility would be useful, for those with mounts that have internal cabling. Does the CPx know “how many times” it had wrap