Greg, It may just be Yahoo is a day late ... and a penny short again. Just found your post in my Live Mail INBOX – I never visit the forum web page to read posts. Joe

Goes without saying ... be sure to use eye protection (goggles), when the toothbrush spritzes solvent all over the place. Otherwise your “seeing” will be ruined. Joe

Larry, I doubt that the worm wheel’s “wearing-in” process over the years of use, requires a new PEC, since any unexpected bumps in the motion are not accounted for in a PEC curve creation anyway. PemP

Huge THANKS, Rolando Reassured, I will now make that part of my regular “maintenance regimen” – at least twice a year. Probably worth adding the hint to the User Guide. Actually, after posting, I real

Hi Rolando, Many of us are “creatures of habit”, doing some tasks in a repetitive manor. One of these is setting up our mounts in the same way, either on permanently positioned piers, or exactly in th

Sorry Rolando, Perfectly happy with the mount – just wish my calibration software had displays that matched what was demonstrated in the software manual. Makes me wonder if I, or the equipment, is hav

Hi Rolando, I have been keeping my silence on this topic of PemPro PEC curve cycle overlap, but I have a concern about the discussion on curve overlap. I always do 10 cycles, and none of my curves EVE

Hi Woody, I really like the Powerwrx 25 amp variable PS - (which also has a “fixed” 14.1 vdc port) - that Chris linked to, at AP. If you have a problem with the red LED display, you could stick a larg

Mike, Assuming you replaced the original PS with a new “PYRAMID PS-9KX” (13.8 vdc @ 5 amp steady current, & 7 amp max), its 4-page document says: Have you checked how much current is being drawn from

Mike, Is there an OPTEC log which might indicate very minor rotator compensation, (due to the STL series cameras (chin) balance offset), trying to stay on-angle? Do some runs with rotator powered off.

Hi Steve, A gabled “Dutch Roof” upgrade would be a good idea, but considerable work. However, you do realize that the APCC does display a “Lost Comms” with the AP Mount” error condition. And if that i

Steve, Was the hand paddle out in the rain? Maybe it needs drying out as well, since the mount seems fine now under ACP control. Bring in the Y-cable for a full dry out – maybe drop it in a jar with d

Message Chris, Of course, you are correct – manufacturers would rather save $2 and leave the risk to “probability and statistics”. I was just wondering what WE can do – invest in some kind of safety d

Message Hi, Given that this power supply has happened to at least a couple of members, I wonder if there is a GFI (Ground Fault Interrupter) switch that could be put on the mains supply – or a differe

Ron, Could it be that you have flakey power from the AC outlet at the “gate”? Unexpected glitches could cause Windows to crash – without a formal shutdown. That might be corrupting your Windows boot p

Bravo – Rolando, Thanks for clarifying it so well. Some of us perhaps have ignored that obvious feature in APCC – yet another selling point. I wonder if “Homing Position” could also be added as a Keyp

Geert, I agree – but I just put up with the warning, since it really only comes up once a session, when I purposely use Park-1 for setup. Perhaps one solution would be to add an information, or check

Hemant, I think you need to polar align with something very accurate like PemPro, then align RAPAS after that, since the mount is then in near perfect alignment. The Rapas should be aligned last, as i

Eric, I was suggesting that you should back off the AZ adjuster screws entirely away from the post - so you can jog the loosened fork, until the lock screws are at the other extreme. That should give

Eric, I wonder if you “centered” the AP-1200 fork base lock screws to your RPA, during re-assembly. Maybe the screws are all jammed to one side of the rotation slot. If so, you might “ease off” those