I just chatted with them just now, and they wanted to clarify they don't necessarily agree with a blanket statement "the more precise the PA the better" Polar alignment error is only a problem when it

>>>" I have had one of the authors of PHD say that they prefer that the polar alignment is offset by like 8 arc-minutes. Because if makes it easier to measure and compensate for a DEC polar error." if

Just to clarify I think Ray posted the 6.5SP1 beta (not the prior 6.4 version), but the SP1 beta also works with APCC

I think that was 2nd version of release candidate for 6.5 platform. then the 6.5 release happened, which superseded that. 6.5 SP1 beta is after this initial release

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>>> can somebody tell me what the configuration settings SHOULD be for the AP ASCOM V2 driver and PHD2 in order for this to work? Disable "reverse Dec output after meridian flip" in PHD. that's what i

>> "I've always had the 'Reverse Dec output after meridian flip' enabled. I think that is all there is to it. I don't think your friend is necessarily wrong - the first thing you need to do is uncheck

Hi John i think the explanation is covered in the PHD documentation, which i've pasted below Your mount reports side-of-pier, so PHD knows to flip the calibration when you do a meridian flip. you woul

Hi Steve I am using SGP with the 1600AE, so i have a similar setup just a couple suggestions/comments: 1. Are your user profile coordinates set up correctly in SGP? that could cause that initial offse

>>> I had no reason to think the existing mesh was bad, but there wasn't much else I could think to do. The problem disappeared, and guiding on the west side was as good as on the east side. this is m

>>> "Guiding Assistant" in PHD or PHD2? PHD2 https://openphdguiding.org/

zwo also sells a helical non-rotating focuser, I'm not sure if it meets your specs I think i have one of those hutech helical focusers i'm not using if that's the path you choose Brian

For our AP1600AE with a large APCC tracking model installed, can we experiment adding bump guiding using a much smaller attached guidescope? (the 'guide every 10 seconds' approach we were discussing)

am I the last one to hear "Crowdy" Nights? lol I posted that resonse for you Roland

>>> I'm slewing at 600x which seems comfortable. Are you in a dome? I'm slewing at 1200x. it's fast, but i usually only get a small number of failed solves we're not in a dome - rolloff @ obstech

i had my 1600 set to 3 seconds, but we'll see if the added settle time makes a difference the slew speed can also affect this, and the 1600 slews pretty fast! i may look at slowing that down as well i

>>> But whatever, so far I've only had 2 points fail. only 2 points failing is quite good FYI i was redoing a 100+ point model and took the time to watch some of the solver images being captured I fou

>>> I would go further to say that you think it is a great solution because of the sunk cost you have on your ledger. haha wow you guys just don't give up on this! I didn't say it's a great solution,

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>>> Fine, would you quibble about me asking you to send me $150 plus yearly sub costs since, apparently, it means nothing to you? Are you really that full of yourself? I have no idea why you would be

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I see we agree on many other things ;)

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>>> Pinpoint for me is a no-brainer to NOT purchase. fair enough, everyone has their own view of things And I generally agree, pinpoint compared to other solutions does seem a bit outdated on a number

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