GTOCP3 here, so USB direct from my NUC-like miniPC to a 14 year old Prolific-based USB to serial adaptor that plugs into the CP3. Somehow, this old adaptor has managed to survive winters and summers o

Heavy dew for one person is light dew for another, so some context of what that means might help. Have you ran into this problem or are wondering just in case? I’ve never worried about my CP3. The hea

It was original from 2008, so that factory grease was at least 12 years old. The worm grease was alright but the worm and spur gear grease was noticeably solidified and obviously in need of refreshing

I'm not sure what the big deal is, John. Hardcopy instructions are included with the $25 grease kit that you can order over the phone from Astro-Physics. The paper instructions are certainly adequate

I wouldn't make this sort of simplistic assumption. Short of any design differences, thinking that tolerances are somehow purposefully lesser or more when comparing any two mount models is an odd thin

Oh gosh, the through-mount cabling is such a great thing. I use it on my Mach1 and can imagine working without it. The Mach2 still has its version of that, but of course its requirements mean less fle

I just went full hog on the 1100 with the AEL variant. Here's one thing that Paige explained to me. You can reserve an AE or AEL model now and, if you need to, downgrade the order to a regular version

Yeah, I bought an RST-135 for mobile imaging on weekend trips and plane ride. I put a CFF 92mm f/6 frac on the top of it and it works exceedingly well, with the main parts of the setup split between a

I have the ASI1600 with the Panasonic chip, 294 color, and IMX455-based QHY600 which is the same sensor as the ASI6200. The Panasonic chip that's in the ASI1600 and other cameras has been a fantastic

One hopes that The George on the Shelf reports back in our favor, though.

An ASCOM Switch driver would be a better solution here, as you can then control it from any ASCOM client application that can grok ASCOM Switch drivers.

To see if SGP has something similar as Voyager's watchdog, you can just start a quick session with SGP and click tracking off at any point in the A-P ASCOM driver or APCC window and observe if trackin

There's a way to get Chrome to display certain sites in High Contrast mode, although it's not straight-forward to enable. This might help you with colors, which I don't think are under a mailing list

This same situation was answered here earlier this week. You must start TheSkyX as Administrator once so that it can register its ActiveX components with Windows, then it will work running as non-Admi

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The A-P polar alignment app was made and maintained by George Varros, whose personal site (http://gvarros.com) also appears to be offline. Google and DuckDuckGo still point to it in relevant web searc

I'm sure the NINA team appreciates the shout-out but I think app proselytizing is for a different venue. If SGPro works for Brian and his needs don't go beyond its capabilities, then there's no fault

Ray has already said that APPM will be able to use ASTAP directly in the upcoming 1.8.9 version. I have already said that NINA's SGPro API emulation is to the point where APPM can take images through

Run TSX as Administrator once, and then running it as a non-Admin will work after that. It's not a very well-documented requirement to get TSX's ActiveX interfaces registered with Windows, which it ca

Adding to the confusion, not all cables are the same although they might be outwardly identical. A notable example are the more consumer-oriented cables which tend to be thinner, primarily for aesthet

Oh, of course another option is to just ask Prime Luce if they can just make the cable for you. Filippo is very nice to talk with and will likely understand this need. /dale

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