Bruce, one other thing to check is the clock on your computer to ensure it is accurate. In the Astro-Physics ASCOM driver, make sure that "Sync PC clock to mount" (I think that's the name of the optio

Great to hear, Ray... even I might also upgrade to Pro if that were to land! :D As a mobile imager who tends to set up often at dusk or after dark... plate solving? Ain't nobody got time for that! Any

ASTAP is a great solver and its author, Han Kleijn, is also a great person to work with. When we first integrated ASTAP support into NINA early last year, we were amazed at how many lost minutes were

SharpCap can do mount control if you have the an ASCOM driver selected under its File > Settings > Hardware tab.

Remember, AP has a nice PDF doc that explains and depicts all the available park positions for both hemispheres: https://www.astro-physics.info/tech_support/mounts/park-positions-defined.pdf

An ASCOM driver instance must be started by a host application, so there is no way to practically operate the driver on its own. For your purposes, I would recommend using the APJog utility that is in

You don't need to futz with making sure that the mount is mechanically level when instead you can just point the telescope+camera at a point in the sky, plate solve, and sync the solved coordinates to

Turn PEC off in the driver, do not guide, and disable any other such influencer of mount movement such as tracking correction. When you're analyzing for a new curve, you need to have the hardware to r

APCC works with a V2-chipped CP3. You can order the chip off the AP online store: https://astro-physics.com/chipkitv2 The chip extraction tool is included in the kit. You open the CP3 by removing a fe

There is a wide variety of IP-rated outdoor electrical and equipment boxes available on the market. Find one that fits what pier-stationed gear it is that you wish to protect, mount it to the pier, an

The CP4 is completely different hardware. You upgrade to one by buying a CP4 from Astro-Physics and replacing the CP3 on your mount with it. The power connector is different, so you may also need to c

#Keypad

As said several times before, this is a firmware update for the existing keypad. This is *not* a new keypad design. See Marj's email to this list on Dec. 29 2019 for full details. The only physical ch

#Keypad

Hi, Bryan, This is a timely topic as I have just finished doing a renovation of the Canon driver in NINA and have learned and been reminded of the peculiarities of operating Canons via the Canon-suppl

Which app do you normally use to drive your camera and imaging sessions? Do you not use SGP, but something else? What does your normal imaging workflow involve? Because of the proprietary formats of D

#Keypad

Gosh, this thread had turned into another take on Groundhog Day. Someone will make yet another complaint about TeamViewer, then there will be 10-15 follow-ups of affirmations and mentions of who uses

Huh. To my knowledge there has never been a requirement for a deposit of any kind to get on the Mach2 list (or any product list) at AP or any of their dealers... unless maybe you were on the Mach1 lis

I don't believe AP has committed to an actual release date for anyone. Roland said that they are progressing and they will ship when ready.

Sure you can. The keypad just sends the coordinates of the object you select to the control box, and the control box slews the mount to those coordinates based on its notion of what its spacial and te

The newer patch levels of SGP introduce support for the ASTAP plate solver, which tends to be much faster than PlateSolve2 and, critically, it doesn't tend to have the same frustrations with long foca

This is heading more towards the plate solver you are using in SGP and how best to feed it images that it can work with. At a very basic level, plate solvers require three things regarding the images