Yep. The hows and whys are covered by the NMEATime author here: https://visualgps.net/NMEATime2/MoreInfo.html#GPS_PERFORMANCE

Ugh. Windows' built-in time client has been a pain to deal with and performed sadly only until recently, and even still it requires some tweaks in order to keep host clock drift reasonably in check. O

There are lots of options out there. I've used this with APCC in the past: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MTU9KTF/ It uses the U-blox 7 GNSS receiver internally. With Windows 10, you can plug it directl

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I don't have an Eagle 4, but GPS devices are generally serial devices that spit out NMEA sentences at 4800 bps. COM devices under Windows are exclusive devices - generally only 1 app at a time can acc

C:\ProgramData\Astro-Physics\APCC or just the entirety of C:\ProgramData\Astro-Physics\ if you want both APCC and A-P ASCOM driver settings to be on the other PC.

I have no idea what "Auto DST" in SkyTools means. Generally a planetarium app should make issues surrounding time transparent to the user and not have to present these time conversion options that can

Definitely prefer APPM over TPoint. I believe that TPoint for non-SB mounts is just a pointing model, where APPM for A-P mounts provides pointing /and/ tracking models. If you're using TSX as a planet

As the document implies, confusion can be lessened by just running all the things in UTC, especially if the person is unaccustomed to operating in multiple time zones. By having your PC and keypad dis

So here's the deal: the mount CP deals only in UTC. All calculations involving positions of objects in the sky are done UTC. For the purposes of a mount's internal operations, UTC is the only thing th

Negative. The CP5 is (currently) unique to the Mach2 because the CP5's motor driving circuitry is for running the unique-to-the-Mach2 brushless servo motors. The CP1/2/3/4 has circuitry for driving th

Internally, mounts operate on UTC time only and don't care about/know about silly constructs such as DST and time zones. I would pull the session's logs from whatever imaging or sequencing program you

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