Yes, all cables go through the mount. The cables are secured but not overly tightly in other words they can spin freely. I wondered about a cable issue which is possible. Ordered another guider cable,

Thanks, will try and chat on Friday. I did call SBIG and see if there is any camera problem that popped out...there is nothing that came to mind, especially since the guider calibrates just fine. Am r

Have an issue with RA tracking/guiding. -1600GTO, have greased RA and DEC, set gear mesh, trained innumerable PEC curves. CP4 electronics, there have been no software upgrades to the CP4. The CP4 is a

I figured that it would be a straight bolt up more or less but wanted to make sure prior to tearing into it. Thanks... Mike J. Shade: mshade@... Mike J. Shade Photography: mshadephotography.com In W

I have the original CP3 control system that came with my 1600. For diagnostic purposes, want to pop that on the mount, removing the CP4. Will the V2 driver see the "old" controller (serial port connec

want to revert to cp3 on my 1600 from cp4...other than new pec curve plug in and go...using serial cable...driver will see? anything else...other than power cable? cp3 is original to mount.... Sent fr

Any idea when the self-adjusting gearboxes may be available for 1600s as a replacement? Mike J. Shade: mshade@... Mike J. Shade Photography: mshadephotography.com In War: Resolution In Defeat: Defia

Question...when upgrading the ASCOM version from 6.0 which I currently have to 6.3 which is I believe the latest version, is that a "clean" upgrade? What I mean is will it install over the existing in

When I took my 1600 apart, while there was some grease on the worm, the big gear was somewhat devoid of grease...I cleaned up as much from the worm as I could and applied a fair amount of Aeroshell...

Thanks, yes I agree that the mount for all intents and purposes is working well and that polar alignment is reasonable enough to get pretty round stars at 2942mm fl. Calibration numbers are the same,

Anyone have experience with regreasing the worm gears of a 1600? Not the internal gears in the gearbox but the main worm gear that contacts the main 10.3" gear... Specific directions and possible watc

Hi Mike, rule to It's been a long time since I used Maxim 5.x, but I don't think you want to use "ASCOM Direct". You want "Telescope", and you need to setup the Telescope to use the Astro-Physics ASCO

I calibrate at about 0 degrees dec east of the meridian. I am of course guiding through the guider relays currently. If anyone can assist in setting up ASCOM direct, I'll try that again, perhaps earli

No, it is not an ASCOM driver issue. Not 100% sure that it is an autoguiding issue either but in my mind at least it very well could be. But, on this topic, if I were to want to bypass the guider rela

Guiding through the guide chip on the STL6303E. Mike J. Shade: mshade@... Mike J. Shade Photography: mshadephotography.com In War: Resolution In Defeat: Defiance In Victory: Magnanimity In Peace: Go

Yes (or through whatever the native STL6303E uses for guiding). I did try guiding through ASCOM direct or whatever it was, didn't seem to work very well if I recall. There seemed to be an issue with c

Here is the scenario: AP1600GTO permanent in observatory with CP4 controller, Planewave CDK17, Optec Gemini focuser-rotator/SBIG STL6303E camera, unbinned resolution .64"/pixel. Running Maxim 5.18 and

I would agree Ray that more than three worm cycles would be better...however, Roland seemed to suggest quite strongly that three would perhaps suffice...I suspect that this was in regards to somewhat

If you critically read the e-mail regarding capturing PEC data, Roland specifically offers that perhaps 3 worm cycles is best (and in further discussions this is also mentioned). He offers that many m

One question I have from Roland's instructions...he offers that you gather the data near the celestial equator...wouldn't it be advisable to gather the data as high as possible to minimize seeing effe