Call A-P and order the grease kit. It comes with two different greases, a brush, and complete instructions. --- Mike

I have an AP1200 and I was planning to buy APCC Pro, but I was laid off from my part-time copy editing job, so hobby funds are scarce at the moment. I know APCC will improve pointing accuracy, but I a

I'll weigh in again with a few more comments about equipment, not learning aidss. 1. I agree 100% with how wonderful the AP1200 is. I too started imaging with a 10" LX200, then quickly moved to a 9.25

Dick.... If you're aiming for "pretty picture" astro images like me, give serious consideration to a ZWO or similar cooled CMOS camera. I use an ASI1600MC Pro, but the '294MC Pro also has a lot going

The time base crystal probably isn't precisely on-frequency. Typically quartz clocks aren't specified to be more accurate than about one minute per month. If my math is correct, that's 0.002% accuracy

Why not buy a Mean Well 15V 7A switching power supply from eBay. I use one for my AP1200, and Roland said he's used them with good results. Mine is shown in this photo <http://astronomy.mdodd.com/obse

How did your software know to make those associations? Somewhere, sometime, SOMEONE had to tell the software what ports to use. Does your software have a Detect button for the camera or focuser? Is he

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It sounds to me like you need to go into each program that uses these devices, and choose a COM port that's actually been allocated to each one. Windows assigns port numbers, but in your software you

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I bought one back in Augusto, but haven't used it yet. It cost about $42.50, and came with two containers of grease, an artist-type paint brush, and clear illustrated instructions for how to access th

Forgot to ask.... Is the power cable connected to the Pyramid with the correct polarity? Is the Pyramid's current-limiting control set high enough to supply the current the mount needs? --- mike

What voltage is the Pyramid putting out? Measure it. Is the breaker tripped? --- Mike

Good news! I just finished a PEMPro backlash analysis, and the triangle wave looks perfect -- no flat tops and no overshoot. So there is no need for me to set any backlash compensation in MaxIm or in

Guiding with MaxIm using ASCOM Direct (Pulse Guide). My MaxIm has backlash set to 0 on both axes. I might play with the Dec setting there to see if that reduces star trails at high elevations. Let's p

10-4. It's been zero all along, but after tweaking polar alignment in PEMPro, I'm getting faint star trails on the Dec axis. Just trying to figure out what's going on. Thanks, Roland. --- Mike

Thanks, Brian. I'm trying to track down what I believe is a small backlash in Dec. At some elevations, stars show tiny trails (not full brightness) on the Dec axis, and I attribute those to backlash.

My 1200 has GTOCP3 with the V-chip. Does this mean the ASCOM driver will set Dec backlash in the mount when it connects, if I have non-zero values in the Dec Backlash field on the Advanced screen? Sor

For me, that's MaxIm. Does PEMPro use MaxIm to issue Dec movements while checking backlash? I assumed (probably incorrectly) that it issues the commands directly through the ASCOM driver. If that's th

After successfully loading a PE curve into my AP1200 using PEMPro, and tweaking the polar alignment, I'm ready to test the Dec backlash. The PEMPro docs say to adjust the Dec backlash setting until th

Last night I successfully installed the driver on my obs PC. I started the PC, then immediately ran the driver installation program. The AP1200 was not even powered-up. The installation ran perfectly.

Found in my keypad manual: "you may choose one of four pre-determined park positions, plus the “park in place”, or you may simply remove the power and the drive electronics will store the information