Hi James! I had the same behavior with park1 position and had to unplug 12V before telescope hit the pier. I noticed there is some confusion when both keypad and TheSky (maybe TPOINT) are used togethe

Hi Loke! Go to Telescope - Option - Terminal and type the following: :RS0# plus ENTER for 600X :RS1# plus ENTER for 900X :RS2# plus ENTER for 1200X Please see the "Appendix A: RS-232 command language"

Hi Andy! Did you received the package from UPS or money order by XPressPost? Yves Laroche

Sorry for this post... Yves Yves Laroche wrote:

Hi all! I follow this thread with interest. I've remarked something strange in The Sky. I did all my test in telescope simulator mode. I slewed my simulator mount to Mintaka in Orion, set this positio

Hi! In the Astro-Physics manual "GTO KEYPAD CONTROLLER" section "Using TheSky Software V. 5.00.014" p.52 , Software setup 4) Initialize your telescope, there is a mention to forget about initialize th

Please don't panic! False alarm. I received the same message a few months ago. Please visit the link below and don't erase this Windows file. Yves Laroche http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter

To Roland: I have the servo controller chip version D (1200GTO) and I can't received the response "version number#" from TheSky terminal box when I sent a ":V#" command without quotes of course. Other

Hi Roland, I checked the ":V#" command with Windows Hyper Terminal and it worked. The only thing I found strange was than this command don't have to be sent as a string caracters + ENTER. This command

Roland, some protocol commands can be send as a STRING of characters. I tried sending ":V#" with Procomm (DOS) in Chat mode but this mode required than a string command (including ENTER) must be send

Hi Pat, If you are using TheSky 5.00.100, there is a bug in the initialisation process with Set GMT. The Set GMT will set your mount to +5 (EST) instead of +4 (DST). In TkeSky terminal box (Telescope

try typing ":SG +04#" without quotes and check the telescope pointing. Yves Laroche wrote: -- Yves Laroche, modérateur de la liste ASTRODIX. Les listes ASTRO et ASTRODIX travaillent en concertation Vo

Pat, in your area, the time zone should be +06 (PST) so try +05 for DST. Type ":SG +05#" without quotes. This command is case sensitive and there is a space between :SG and +05# Hope this will help, Y

Pat, I forgot to mention than your GMT offset (DST) is displayed when you are in Telescope | Options | Initialize but a higher value will be send if you press Set GMT. If you have some problem as an a

Hi Ray! You said you have always to do a short mapping run. Did you disconnect the ccd camera from telescope at the end of session? Thank you, Yves Ray Gralak wrote:

Hi Ray, the weather here in Quebec is bad since 10 days so I can't do some test myself. Hope this will change tomorrow. Yves Ray Gralak wrote: -- Yves Laroche, modérateur de la liste ASTRODIX. Les lis

Hi Joe, if you change the AP controller setting via software, the Keypad will never be updated. If you power on your mount with the keypad plugged, all parameters in the keypad will be send to the con

Hi Pat! It's supposed to be my next testing. I must evaluate if TheSky had this bug from the first AP version : 5.00.014. Maybe tomorrow night if weather will be good. Software Bisque are presently do

Pat, there are the two other bugs I noticed last monday. The seconds in latitude and longitude are missing when displayed by TheSky and by transmission to the controller from TheSky. I realize this wi

Pat, The response "1" is OK but glad you cancel the slew before any damage. I have to test it myself but like I said, TheSky sent ":Sg +05#" in DST so I pretend than it could be +04 instead but maybe