All flat cables still have twisted pairs inside. USB specification. -Christopher Erickson Observatory engineer Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com

My experience with QHY and ZWO might not be directly relevant to Roland's question, since my priority is occultations. I have two QHY-174M-GPS cams that I use for occultations and they have been VERY

Apple devices/apps often flip displayed photos to what they think is the correct orientation. Non-Apple devices/apps assume the originator of the photo has provided it in the orientation they wanted i

I think this Android polar alignment app is MUCH better. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.techhead.polarfinder And it supports both AP polar alignment scope models. "My advice is alwa

Being reasonably-level when setting up a tripod or portable pier is good for safety reasons, of course. -Christopher Erickson Observatory engineer Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com

Absolutely not a concern. -Christopher Erickson Observatory engineer Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com

I was just about to suggest checking the power cable and power supply... "My advice is always free and worth every penny!" -Christopher Erickson Observatory Engineer Summit Kinetics Waikoloa, Hawaii V

I would say to NEVER use WD-40 on anything on a telescope. It is a PENETRANT, not a LUBRICANT. It will penetrate into circuit boards and ruin them. It will penetrate under paint coatings and destroy t

Just my personal opinion, the biggest SCT and cam setup I would put on a Mach2 would be a C11. My C14 rides on my 1100GTO, which is a very good match for it. "My advice is always free and worth every

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I experimented with Eltima quite a bit in the early CP4 days and was never able to get it to work reliably. Furthermore Eltima seemed to cause problems/conflicts with other programs on my system. My s

Way cool! -Christopher Erickson Observatory Engineer Summit Kinetics Waikoloa, Hawaii Virus-free. www.avg.com

I have seen nothing but troubles trying to use Eltima software with APCC. AFAIKT, the problems are on the Eltima side of things. -Christopher Erickson Observatory engineer Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summi

Maybe elaborate on what you are asking? -Christopher Erickson Observatory engineer Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com

I would say that in just about every case of using two or more scopes on the same mount, everything hinges on what you want to accomplish and what suite of software exists that can do it. Usually a ve

If you are only running one at a time, having a NUC for each cam and OTA works fine. In fact I don't know of any capturing software that can handle two big cams at once and be able to handle automated

Personally if I were doing a dual scope setup on one mount I would put a NUC on top of each OTA and have two serial cords going down to the two serial ports on the CP3/4/5. SO MUCH EASIER to get the s

When I commented about possible comm buffer overflows, I was speaking from the perspective of an embedded (controller, microcontroller) programmer, not as a LAN/WAN administrator or IP wonk. Non-progr

(The following is a general comment and not intended as a specific reply to anyone on this thread.) One important and fundamental fact about troubleshooting Ethernet/WiFi/IP/TCP/UDP networking problem

Sounds like you really have it narrowed down to the CP4 firmware running in your controller. Work close with AP and I am confident they will get it resolved for you. Certain kinds of broadcast storms

My experience with TCP comes from 30 years of telecommunications and robotics engineering. My primary concerns are much more with Layer-1 of the OSI model (cables, connectors) and Layer-2 (Ethernet fr