The red lens can be removed from the hand controller, which makes the display readable in daylight. It can then be placed over the display, under the rubber protective boot. -Christopher Erickson Obse

For me, it is much more about the horrid, unreliable, easily-corroded and short-lived USB connectors. And I NEVER attempt any USB connection over 1.5 meters. All of the various shortcomings and unreli

The biggest OTA I would put on a Mach1 or Mach2 would be a C11. And in fact a C11 on my Mach1 isn't as stable as I would like. IMHO, an 1100 or a 900 is perfect for a C14. I have used both mounts with

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