Hi David In my sketch, item C is a custom adapter that I purchased from Precise Parts. On the Precise Parts web site I specified the A-P 92 Stowaway flattener (92FF) on the scope side, and on the came

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Thanks George! I shouldn't even have bothered!! Thanks for keeping it simple. Dhaval

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Rolando & Ray, Thank you both for the details and deep dive into how this works. I appreciated the depth of the information. Now that Rolando mentions that the tracking is not turned off when Home Pos

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Talked to Mike. We’re working on it.

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Thank you all. Actually most of the time the modeling works perfect, but from time to time I have some very hot nights, with a lot of heat accumulated during the day being released at night (I'm in th

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Hi Roland, Let me make sure about this. Even turning off the power does not wipe these out. Correct? If this is the case, I think I should do Home instead of Park 3 every time I disassemble and assemb

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Well, that was quick :-) Thank you

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Shailesh you can do a simple comparison 1. Take a 5 minute sub (or whatever longer exposure) with encoders on. 2. Next disable the encoders in APCC 3. Take another sub of the same length 4. Compare tw

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Hello, The Mach2GTO and the 1100GTO are both in production at present, and each has a notification list. We do not know how many people on the notification lists will actually purchase a mount, theref

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Thank you for all you kind comments. No disrespect taken for Jim's postings. I love all ya'll. Stay safe and be well. Clear skies!! Steve Hoffman

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Thanks for checking Brian. The firmware upgrade to .13 on the CP4 did the trick. Unfortunately it lost its Home and configuration information but a few minutes tonight should fix that. thanks for the

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Here are some more pics of the Mach2GTO, for your entertainment. https://ap-gto.groups.io/g/main/album?id=213170 I made a few amateurish vids as well and will share the links after I edit them a bit a

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The encoders cannot anticipate wind but can react to it after the fact. So you will have excursions but the axis being affected will recover much faster when the encoders are on. The best strategy is

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