Ray, I look forward to purchasing APCC Pro when it becomes available; nevertheless, in the interim, I'm stuck with custom tracking in the ASCOM driver. What is the ASCOM driver expecting me to enter i

Ray, I'm attempting to use custom tracking rates for comets in an automated why through CCDAutopilot 5. A few nights ago I was imaging Comet PANN-STARS. Upon reviewing the images, I noticed the comet

To all, I'm having difficulty getting Pulseguide to install on my Windows 7 64-bit laptop. Basically, I have an older 900GTO mount that would benefit from this software. The error I receive is very ge

Roland, It is in a rotational direction. I couldn't remember. Thanks for the clarification. It is random so without going through a full night of guiding, you may never see it. I did increase the cali

Rolando, I apologize for not being specific enough. All the discussion pertains to the RA axis only. Okay, here's what I've done. I have removed the large aluminum gear. This exposes a smaller gear wh

Rolando, I'm guessing, the worm gear has about 1/32"-1/16" of play in it. Will this make any difference? If so, how do I alleviate this play? The set screw is as tight as it can be against the flat pa

Rolando, I'll check all the settings in Maxim DL v5.07. Would anybody like to share their Guider Settings in Maxim DL so I can have a good starting point? I'm beginning to wonder if it is miscalculati

To all, I've been having difficulty with the RA axis during guiding sessions. It seems to randomly get stuck in a "large" positive/negative routine and randomly corrects for no apparent reason. I have

To all, I'm likely going to purchase an ASA 16N which weighs approximately 55 pounds. The CCD camera, filter wheel, guide scope, autoguider, and other mounting hardware should be around 15-20 pounds.

Roland, I believe I know what I did wrong. I set the guide rate to 0.5x rather than the keypad button rate. Thanks for explaining in more detail what I'm supposed to be looking for while doing the tes

Roland, I went through the instructions. At first, I tapped on the controls and the star almost flew off the screen. I then started to get a better handle on how much pressure to apply and started con

To all, I had an opportunity tonight to tests the declination axis after some minor adjustments to the worm wheel. Unfortunately, I see very little improvement. When guiding, the declination correctio

Rolando, What do you mean by "worms are in full mesh"? I'm just making sure I did everything correctly and did not misinterpret any steps. Thanks, Wade

Joe, et al, The link you provided helped immensely. I believe I had both problems. Turning the worm gear was not as easy as it should have been so I backed off on the pressure to the worm wheel. It no

Rolando, I removed the six screws on the plate of the Declination gear box. When looking inside, I first see a large gray gear, then a medium sized white gear, and then a small gear with a set screw.

Ray, Yes, the posted image is with "Extra Delays Between Moves" set to zero. However, I did try a 10ms delay, but it made little if any difference. The best plot I got was when I had "N/S Move Duratio

To all, Last night, I was using PemPro V2 to check out my Dec backlash. I have a 900GTO mount which I received back in August 2003. While looking over the documentation, it became obvious that somethi

Mark, After manually moving it across the meridian, I would first sync it using Pinpoint in MaximDL. Then I would immediately click the Recalibration button in TheSky. After "Recalibrating", I would t

To all, I tried again last night using the Recalibration button in TheSky, and it did not work. The declination axis still went the wrong direction. How does one use the Meridian delay function? Is it

Jeff, I knew I missed something. Is the RCal done in TheSky, MaximDL, or both? Thanks, Wade