I run a remote imaging system at SRO that has a AP3600/12.5” RC and TAK TOA-150 that has been running for several years now. I discovered mid-April that the CP4 was connected to a switch instead of th

I’ve used a ton of the Startech Serial cards and they work great. Never had a failure in any of the systems I’ve built. The one I use now has 8 serial cables on the rear but you can get less. The card

To add to Ray's post, we had issues with the scope at SRO which was wired (CAT5) but through a switch instead of the direct computer connect. When I discovered this I had the guys at SRO wire the moun

Thanks Brian, Is your 2nd drive internal or external? That’s what was confusing me at 1st, where is the data drive located because not all of their systems have a 2nd drive option. -Steve

So now that I’m really looking at these I see that some models have secondary HD capability via M.2 which others don’t. So how are you handling image storage on these, external drives? When I called I

Thanks Dale, NUCs are a bit new to me and have always built my own custom systems based on the observatory needs such as serial and USB ports wanting to have as many "native" as possible which is gene

Thanks for the reply Dale. I probably should replace at least the SRO computer. Any particular brand or vendor you can recommend for getting these? Hopefully they can be well configured which is what

While not directly mount related it does concern powering systems. For a system I run at SRO and one at home I have Web Power switches for the scripting the powering of equipment on/off through ACP Ex

Thanks Ray, I'll follow up. -Steve

Thanks Ray, Biggest problem with remote imaging is not "seeing/touching" the systems. As far as I know the cable to the mount (CP4) from the switch was replaced, the switch itself (or at least request

I looked at APCC while running remotely at SRO this morning and saw 93 COM errors. While the system is imaging successfully these errors are concerning. I have had many errors over the past few months

I was just posting what the list on the specifications of the PS. -Steve

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Operating temperature rating: 0 ~ 50 °C seems a bit weak doesn’t it? That’s 32 to 122 F -Steve

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Hey Ray, Thanks for the heads up. I did have the SRO guys put the network switch (mine) on the IP power switch so I could reboot when an issue arises. Also talked with Howard for a bit and checked set

Seems since the last APCC Pro update, as a time reference only, the connection on the remote system at SRO on the AP3600 has become unstable often not making a connection or connecting to the IP addre

Vert sweet image Roland. -Steve

I’m just getting around to reading up on this and it seems, if I’m reading this correctly, that the mount can be set to park at a certain position (I use Park 4 for the roof) if it is set to even if i

Runs as expected now. Thanks Ray..... -Steve

At this point I'm trying to move on and get a script registered in Win 10 64 bit that would alert me via smart phone and GNS app but Windows doesn't want to register the script even tough I'm using th

Should have mentioned that this is a CP4 and I do use the ETHERNET connection but the computer is in the observatory so I'm guessing it is seeing the IP address of the CP4 and if that failed for some