Ray, I’ll make the change to asynchronous park for tonight’s imaging run, and test the CloseSpecialRoof script to see if it behaves better with that setting. Thanks for the tip. -Craig

Hi Ray, I connect to my mount using the serial port. I am not currently configured for asynchronous parks. -Craig

I’ve had this problem from time to time at my observatory. When it happens for me, the scope is left not tracking, pointing up, and ACP Expert reports waiting for the mount to park. If I send the moun

I’m sorry to hear about the ruined lens, that sounds awful. I’ve personally had a really good experience with the photonic solutions cleaner and have used it on my AP155 a few times. To avoid having i

Yep. I configured ACP to write data directly to DropBox folders unique to the requesting user, project, and object with filenames built around date, time, object, binning, exposure, and temp. I have A

I use DropBox. Works great! -Craig

Phillip, Is your auto-guiding graphc really “spiky”, flipping back and forth over the centerline? If it is, then you might try introducing a short delay after each auto-guiding correction. I noticed t

I’ve been running a Dell Optiplex 3020 with standard spec components, one spinning 1T drive for data, and a SSD for the OS all from Microcenter in my observatory in Sierra Vista for years with no issu

That’s a fantastic idea, I’ll give it a try. Thanks!

Hi Stacey, I’ve seen this exact problem many times with my remote observatory and have chased all kinds of theories (unsuccessfully) as to why it’s happening. My current theory is that my @park sensor

Hello, I upgraded my AP1600 mount with the encoders last year and love them. Periodic error is essentially gone, backlash is gone, pointing accuracy is up, tracking RMS is down and same in RA and DEC,

Wow, sorry for all this spelling errors! Dang autocorrect. Hope it made sense. -Craig

Steve, I’m getting both a new scope and camera and part of a shift in my imaging program. The new scope is a 14” PlaneWave, which drives the need for a new camera. My new camera is an FLI 16803. The c

Hi Steve, I have a QSI 683 WSG (8300 chip) with Astrodon Type 2 filters and an Astrodon H-Alpha filter that I’m going to sell as part of an upgrade in about a month. This has the 8 position filter whe

...and, if you look at the reject high output frame from image integration (I use PI) , you get quite an shot of satellite trails. I did this with M106 and it was surprising to see how many had passed

I think continued ASCOM support is essential. My vote is for ASCOM Alpaca. Thanks for asking! -Craig

I used Maxim with my AP900 up until about three years ago and it guided well most of the time, but I abandoned it due to crashes/hangs and issues I had trying to get support. After that I switched to

I have good luck with guiding in Prism. I’m on the Facebook group as well. -Craig

I’ve been using Prism for a while now with my AP155 / AP1600 / QSI 683. It’s quite good with a few (not unexpected) quirks. The workflow for automation is very nice and it includes some sophisticated

Geof, I agree that the ability to control individual equipment power is important. I use a Digital Loggers Web Power Switch for that purpose. Part of my automated observing process is having the neces