Windows updates frequently resets the USB selective suspend to on. This is in the advanced power settings in the windows control panel. If the computer is not used interactively then the usb connectio

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Hi Are there any good tutorials for the pointing model software? What about manuals? Thanks

Hi, Where is the best location for an mgbox when used with an AP mount? On the scope? What if you are in an observatory? Won't the temperature and humidity be different? Thanks, Tom

Hi, they came with the wheels. Price has doubled since the spring! https://www.ebay.com/itm/291892581564?hash=item43f62754bc:g:Rz8AAOSwWxNY1BLW

I bought a set of 4 wheels from amazon. 10 inch. Two of them are pivoting. The set was around $100 canadian. Tom

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The "wheely bar" is custom made by myself. This was the first time using it. In my case, the wife won't allow any permanent pads unless they are just a couple of inches in diameter. Which I guess is a

Being in Canada, last night would have been a good night to take this literally....However... Last night I tried out my portable "wheely bar" setup for my FSQ106 and AP600 GTO mount. I used 1 foot by

If you have a 3d printer (all ATMs should have one..) it would be easy to build a push to using a Nexus II and a couple of encoders. It has WiFi, is inexpensive and will connect to Sky Safari on an An

Ok. While we are on this topic of guiding, my AP600e has 2000+ ms backlash. This is probably why tracking can be off for me. Although I cannot tell from the usual test of rocking the shaft back and fo

Hi, thanks for the explanation. However, I do use 1x in software as well as APCC, but the hand pad is set at .5x. Will that override the software settings? Tom

Hi I have been guiding pretty well although at times, it seems to be erratic. I always though that this was seeing. A recent thread mentioned guiding rates should be 1x in software and the hand contro

Hi Ray, The window doesn't appear to open at all when the mount slews. There is no other window hiding it, and I do not have multiple monitors. As to off screen I didn't see this in the task bar, one

HI This has happened three times now. It works one day and then the next is gone. Anyone know how to restore it? Thanks, Tom

Hi Ray, I have not actually tried this. I'm just trying to understand what is going on. In the files section here is a post from Roland, where he does this for the 1100. It's the first folder in the l

Hi BTW, if you are using an Intel NUC, 19V is not necessary. They work just fine at 12V as per specs. My NUC is an i5 with SSD, and thurnderbird 3 to 10G Base T adapter. It works reliably with no issu

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Hi I'm trying to understand how the refine process works. There are examples in the Pempro documentation, but they never show the resulting "Green curve". So the idea is to do the following. Take the

Yes, the more and more experience I get, the more I notice the effects of seeing. In fact, the drift I would see imaging east of the meridian did not show up like other days. Dec guiding was great. On

Seriously, tonight I had an amazing session with my AP600 but only later at night imaging west of the meridian ( 0.45). When on the east it was much worse. 0.8RMS tracking. The mount is balanced to be

I have this mount and use it for imaging. Balance seems to be really important but a bit difficult to do. I have backlash of 2 seconds in Dec and when I image with Voyager, it takes a couple of starts