APPM and all its functions can be used with the 1100 non-encoder mount. All you need to do is make a good PE curve using PEMPro and you should be set for some decent unguided imaging. PEMPro came with

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Stick a large Philips head screwdriver in one of the side holes, and whack it with a hammer, counterclockwise. Rolando

I have a trickle charger on mine and as long as the CP4 is drawing power, the voltage does not rise much above 24 volts. Perhaps a high current charger will produce a higher voltage because the mount

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If your guiding is in one direction it simply means that you either have not perfect polar alignment or you are guiding in that part of the sky where the stars are moving slower than sidereal. This is

Where did you get this idea? You certainly can use a 24 volt battery with charging to power the Mach2. Rolando

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Have you contacted our customer service person, George? Our service reps do not customarily monitor this user group, and I usually do but am away right now on an extended trip. The user group is not g

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You cannot plug a Mach2 into a CP4. Plugs are not compatible for one thing. The CP5 is no different from the CP4 as far as software. If your ASI air will connect to a CP4, then it will also connect to

No. The saddle always stays on the mount. Rolando

The mount won't park itself unless it gets a park command from a 3rd party software. A clock change on your PC does not automatically get sent to the mount by itself, so the mount does not know about

I use USB directly to the Cp4 and CP5 controllers in my observatory. For camera connections I use whatever the camera came with - USB2, USB3 and even serial My workflow to the Mach 2, using a powered

Backlash will be on the order of arc second, so it realistically won't have any effect on pointing. It can also be mitigated on that mount with careful adjustment, however it is really only important

Yes, that is correct. Rolando

We had a giant one up on the wall in the math lecture room at the Rochester Institute of Technology. It was used to teach incoming engineering students (like myself). Rolando

MoS2 is very bad for brass or bronze worm gears. The S2 (sulfur) corrodes these metals. Lithium is usually too thin. Try a super lube type grease without sulfur. Rolando

Please post a screen shot of the guider graph with corrections showing, and all other details. From that I can tell you if there is anything going on with the mount. Rolando

A "teak" is a tiny tweak. A "tiny teak" is a micro-tweak. Let's get these definishions schraightened out! Rolando

Woops, you beat me to it, George. I call it the pencil balance (i don't always have a dowel rod laying around). Rolando

You could always do the pencil balance. It is quick, easy and deadly accurate. Rolando

No, I'm afraid not at this point in time. Hopefully we can make them in tandem with the next run of 1100 parts. We could not have a full production crew at our shop for many months until the restricti

We are in the process of machining1600 parts and we are making extra gearboxes to be made available for older mounts. Please be patient. Roland Christen Astro-Physics Inc.