Thanks Mike..... Good advice on the re-mesh of the gears. Thanks for all your comments. I will be at my remote site ( about 120 miles away in the Bradshaw Mountains ) in 2 weeks. I will give you an up

Thank you for the responses to my "Guiding-Good enough" post. Yes. I have run PEMPro, loaded the "model" to the CP4 controller and Enabled PEC on the mount. However, it has been a while (>1 yr) so a n

I know this is not a PHD 2 forum but I want to set reasonable expectations of my mount when guiding. Guiding can become an obsession and I want to know when to stop. I have a AP 1600 (no encoders) wit

This is a follow up to my "Bouncing Stars" post. I imaged the next night (with and without guiding) for 1200 sec exposures. The images were fine (round stars) no zig-zag patterns or elongated stars. I

I apologize. I should have provided more information in my "bouncing stars"post. It's an AP 1600 mount (no Encoders) with a TEC140 F/7 scope with a FLI Atlas focuser. It's running Maxim for the main c

I need some advice I am getting bad images 80% of the time due to "bouncing" stars. It's a zig -zag pattern. It seems to occur on the East side of my AP 1600 mount. I have attached an image. Has anyon

Ray...... I am about to replace one of my T.H.U.M. devices on APPM that supports my AP 1600 mount. Will this new device provide all the weather information needed for APPM including barametric pressur

On November 1st 2019 Roland provided some instructions on Precise polar alignment of the azimuth axis. The guidance was straight forward and rarely simple but I have used it to great benefit on three

#Polar_Alignment

This is exciting, at least for me. I have struggled with the orthogonality issue for many years. Any keypad aid would be much appreciated. Can you give us some solid hope by giving us an approximate r

I recently installed encoders on my AP 1100 mount. I am searching for some documentation or manuals so I can use the encoders to the maximum extent possible in APCC. My copy of the APCC manual dated 2

Thank you Peter for the video link. I plan to tackle the encoder installation next Thursday. I know who to contact if I stumble.

i was told that there is a video on encoder installation. I would like to see it before tackling the installation. I can’t find it on the Astro Physics site. Can anyone help me find it? I found a vide

David..... I read your email on remote access. I am also setting up a remote observatory outside Prescott Arizona. I have been looking at ACP but your comment on remotePC sounds interesting. I notice

Francois.... We can only guess but it may be a clock problem. I say that because you are off in all locations of the sky. Check the clock in both SkyX and the driver and make sure they are linked to y

Yes. I have noticed that same behavior. The click to move works in edit but not in the main horizon map. I assumed that was an error in the instructions and not in the program. Maybe Ray or Howard can

Barry.... Would you provide the manufacturer and model of your hub? I want to upgrade my Icron hub to an industrial hub. It would help to know what is already working.

I did visit the Practical Design site. I have avoided the USB 3.0 connection. I am using a 2.0 connection. I have also turned off the security functions in the computer. The USB connection is solid. T

Hi Ray...... I think I discovered the problem. I replaced the usb cable to the THUM and it worked for a short period of time re info and location. I think the usb component in the THUM is faulty or th

Good Morning Ray... I will send you an email directly with the screen shot. I do not have a HD monitor. Here is my configuration. Computer: Shuttle DS57UProcessor: Intel i3 2.0 GHzVideo Card: Intel HD

HI Ray..... Final message tonight. Now I see the problem. The THUM display is blank because it is misaligned and appearing in the enable pointing correction box ( see screen shot). What do you think a