Hi Roland. FYI. I think the manual needs to be updated. The manual indicates that a balance offset is recommend on both axis From Page 27 of the 1100 GTO Manual: Precision Balancing Remember that dang

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Hi Roland. I really appreciate these detailed After Action Reports. 😊 These reports provide useful insight for those of us still learning the art/science of astrophotography and how to get the best ex

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Thank you Rathi and Roland for the information on the key differences between the Mach2GTO and the 1100GTO. I will be setting up the mount in an observatory, so it doesn't sound like for my case it wo

I currently have a Mach1GTO and have plans to upgrade to a 1100GTO-AE in the not too distant future. With the introduction of the Mach2GTO with encoders, I am curious what, if any, are the key differe

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Hi Rolando. You are right. It was a typo. I meant I have a Mach1, purchased in 2016. If we ever get a clear night here again, I will take some screen shots of my settings and my guiding graph. I will

I have been following this topic with interest and waiting to see what Rolando comes up with for recommended guide settings for PHD2. I have had a lot of problems with PHD2 guiding with my Mach2 with

I forgot to mention that the Windows 10 PC that is connected to the mount is set to Central Time and automatically changes between Standard and Daylight savings time. I driver is setup to always sync

Hi Rolando. Can you expand a bit on what happens if the hand controller is not connected to the CP4? I have a permanent setup and do not use the keypad. I control everything via a PC that is attached

Thanks Dan for the topic. You hit upon one my hot buttons. I think I have have tried them all. It is amazing to me how difficult it is to find a decent Planatarium software for Imaging. I paid more th

>>. I think dome control is a niche feature soweighing development of a custom interface to SGPro versus other features issomething that would need the stamp of approval from AP. << I agree. It would

> I am guessing that sgp does not have a client facing ASCOM-compliant interface, but I think you could use the ascom dome controller driver. < > Again, I haven't used any dome controllers so if I am

Hi Ray. I am not sure I know what you mean by "APPM only supports correctly working ASCOM dome drivers". My understanding is that most domes required additional control software on top of the Dome Con

Hi John. I am currently using the Mach1 with an EdgeHD 1100. In fact before I purchased the Mach 1 I had several conversations with the nice folks at AP, and they assured me that the mount could handl

Hi Ray. Thanks for taking the time to responded to my question. However, your response indicates that I may have not explained myself very well. The ASCOM driver for the MaxDome II control boards does

I finally had a chance this week to use APPM for the firsttime to create my first ever Pointing Model. I have owned APPC Pro for 2.5 years when I first purchased my Mach1,but never got a chance to use

Hi Howard. I have a dedicated astronomy PC that attached to the OTA. I connect to it using Windows 10 remote desktop. If I wanted to convert "Everything" over to UTC, is there a procedure for converti

Ray. If my PEC Curve is out of date could this account for some of the variation between the East and West side? I still have the factory PEC Curve on my Mach 1. Getting into the PEC module of PEMPro

Ray, why we are on the topic of PEMPro, I wanted to mention another issue I had last night. I kept getting an error last night when running step 3 of the Polar Alignment Wizard. Frustratingly it was a