Someone used the cool OnStep project to convert an AP400 - might give you some ideas: https://onstep.groups.io/g/main/topic/onstep_on_astro_physics_ap400/26511793 Michael Fulbright

That is an excellent image - I really love these ONTC scopes. I went with the 8 inch f/4 as I did not think the 10 inch f/4 was a good match for the Mach1 and it has not disappointed me. Michael Fulbr

This seems to happen occasionally with users - it would seem a nice enhancement and reduce the support load for AP if APCC checked for the minimum version of firmware required for a given APCC release

Good point but that shouldn't be too hard to change - I'm more interested in what people think in terms of it being a medical rated supply and if this means anything in terms of it being higher qualit

What about this style DC switching medical supply from Meanwell? https://www.jameco.com/z/GSM120B15-R7B-MEAN-WELL-AC-to-DC-Switching-Medical-Table-Top-Power-Supply-Single-Output-15-Volts-7-Amps-105-Wa

Thank you for building out the wiki it really is a great way for this information not to get lost in an email flood over time. Michael Fulbright

Ray, Thanks for the explanation I understand this will take some time to get worked out but will keep going at it. Michael Fulbright

Ray, Doesn't APCC get more real time information on the mount location than this provides? The limits in APCC would seem to need this kind of information. Perhaps this would be a good candidate for fu

Thanks for the update Ray. Is this an ASCOM spec'd behavior or is it up to the driver to decide? I have limits setup in APCC but I was hoping to also be able to do some safety checking of the mount fr

I've been working on some automation code and I noticed during a meridian flip the ASCOM SideOfPier API call seems to not update during the long slew but will change once it has completed. Also if I l

I haven't given it much thought but if you assume a Gaussian profile for your stars and the guide errors are normally distributed I would think the final FWHM of the star broadened by guide errors wou

You can use a post exposure script to dither with MaximDL and the PHD2 Dither App: https://openphdguiding.org/phd2-dither-app/ Just create a script calling this program and set it as the post exposure

I have both the original Losamndy HD tripod as well as the newer style folding tripod. The only negative I can see with them is if weight is a consideration due to physical limitations. Since I rarely

I routinely use 0.5s to 5s flats. You just need to match flat darks (darks the same length as your flats) at the same gain value. Calibration has never been an issue on my 1600. Michael Fulbright

I've used TightVNC for a decade plus with no sniffing/clouds/harassment. Michael Fulbright

I've always used VNC variants with good success. Michael Fulbright

The first google search results for "lodestar bin phd2 guider" gives the PHD2 team recommendation for dealing with a Lodestar: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/open-phd-guiding/ujCHdIzGi5U The

That is amazing if they haven't added that it is such an important and trivial thing to implement. I moved on from Maxim about 5 years ago but when I was using it I had a simple post-image script that

Thank you for giving AP's stance on these matters. It is good to understand so people looking for open solutions can choose appropriately. I will incorporate this into my future plans for what equipme

I have never suggested anything approaching the entire protocol. Of course there are commands which have specialized use which you don't release to end users. I think it is indisputable that there are