...and most USB connectors and cables are junk. -Christopher Erickson Observatory engineer Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com

One thing I do is to set all of my astro-devices that have timing to UT with no DST. Observatory PC's, imaging PC's, hand controllers, etc. In observatories I like to have clocks showing LT, UT and ST

Funny enough, every Thanksgiving and Christmas here in Hawaii, before COVID, my wife and I would host a "Thanksgiving in the Land of Misfit Toys" for all of the elderly, widowed, single or just lonely

I configure ALL my mounts to use UT. -Christopher Erickson Observatory engineer Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com

Could be a cable or connector problem too. Or a popped USB port. -Christopher Erickson Observatory engineer Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com

What a clear and concise explanation! -Christopher Erickson Observatory engineer Waikoloa, HI 96738 www.summitkinetics.com

If the hand controller battery was replaced at some point then it is almost a certainty that the object database in the hand controller was corrupted by the bad battery, or got corrupted when the batt

To me, some of the possibilities are: 1. Orthogonality/Cone-error. 2. Corrupted hand controller. 3. Misconfigured hand controller. 4. OTA/attachment mech problem. 5. Motor optical encoder problem. 6.

Nope. CPx controllers (that aren't connected to Abs axis encoders) have no way to know when they are moved between mounts and they always assume the worm gear and wheel positions they currently have s

No. CPx controllers always know the worm gear positions of both axes by saving them to NV memory just before losing power when power is disconnected. A freshly-connected CPx controller has no idea whe

I don't agree. Changing CPx controllers requires that a new PEM recording takes place. There is no way for a new CPx controller to know where the old CPx controller left the worm gear positions at. -C

Every time a new CP3/4 is placed on a mount, a new curve has to be generated and stored in that CP3/4. "My advice is always free and worth every penny!" -Christopher Erickson Observatory Engineer Summ

Also, the WiFi port and Ethernet port are different networks with different IP addresses. And the CP4 does not route IP traffic between the ports. So if you are connected via Ethernet, for example, th

When troubleshooting USB connections... 1. Try a new, quality USB cable. 2. Try a different USB port. 3. See what Device Manager is saying. 4. This time, really do try a quality USB cable, and not jus

#ASCOM_V2_Driver

My understanding is that using any CP3 with APCC standard or pro, a V2 chip is required, regardless of mount model. "My advice is always free and worth every penny!" -Christopher Erickson Observatory

GTO -> Go TO infinity, and beyond! -Christopher "insert silliness here" Erickson

If it let out some big cat howls, it was looking for love, not a fight. And one or more people in the group must have had indoor cats and their clothes were saturated with cat musk. Hunting cats make

This really isn't the right forum for MaxDome-II support. Diffraction Limited has their own support forum and there is the Observatory forum on Cloudy Nights. Is this something that has worked reliabl

I have an STF-8300M+FW5+OAG+STi setup that, until it got burned up a couple of years ago by an overvoltage event, worked reasonably-well. The biggest things I liked about it was the generally rock-sol

For me, the keto diet means olive oil and vinegar for the salad dressing and bacon bits in the huge salad! Along with boiled egg, black olives, green olives, nuts, seeds, lotsa green leafy stuff, thre