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New Mach1GTO question
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dogonenuts1 <nham@...>
I just received my new Mach1GTO(after a 6 year wait) three days ago and because of work,
soccer and Little League games am just now starting to get it set up. I'll first have to say that the workmanship is really incredible. It is truely like a cross between a handcrafted Swiss watch and an Abrams M1 tank. It is solid yet exquisite. Cudos to you Roland. Anyway, my first question is: under the setup menu, then the park/mount opiton submenu, should there be an option for the Mach1 mount? I only see the old 400,600,900,1200 options. What should I key in? Does it even matter? Thanks, Robert Ham
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observe_m13
Yes, it does matter. Set it as an AP900 or AP1200. It is dependent on
the number of teeth on the worm gears and the Mach1 is the same as the 900/1200. The 400/600 have fewer. Rick. --- In ap-gto@..., "dogonenuts1" <nham@...> wrote: and because of work, soccer and Little League games am just now starting to get it setup. I'll first have to say that the workmanship is really incredible. It is truely like a crossbetween a handcrafted Swiss watch and an Abrams M1 tank. It is solid yet exquisite. Cudos toyou Roland. park/mount opiton submenu, should there be an option for the Mach1 mount? I only see the old400,600,900,1200 options. What should I key in? Does it even matter?
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Hi Robert,
Set your keypad to either 900 or 1200. The servo system is the same for all three mounts, the 900GTO, 1200GTO and Mach1GTO. The next firmware version will include a setting for the Mach1GTO to keep people from worrying, but its parameters will be the same as those of the bigger mounts. Since a new firmware version is on the horizon, we didn't want to create a new iteration of 4.12 just to add the Mach1 to the choice list. Mag. 7 skies! Howard Hedlund Astro-Physics, Inc. 815-282-1513 ________________________________ From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...] On Behalf Of dogonenuts1 Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 1:15 AM To: ap-gto@... Subject: [ap-gto] New Mach1GTO question I just received my new Mach1GTO(after a 6 year wait) three days ago and because of work, soccer and Little League games am just now starting to get it set up. I'll first have to say that the workmanship is really incredible. It is truely like a cross between a handcrafted Swiss watch and an Abrams M1 tank. It is solid yet exquisite. Cudos to you Roland. Anyway, my first question is: under the setup menu, then the park/mount opiton submenu, should there be an option for the Mach1 mount? I only see the old 400,600,900,1200 options. What should I key in? Does it even matter? Thanks, Robert Ham
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observe_m13
Hi Howard,
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How far away is the horizon? Just an approximation. Marj mentioned that it was "real soon now" in mid January. I loaded up the Beta at that point and have had no problems. I know that there are supposed to be a new routine or two added but when will it Beta stage again? Rick.
--- In ap-gto@..., "Howard" <howard@...> wrote:
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