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Problem with GOTOs in Keypad
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Joe Renzetti <axnyslie@...>
This was my first night under EST so I made sure the Keypad settings were updated correctly. It would skew to the right stars to calibrate no problem. But when I would enter a Messier, NGC, or IC DSO it would go completely the wrong direction. I entered M52 which was in the zenith and it would report back that it was below the horizon. The only way I could get the mount to point correctly was by manually entering the RA/DEC location. This doesn’t make sense that the stars and RA/DEC were spot on but the catalog DSOs would be way off.
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Classic dead keypad battery / corrupted database. The following info should help.
https://astro-physics.info/tech_support/mounts/keypad/keypad-maintenance-instructions.pdf https://www.astro-physics.info/tech_support/mounts/keypad_update/dataload201/dataload201.htm Paige or Daleen can fix you up with a new battery. Give us a call. May your skies be dark and steady! |
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Joe Renzetti <axnyslie@...>
Ah OK I had the Keypad opened and checking connections this week, as the right buttons would sometimes be unresponsive. I may have unseated a battery when working on it. On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 9:58 PM Howard Hedlund <howard@...> wrote: Classic dead keypad battery / corrupted database. The following info should help. |
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Joe Renzetti <axnyslie@...>
The updater is not working. I follow all the instructions and it gets to "AWAITING HOST" and it stalls there. The program says "Sending page" and nothing. Database loader tool is 4.12. Keypad is v 4.19.3. I m connected to the right COM port. I am connected to the CP4 via USB2 as I have no RS-232 cable.
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For historical reasons, the keypad updates require the top RS232 port on the control box.
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Joe, please call us at Astro-Physics. 815-282-1513 Just ask for me.
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R Edelson
Interesting I have that too with Messier objects but since I use APCC I just use TheSkyX to slew to objects. The keypad can slew to stars fine. I updated the keypad to 4.19 a while ago with no issues. My mount is a 1200 built in 2008 so the keypad is the same age. How would I check the battery status on the keypad?
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Richard, please contact me at AP if you would like to update your database.
ANYONE with a GTOCP4 who needs to update their keypad database, please give me a call. Our engineer added keypad programming support to the lower COM port and to the USB COM port so that keypad updates can be done without a USB to serial adapter. We have tested this GTOCP4 version here, of course, but I'd love to have some of you give it a try before I post it as the new VCP4-P01-14. Thanks! Howard |
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It sure sounds like your battery needs to be replaced. Here is a document from our support website that may help: https://astro-physics.info/tech_support/mounts/keypad/keypad-maintenance-instructions.pdf
Clear Skies,
Marj Christen Astro-Physics, Inc 11250 Forest Hills Rd Machesney Park, IL 61115 Phone: 815-282-1513 Fax: 815-282-9847 www.astro-physics.com
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io [mailto:main@ap-gto.groups.io]
On Behalf Of R Edelson
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2019 8:13 PM To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Problem with GOTOs in Keypad
Interesting I have that too with Messier objects but since I use APCC I just use TheSkyX to slew to objects. The keypad can slew to stars fine. I updated the keypad to 4.19 a while ago with no issues. My mount is a 1200 built in 2008 so
the keypad is the same age. How would I check the battery status on the keypad? |
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