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[ap-ug] AP 900 Dec frozen
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Roland Christen
I doubt that anything mechanical is frozen. You may simply have a bad connection to the Dec motor. Check that your cables are firmly plugged in.
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From: thefamily90 Phillips <thefamily90@...> To: ap-ug@groups.io <ap-ug@groups.io>; AP-GTO Groups.io <ap-gto@groups.io> Sent: Sat, Jun 25, 2022 10:12 am Subject: [ap-ug] AP 900 Dec frozen Hello all,
Much to my dismay, after getting up at 4:00 AM to view Jupiter I found the Dec gear was frozen. When using the keypad the scope moved just fine in RA but would not budge N-S. I loosened all knobs on the Dec axis and while I could forcefully move
the scope N-S it is clearly frozen or certainly near so. What have I done??? Any thoughts?
JimP
-- Jim Phillips -- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
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thefamily90 Phillips
Ok, will do. Thanks!
From: chris1011@... <chris1011@...>
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2022 11:24:23 AM To: thefamily90@... <thefamily90@...>; ap-ug@groups.io <ap-ug@groups.io>; ap-gto@groups.io <ap-gto@groups.io> Subject: Re: [ap-ug] AP 900 Dec frozen I doubt that anything mechanical is frozen. You may simply have a bad connection to the Dec motor. Check that your cables are firmly plugged in.
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From: thefamily90 Phillips <thefamily90@...> To: ap-ug@groups.io <ap-ug@groups.io>; AP-GTO Groups.io <ap-gto@groups.io> Sent: Sat, Jun 25, 2022 10:12 am Subject: [ap-ug] AP 900 Dec frozen Hello all,
Much to my dismay, after getting up at 4:00 AM to view Jupiter I found the Dec gear was frozen. When using the keypad the scope moved just fine in RA but would not budge N-S. I loosened all knobs on the Dec axis and while I could forcefully move
the scope N-S it is clearly frozen or certainly near so. What have I done??? Any thoughts?
JimP
-- Jim Phillips
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thefamily90 Phillips
I have had trouble with that cable for the Dec axis in the past. Apparently, the person I purchased the mount from was using a cable that was far too short And I had trouble placing the CP3 computer close enough
to the Dec access to be able to use it properly. The Dec cable is too short. So, I went to Astro-physics.com and ordered a Y cable for the 900 mount. Thanks!!
Jim
From: main@ap-ug.groups.io <main@ap-ug.groups.io> on behalf of thefamily90 Phillips <thefamily90@...>
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2022 11:35:20 AM To: chris1011@... <chris1011@...>; ap-ug@groups.io <ap-ug@groups.io>; ap-gto@groups.io <ap-gto@groups.io> Subject: Re: [ap-ug] AP 900 Dec frozen Ok, will do. Thanks!
From: chris1011@... <chris1011@...>
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2022 11:24:23 AM To: thefamily90@... <thefamily90@...>; ap-ug@groups.io <ap-ug@groups.io>; ap-gto@groups.io <ap-gto@groups.io> Subject: Re: [ap-ug] AP 900 Dec frozen I doubt that anything mechanical is frozen. You may simply have a bad connection to the Dec motor. Check that your cables are firmly plugged in.
-----Original Message-----
From: thefamily90 Phillips <thefamily90@...> To: ap-ug@groups.io <ap-ug@groups.io>; AP-GTO Groups.io <ap-gto@groups.io> Sent: Sat, Jun 25, 2022 10:12 am Subject: [ap-ug] AP 900 Dec frozen Hello all,
Much to my dismay, after getting up at 4:00 AM to view Jupiter I found the Dec gear was frozen. When using the keypad the scope moved just fine in RA but would not budge N-S. I loosened all knobs on the Dec axis and while I could forcefully move
the scope N-S it is clearly frozen or certainly near so. What have I done??? Any thoughts?
JimP
-- Jim Phillips -- Jim Phillips
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thefamily90 Phillips
Definitely the problem is with the cable. Originally, I was able to use the keypad to move the scope east west, but I could not get the keypad to move the mount north south. So, once it cooled off this afternoon I switched the cables and the
scope would now move north south but not east west! Have ordered a new cable from Astro and physics. Thanks Roland!!
JimP
From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> on behalf of thefamily90 Phillips <thefamily90@...>
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2022 12:36:49 PM To: main@ap-ug.groups.io <main@ap-ug.groups.io>; chris1011@... <chris1011@...>; ap-ug@groups.io <ap-ug@groups.io>; ap-gto@groups.io <ap-gto@groups.io> Subject: Re: [ap-gto] [ap-ug] AP 900 Dec frozen I have had trouble with that cable for the Dec axis in the past. Apparently, the person I purchased the mount from was using a cable that was far too short And I had trouble placing the CP3 computer close enough
to the Dec access to be able to use it properly. The Dec cable is too short. So, I went to Astro-physics.com and ordered a Y cable for the 900 mount. Thanks!!
Jim
From: main@ap-ug.groups.io <main@ap-ug.groups.io> on behalf of thefamily90 Phillips <thefamily90@...>
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2022 11:35:20 AM To: chris1011@... <chris1011@...>; ap-ug@groups.io <ap-ug@groups.io>; ap-gto@groups.io <ap-gto@groups.io> Subject: Re: [ap-ug] AP 900 Dec frozen Ok, will do. Thanks!
From: chris1011@... <chris1011@...>
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2022 11:24:23 AM To: thefamily90@... <thefamily90@...>; ap-ug@groups.io <ap-ug@groups.io>; ap-gto@groups.io <ap-gto@groups.io> Subject: Re: [ap-ug] AP 900 Dec frozen I doubt that anything mechanical is frozen. You may simply have a bad connection to the Dec motor. Check that your cables are firmly plugged in.
-----Original Message-----
From: thefamily90 Phillips <thefamily90@...> To: ap-ug@groups.io <ap-ug@groups.io>; AP-GTO Groups.io <ap-gto@groups.io> Sent: Sat, Jun 25, 2022 10:12 am Subject: [ap-ug] AP 900 Dec frozen Hello all,
Much to my dismay, after getting up at 4:00 AM to view Jupiter I found the Dec gear was frozen. When using the keypad the scope moved just fine in RA but would not budge N-S. I loosened all knobs on the Dec axis and while I could forcefully move
the scope N-S it is clearly frozen or certainly near so. What have I done??? Any thoughts?
JimP
-- Jim Phillips -- Jim Phillips
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