I run a 6A power supply through the Mach2 hub to feed my cameras and some other incidentals via a Pegasus PPBADV. The 6A supply has worked fine. Note that the mount itself has its own dedicated power

hi all After using NINA to refine the polar alignement .. no problem for tracking But the target is not in the finder ?? Best Regards, Alain

Hello, I just upgraded my CP5 to VCP5-P02-11 (from VCP5-P02-10) and since then, APCC fails to connect to the mount immediately after a power cycle. I use Ethernet (TCP) as a primary connection method

Since I’m looking for a used mount, is there a CP4GTO or CP3GTO chip version that is no longer supported. Ie cannot get firmware updates or doesn’t work with ASCOM. Thanks mike

Ray or others, I have asked this question before but do not remember. Where do I find the current pointing model on a current computer and to where do I copy it on a new computer? I copied what I thou

Hello Everyone, I’ve been a member for a little while and I finally got the mount I’ve been wanting for a long time. Its my AP1200 GTO CP3. (As a 32+ yr tool and die maker I appreciate the quality of

I’m finally getting around to upgrading an AP1200 CP3 to the V2 chip. I’m pretty sure there is a pre Q version in there now. So, it is going to need a new PE curve. I’ll use PemPro of course. I’m prob

It's been a while since I've posted an image (weather, covid, other). This is one I took way back in 2018. It had a bad flare from a star just out of the field and after many on and off attempts throu

Hello, I have a new email address. Please make a note of the change from skywatchers@... to rbradperry@... Thank you, Brad Perry

Hi all, I'm using the ASCOM Telescope method MoveAxis(). I issue the call MoveAxis(0, 5.0) and start checking the Slewing property every 0.25 seconds (and displaying the mount position). After 6 secon

I recently acquired a RAPAS for my AP1100 mount. Setting up the mount where I can view the pole, and using APCC and the RAPAS module, placed Polaris at the indicated position on the reticle. Then, usi

Hoping someone can walk me through downloading USNO A2.0 catalog using FileZilla. I put in ftp://ftp.nofs.navy.mil/pub/outgoing/usnoa/ for the Host, anonymous for the Username, my email address for th

I have been using the same timeout and retry settings in the AP ASCOM V2 Driver since I started using it, but recently I have seen where others are using different settings. Should I change mine to ma

Hi All, I just acquired a used AP900 and am learning how to use it. One thing that puzzles me is about the rotating R.A. setting circle (i.e. the black ring with 0-24 markings; here is a video descrip

Hi everybody, ASCOM 6.6 has just been released. Anybody tried it yet? cytan

Hi Ray and everyone, I'm in the process of migrating my laptop imaging setup to a miniPC (NUC like box). So, it's a completely fresh install of win10pro. Anyhow, I installed APCC and when I do the ins

This is a recurrence of a problem I experienced last November that "just went away" Here is a link to that discussion thread which was quite long: https://ap-gto.groups.io/g/main/message/82796 The pro

Is it possible to adjust the fit of the Anderson Powerpole connectors ? I run my mount and camera off of a Rig-Runner that is supplied by a Powerwerx 25 Amp, variable voltage power supply. Last night

Hi everyone, I use an AP900 mount with CP3, APCC and SGP. Had a failed meridian flip the other night with SGP saying "[02/03/22 22:30:49.537][DEBUG][Main Thread][SQ;] Sending Notification: Error - Can

Does anyone know if there's a way to visualize points in APPM for a previously saved model, by chance? I find it very convenient to see where my scope is pointed on the model points map but I'm curren