Ray, I really don't think that the personality of the controller has something to do here...same controller, same mount for years. Also latest CP4 firmware installed ( P02-13 ). Some button rate value

Yves, The button values are determined by the personality of the controller. Also, make sure you have the latest firmware loaded as that can make a difference. -Ray

Yves, Thanks for the posting however I am directly connected from CP4 to the 2nd NUN LAN port, nothing between the two. -Steve

Yves, Have you swapped control boxes between mounts? If so, then their personalities will need to be changed. Regards, George George Whitney Astro-Physics, Inc. Phone: 815-222-6538 (direct line) Phone

Hi Ray, I found something unusual related to button rate drop box value... Many times in the past, when pressing a button rate, the mount slewed at 1200X even if it was set to 255X or lower. I never s

Hi Ray, A few years back, I was able to edit/verify the APCC/ASCOM driver Settings files with "DB Browser for SQLite" software. Is there another way, I can at least, verify what data values are in? Th

Hi Steve, I also got several ACP disconnections in the past even if I had a serial backup port. As you did, I will have to try disconnecting the ethernet cable to see if it's going to work with serial

This is the Chandra Xray Observatory using custom tracking rates derived from data from JPL Horizons. A 5 minute exposure with my Stowaway and my Mach2 tracked it perfectly. This mount continues to am

Least Roland think all I do is contemplate angels and pins... This is an experimental image of sorts. It is my first light with the new OTA, fitting nicely on the AP1100AE, with the ASI6200MM and RGB

I currently don't have the hand controller (HC) but wondering if it might be useful: Given that the new HC has modeling capabilities, would such a model help improve tracking performance if the mount

Like many here, I have been trying to understand the best way to apply APPM to get a mount model that works as well as possible. One of the variables that was brought up was plate solvers. There have

As we enter the weather season ....what is the recommendation for telescope electronics being on or off in ambient temperatures between 0 and 32 degrees F? appreciate a rationale for either answer. th

Hi - I started APPM and connected to mount AP1100 and SGP for camera via the API, configured the measurements points etc. When I click Start, nothing happens, there is brief pause and start button get

Hi All I was wondering if y'all had any ideas on pier placement in an observatory. I am placing my AP1600GTO in a 10' HomeDome and I have a tandem mount with a C14Edge and a SVX140T. I want to take ad

I have a Mach 1 AP mount with a GTOCP3 controller. the firmware is "V". I am trying to use the N.I.N.A. Three Point Polar Alignment plugin, but it doesn't slew as expected. Evidently the plug uses the

I'm a new Mach2 user. My setup is 10' RC, Moonlite focuser, Nikon D850 DSLR, Backyard Nikon, and SkyX. I'd like to use my setup to build a pointing model, but I don't know how to get APCC/APPM to work

Hello Ray, trying to understand why I can't successfully use Dec arc tracking, I've found out the following: -If you configure an external env. sensor, real time data populate the fields in APPC pro -

Hi I am having difficulty getting APCC to create virtual ports for the ASCOM driver. On the APCC connection box, I clicked on « auto config » and it was successful. But when I click on « create virtua

Hello Astronuts, Had great weather the last couple of days and was able to finish this snapshot of a pair of galaxies in Cetus. There are a number of background galaxies, faintest at magnitude 21. htt

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