Starting to reuse my Mach 1 mount after a few years and have found that although the stars and sol data base is ok. The messer database is corrupted - with things like Crab Nebula is in Ursa minor. An

Ray, any chance we could add the ECCO 2 as environmental sensor for modeling? The MgBoxV2 I have is unreliable. wayne

I'm using my Mach2 with the AP keypad. It works perfectly in every way and goto's are spot on. When I command it to go to the star Pollux, it slews to a position approximately 90 degrees to the East o

(Apologies in advance for the mundane topic... but I just want to check my options before spending the $$...) What are you using to transport the Mach2? Caveat: I don't want to remove the saddle to tr

Hi I'm trying to understand how the refine process works. There are examples in the Pempro documentation, but they never show the resulting "Green curve". So the idea is to do the following. Take the

I am thinking of investing in APCC and I wondered which one to go for. My mount is an AP1100 Gto. I have tried to download a copy for testing but for some reason I cannot download it. Your guidance wo

A curious problem has started occurring today with my AP 1200GTO (GTOCP3, Firmware M). I usually control this from my warm room by opening Astro-Physics Jog Scope and then calling up the V2 driver win

Hello Astro-Nuts, In recent weeks a few forum members have mentioned it would be nice to have a repository of old AP catalogs and offered to create a website database. This is a project we’ve had on o

Sorry for the typos! Not David, Dated 4” F/6 The remaining catalogs Get Outlook for iOS

Aloha All, The last couple nights out with the Mach 2 has been going very nicely. I have both the laptop (with APCC Pro) and the keypad (set to EXT) out with me. Seems like I always end up choosing an

Hello all, Just found my old catalogs. The first one is not David but the address is 839 Brae Burn Lane. You can purchase a 4 inch F62 assembly for $795 if you want the 4 inch F6 with a model 504 Germ

I just obtained APCC PRO and downloaded the very detailed manual. I have used APPC Standard for years and want to get more accurate GoTos - especially when meridian flips are involved. Other than read

Hi, My existing USB to Port serial adapter has failed and when I replaced it with a new one I cannot connect to the mount. I have checked the port number and it is the same on the mount and before, Wh

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So I got my Mach2 in December, and I've been powering it with the included AC adapter since then. The brick seems to have died on me already. There's not a lot of 24V 10A supplies around, and I'm hesi

I have read Roland's paper on Daylight Savings Time setting using the Keypad, I do not use the Keypad often so my question is how to handle Daylight Savings Time just using a Laptop and the CP4 with A

Dear All, Several weeks ago I purchased a used AP900 GTOCP3 mount (Firmware: V). I was helped by a friend who is well versed with AP mounts for initial setup. Everything has been working well since th

I was certain I read something on this topic not so long ago but typically cannot find where, so apologies in advance. The impending birth is now close so was wondering if the APCC license key is ship

I saw this and I thought I'd share it, although, strictly not about AP mounts: https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/ and video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Z60eZ4yqM It's amazing that this detailed

I've always used an allen key to tighten up the knobs on the 16" saddle plate (DOVELM162) when mounting the scope. And then an allen key to untighten them when packing up However, when packing up this