Hi All, I didn't like the keypad/power caps provided as they don't hold well enough for me. So I deigned a cap. It "clicks-in" so no risk of it coming off unwanted. Also while I was at it I designed a

Hi everyone, first-time pier owner here. I'm hoping someone can give some advice about how to add a top plate to my pier. I recently reserved a pad at my club's dark sky site, and it has a pier on it

I remove my HyperStar and DewShield off every morning and slew the scope to Park-3 and cover it. Works fine, even though it's very out of balance without the Hyperstar. Then at night I try to slew the

Last year about this time APCC Pro became a subscription service. Was this a one-time fee, or can we expect to be notified soon that we will need to renew our subscriptions ? Mike

I'm excited to have finally gotten some data this summer! Below is the writeup I did on Astrobin. You can visit there for a high resolution image. This was my first time doing unguided imaging, and th

Programs like Sequence Generator Pro slew to an object and then try to center it using plate solves and additional slews. When the counterweights are up, the second slew (which is usually very small)

Hello everyone. A while back ago I posted a question regarding how to clean the stainless steel weights and shaft on the AP mounts. I received a few replies. Roland said to use Barkeeper's Friend. I t

Hello all, I need to pack my AP1600 for shipping. I have the original boxes. I have a question about packing RA assembly for shipping. What is the latitude of the mount set to for shipping? Also, shou

Howdy everyone - I was installing a new OTA onto my AP1100 mount recently, and while I was checking balance I discovered that my RA gearbox was no longer fully releasing from the worm when the cam lev

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLdr6nAlcQw I made a custom "hook" to hang the keypad from that uses one of the 1/4"/20 holes in the Mach2 mount. It can be scaled to any mount though. And it require n

Hi Everyone A quick question. I’ve had my equipment down for a bit to install a new focuser and QUADTCC. I started it all up today. I can slew using APCC but if I try to slew with another program, APC

Hi, I have just received my Mach2GTO and was assembling everything. I had read something about this but cannot find it anymore. I have fitted my shaft carefully with the DEC down as Roland advised som

Does anyone know if the 232 connection on the CP2 computer for the AP 600 E works with SkySafari Skyfi? Jim Get Outlook for iOS

We have posted the next version of our USBserial Utilities (v. 08) for Astro-Physics GTO Mounts on the website. https://www.astro-physics.com/software-updates/ This java-based tool has several worthwh

Hi, can someone please confirm the units of the Cust RA and Cust DEC rates in the AP v2 ASCOM Driver? I've read the help file but can't seem to make the mount move in the way I'm expecting it to move

I am trying out APCC to guide on sunspots for my solar imaging. Up to now, I just used polar alignment and GOTO to find the sun and the ASCOM controller to navigate. Once on a sunspot, I again use the

I do see that my ap-1600 has the ability to be set in Alt-Az mode, I do have an application which needs this and was wondering if anybody wrote the software to control the mode in that setting, meanin

I recently took a trip to a dark sky location at high altitude (Bortle 1 skies, 9,200 ft elevation) and ran into some problems in the field with my Mach2 mount. I had the telescope and mount set up pr

Got this fail to connect camera message last night in APPM. Camera opens fine running Maxim direct. Any ideas? Camera is ASI6200mm.

Hi Dan, You need to connect the power supply with the ASI6200 even if ZWO said it's only for controlling temperature. When trying to connect camera with a Raspberry pi, if the power supply is not conn