I installed the updated APCC beta that Ray provided. It installed without issue (Win 10,21H2). I have the MGBoxv2 for GPS and environmental conditions. The latter all work fine as far as feeding to AP

Hi i understand that there might be a Ethernet to RS232 cable adapter. Does anyone use this configuration? I use Ethernet to connect to my CP4GTO and find it very reliable. Cheers

Hello Everyone, I hope this is ok to post here but, (if its not I’m sorry please delete this post) I’m just wondering what software you guys are using to control your AP mounts? I know many are using

I apologize for asking this question which I should know the answer to but here goes. Sometime, not too long ago, some nice person on this thread told me the camera settings I need for a Nikon Mirrorl

As in when did it first version was released to the Astro-physic mount owners. The earliest version I can find on the internet was 2014. I bought a 2009 AP900, CP3GTO which doesn’t even have a USB Jac

Not sure this is the best place for this post, so I apologise in advance; Had a frustrating time using PEMPRO for the very first time on my AP1200 GTO 3 last night. Mount connected to PEMPRO without i

Hi All, Sure would be nice to be able to show my custom meridian limits I created in APCC onto a planetarium program such as Stellarium or Carte Du Ciel. Is that possible or is there another way for m

Hello, I just used my AP900 (CP3 V2) for the first time, controlled by APCC (version 1.9.3) and NINA (version 1.10). The mount performed great, but I had trouble using NINA to sync the coordinates to

Hello all, For those with issues with the Eltima virtual ports, here is a beta version of APCC and the AP V2 ASCOM driver that does not use the Eltima virtual ports. Besides installing the beta versio

Hi all, After a bit of a holiday break, followed by a definitely not-boring time at the day job, I was finally able to return to some coding and have a small (but perhaps big to some) update to my Ast

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