It is 3:45 AM and I am stumped. I have a recent vintage AP 900 mount. I have just completed an evening of imaging with my Starlight express camera and am in...
Second Thoughts After getting some sleep and thinking this problem over, I realize that I dismounted the guide scope and didn't rebalance the mount when I was...
Tests this evening confirmed that the problem was unbalanced weight. Ole dunderhead here forgot to remove one weight when he dismounted the guide scope. Sorry...
Hello Brian, could you specify a little bit more what kind of CCD and software you have (SBIG, CCDSoft,...)??? Best regards Guido ... having ... centered. ... ...
Well now I am curious as to just how this could happen. Was the clutch slipping? Was the power supply unable to provide sufficient voltage/current? I doubt...
Joe, I think it was just an overloaded servo motor. The clutches were all firmly engaged and the power was 14 volts. The drag was only evident with the...
Hi Todd: Anacortes collected the balance of my payment and told me they were supposed to start shipping last week. That said, mine hasn't arrived yet. ...
I just received a used AP 600e Goto Mount. I used it for the first time last weekend. Here is what going on. I used the N. Polar Alginment tool in the keypad...
I just received a used AP 600e Goto Mount. I used it for the first time last weekend. Here is what going on. I used the N. Polar Alginment tool in the keypad...
I am also curious as to what date they have gone back to. I got on the 900 list in Oct 03 and have not got a notice yet, at least I hope it did not get ...
In a message dated 10/1/2005 10:01:00 AM Central Daylight Time, ... If you turned off the power to your Starlight camera, then it is quite possible that it is...
In a message dated 10/2/2005 10:28:55 PM Central Daylight Time, ... Chances are that you did not set your local time, date or location in the keypad. If you...
I can't remember so please refresh my memory. Does the AP handcontroller firmware automatically reset the time when daylight savings time ends (i.e....
No, it is not preprogrammed. That would require a large memory database since it varies from place to place. We would rather devote our limited memory to...
Hi, I am sitting here at New Mexico Skies after arriving yesterday. I brought my ap1200 and polar aligned by drift method last night (there were clouds so an...
In a message dated 10/3/2005 1:35:18 PM Central Daylight Time, ... Your database is corrupted. This can happen if the keypad receives a blow to the back...
Got my answer. Looks like they are up to March '03. ... From: "Dean S" <dean@...> To: <ap-gto@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 10:09 AM ...
I know this has been hashed a bunch, and maybe someone can point me to a writeup on this, and what to do to workaround the problem if possible... Here's what...
... database download from the website. ... Thanks to both Roland and Marj for the help I will reload and report back! Regards, Keith ...besides normally dry...
In a message dated 10/3/2005 5:02:43 PM Central Daylight Time, ... Your problem is most probably this: Your local time that you have entered is not quite...
... I am attempting prime focus photography with a DSLR (no CCD, no software other than the GTO software). I think and hope that the periodic error correction...
... Are you sure about those dates? I got on the waiting list on October 14, 2002 and was notified on September 7, 2005. Sounds more like you signed up in...
In a message dated 10/3/2005 8:30:55 PM Central Daylight Time, ... Yes, I think it would be too heavy a combination. As far as tracking, you will probably have...
Roland, I caught the tail end of this email where you mentioned that someone had a mount that had a bunch of water in it. Is this caused by condensation...
