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Re: GoTo stops suddenly
Buster, I didn¡¯t think about the ¡°jumper cables¡± route. (Maybe because I am a software guy, not hardware). I still need to make a cable with the right connector to go in to the powered ground
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Too much unnecessary work removing the batt. A combination of jumper cables, gator clips, cig lighter plugs and wire will easily work to test and be a 12V backup power plan. Obsessions are made to be
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Buster, I¡¯m not sure how I can hook up the battery to the receptacle in the powered foot. I¡¯d need to build a cable to do that. And then figure out how to get the battery out from under the
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Steve Goldberg
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Mike, I got the power brick from a local electronics store, not the internet. Steve Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 9:36 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [ServoCAT] GoTo
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Steve Goldberg
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Understand,but you don¡¯t quite, your brick can be marked anything but it may not now be putting out the Umph it did before. Simple test is to use a known good battery like your car has to double
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wilson_buster
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Good morning... I Googled "Power Brick" and get all kinds of hits on this that are not a 15v 6a device. This is one of the things I dislike about the Internet. People can buy a priority placement of
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Michael Hotka
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Buster, We are on grid power with a power brick of 12V 6A. We are working on changing the brick to 15V 6A per Gary Myers, No battery involved. Steve Goldberg Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 9:03 AM
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Steve Goldberg
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Simply try a ¡°good¡± 12v strong enough battery first.
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wilson_buster
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Re: Anyone going to the Georgia Peach State Star Gaze Oct 8-15?
I imagine a lot of solar enthusiasts will have their gear at the event ready for the upcoming annular eclipse ?? Fernando
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Hi Wes, It does appear to be a power issue. When slewing with both motors at the same time, in slow speed, it is successful. Using full speed does stall. We run on 110v grid power, not a battery, Gary
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Steve Goldberg
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Hi Steve, Mike will get you fixed . I would like to make comment though . If push to works fine but go to doesn't an analysis may suggest a power issue?? Have you checked volts at the scope before and
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Wes Smith
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Anyone going to the Georgia Peach State Star Gaze Oct 8-15?
Just checking if anyone else is planning on attending the PSSG this year. If you¡¯re interested in visiting the astronomy village, the Atlanta Astronomy Club hosts a Peach State Star Gaze each year
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Richard
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Steve, My neighbor has the same setup as you. One time we had a similar problem. At that time, we found that our wires serving the power with the wires serving the ServoCat handheld and Argo Navis,
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mwdreis1@...
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Ok, I¡¯ll un-invite myself this time. BW
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wilson_buster
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Buster, She doesn¡¯t do GoTo usually. We did try several years ago, and it failed the same way it does now. Since it was not an important part of her observing, we didn¡¯t follow up on the cause.
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Steve Goldberg
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How well did it work last time used
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wilson_buster
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HI Mike, Thanks for that thought about the wires. But our wires are not getting tangled together. So that is not the issue here. But thanks again for offering that. Steve Goldberg Sent: Wednesday,
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Steve Goldberg
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Steve, Sorry for the late approval. Good to hear from you - I hope you are doing well. So ... if I read this correctly you're saying if you select SLEW on the hand pad (Gen2? If so slide switch all
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K9RX - Gary
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Hi, We have a 15" Obsession with both ServoCat and Argo Navis. We have a problem when we use GoTo on the hand paddle. After about 3 seconds the motors hard stop and there is a beep. Pressing GoTo
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Steve Goldberg
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Re: Generation 3 wired hand controller / wireless HC
I could use a spare as well Shyood@... Thanks I live on an ever expanding frontier of ignorance.
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Steven Yood
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