Re: No GoTo in southern part of sky
Sorry group! My previous email was meant for a friend! :-) -Roger
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Roger Greenwood <roger@...>
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#6438
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Re: No GoTo in southern part of sky
Hi Dave! I didn't hear from you about your attempt at calibration and observing the other night. I hope it went well. You may want to consider joining this group. It's still a wealth of information
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Roger Greenwood <roger@...>
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#6437
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Re: No GoTo in southern part of sky
Doug, I sent you a list of the beep tones - it is the last page of the "setup and startup" doc. Note it only applies to use with the Argo Navis and the complete list is only used in the latest version
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K9RX - Gary
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#6436
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Re: No GoTo in southern part of sky
You were right on target! The time had been incorrectly set--12 not 24hr. Sort of surprised that it didn't mess up the northern GoTo's since it thought it was late morning and not late evening. If you
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Doug Brown
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#6435
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Re: No GoTo in southern part of sky
Hi Doug, Yes indeed I did get this - my apologies for not getting back to you sooner. The beep tone that you describe is one that indicates that one of the following is not set correctly:
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K9RX - Gary
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#6434
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No GoTo in southern part of sky
Gary, I tried sending a note to your old email address at ServoCat. You probably did not get it. I got an email from you through the [email protected] which was about another problem, not mine. Not
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Doug Brown
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#6433
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Re: No response from keypad
Dean, My apologies for not seeing and answering sooner. OK - please a little info re the type and size of scope for my reference. Also is this a Gen2 black box ServoCAT with the blue FUNCtion button
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K9RX - Gary
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#6432
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No response from keypad
Hi Gary, After many years of great operation, 1 of my ServoCats has stopped responding. Worked fine last weekend but tonight nothing. All lights are on, cables have been replugged many times, tried a
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Dean S
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#6431
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Re: Interference between two AN/SC with wireless handpad
Hi Gary sorry if you sti
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Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Ruciak
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#6430
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Re: Interference between two AN/SC with wireless handpad
We ship the wireless (and wired) HC's in their individual boxes - and instructions are in those boxes. OEM's are suppose to send you that. The docs are on the CD under "Manuals/Other Instructions" and
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K9RX - Gary
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#6429
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Re: Interference between two AN/SC with wireless handpad
Hi Gary, thanks for you reply but I have to say that having received it completely installed from Obsession, I do not have "the instructions included in the box with each unit" that you refer to. If
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Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Ruciak
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#6428
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Re: Interference between two AN/SC with wireless handpad
The instructions on how to change the channel were included in each box with each unit. The instructions for the base unit being slightly different from the HC unit. I'll send you a copy of it
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K9RX - Gary
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#6427
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Re: Interference between two AN/SC with wireless handpad
Hi Gary my wireless HP is definitely this one ?in the picture, so most probably a Generation 3. Is there somewhere in the manual indicating how to change the channel? If yes I most probably missed
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Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Ruciak
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#6426
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Re: Interference between two AN/SC with wireless handpad
Frederic, Contact me direct and we can discuss what to look for re the ALT axis 'slipping'. As for the wireless. You mention "HP 2" ... not sure if you were saying this is a Gen2 ServoCAT system or
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K9RX - Gary
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#6425
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Re: Interference between two AN/SC with wireless handpad
You can change the dip switches to avoid interference on my wireless hand pad. Richard Miller 33.51N 83.59W UC18 & DS287m ________________________________ Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2022 7:17:35 AM To:
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Richard
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#6424
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Interference between two AN/SC with wireless handpad
Hi all, last may I participated to the "Rencontres Astronomiques du Printemps" so called RAP ( https://www.astrorap.fr/index.php/marchives/40-rap2015/45-rap2022-photos ) , a star party near Le Puy en
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Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Ruciak
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#6423
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Re: More fun than a human should be allowed to have--ServoCAT-ArgoNavis-Stellarium-RemoteDesktop
I once had my tracking go bonkers and my issue was an intermittent connection on my encoder cable. ?Argo Navis has an encoder test that can help you troubleshoot. ?One of the gold pins on my RJ type
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Richard
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#6422
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Re: More fun than a human should be allowed to have--ServoCAT-ArgoNavis-Stellarium-RemoteDesktop
Richard, I am glad you are enjoying using your MallinCams with your ServoCAT driven UC18. For many years, I used my 17.5¡± TeleKit with ServoCAT and MallinCams to observe things not visible from my
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Jack Huerkamp
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#6421
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Re: More fun than a human should be allowed to have--ServoCAT-ArgoNavis-Stellarium-RemoteDesktop
Filippo, Hello sir! Contact me direct - lets figure out what is going on. I can tell you there is no reason why the control system, or at least the ServoCAT, would cause a move after 20 minutes...
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K9RX - Gary
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#6420
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Re: More fun than a human should be allowed to have--ServoCAT-ArgoNavis-Stellarium-RemoteDesktop
Wow Richard you really got it made! Jim
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James Sofia <drsofia@...>
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#6419
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