Re: Suddendly developed backlash on the Alt
one more note on the subject: of necessity the set screws, when shipped, are dry (i.e. no locktite) of course since the roller is separate from the drive shaft. It has to be placed in situ. And I know
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K9RX - Gary
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Re: Suddendly developed backlash on the Alt
NOTE: Blue locktite has a quite low viscosity. Almost like water. And the tapped hole on the drive rollers is long. My recommendation, what I do myself, is I put locktite on the set screw (NEVER in
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K9RX - Gary
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Re: Suddendly developed backlash on the Alt
I find that screw constantly loosens particularly on long drives across country.? Even blue Loctite did not keep it.? But that is the best I can do.? So I try to remember to test it by hand trying
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Dale Eason
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Re: Suddendly developed backlash on the Alt
Richard, It was 28 degrees last night and I had the same problem, thought it was the cold and will check it out in the daylight today. Thank you Mickey
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Mickey Huffman
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Re: Suddendly developed backlash on the Alt
Found the issue.? The set screw on the sprocket (under the belt) was loose by more than one turn. Tightened up that set screw and restored operation. Will put some locktite blue on it tomorrow in the
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Richard
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Suddendly developed backlash on the Alt
All, My Alt movement just developed about 15 degrees of backlash. I removed the brass "spool" to inspect the belt driven shaft and confirmed the shaft also has the backlash--meaning the brass spool
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Richard
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Re: ServoCAT on my DOB enables Astro Photos--M17 with stars removed.
Mike, 100 seconds total (with the Optolong LeNhance filter to deal with my streetlamp). Sony IMX287 is the sensor in this tiny camera. I usually do mosaics since the field of view is so tiny. About
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Richard
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Re: ServoCAT on my DOB enables Astro Photos--M17 with stars removed.
Hi Richard, Very nice image. Did I understand correctly it is a stack with total time of 100seconds?? What chip does that camera have? Thanks Mike
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Mike
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ServoCAT on my DOB enables Astro Photos--M17 with stars removed.
All, ServoCAT enabled me to take this photo from my recliner using 10 second exposures for 10 stacked frames on my UC18 and DS287C. Pixinsight was used to remove the stars and process the image with a
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Richard
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Re: Firmware Upgrade Error in RFU: "Could not open serial port."
Jordan, Super! Thanks for getting back to us. I'm glad things worked out. I've seen this before - Windows has a mind of its own. It is rather unusual but I have seen cases where changing to a
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K9RX - Gary
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Re: Firmware Upgrade Error in RFU: "Could not open serial port."
I wanted to leave a message on this thread saying that I resolved this issue by using an older laptop that still had Windows 10 on it. After the upgrade all the features of ServoCAT-Sky and SCU work
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Jordan Ragsdale
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Re: Firmware Upgrade Error in RFU: "Could not open serial port."
Re using the SCU on an older firmware ServoCAT. I stand corrected... indeed it WILL connect and does show the current ALT/AZ location (assuming there is a DSC connected). It will not, of course,
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K9RX - Gary
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Re: Firmware Upgrade Error in RFU: "Could not open serial port."
Unfortunately my test stand doesn't exist anymore - everything was sent off to Bill. But I'm 98% sure what I said is correct. I don't remember having Pete add any coms to a pre-7.0 ServoCAT. The code
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K9RX - Gary
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Re: Firmware Upgrade Error in RFU: "Could not open serial port."
It does "Connect" in SCU, and reads out the current Alt/AZ, but no other info. When I get the port nunber wrong, it says can't connect, when I get it right, it gives the legacy error. Wouldn't this
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Jordan Ragsdale
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Re: Firmware Upgrade Error in RFU: "Could not open serial port."
Just as a note: The SCU does NOT connect if you are using older version firmware! There's nothing in the ServoCAT to "look" for it!! It is only with the latest version firmware that you get a
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K9RX - Gary
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Re: Firmware Upgrade Error in RFU: "Could not open serial port."
Try what I had suggested if you would please -- lets just be sure. If indeed you had it correct we can put that to the side and move on. We'll get you there :) g.
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K9RX - Gary
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Re: Firmware Upgrade Error in RFU: "Could not open serial port."
Thank you for the reply Gary. I tried all of the above early in my troubleshooting; Verifying com port number (Servocat-sky and SCU wouldnt work if I had the port nunber wrong), checking the driver
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Jordan Ragsdale
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Re: Firmware Upgrade Error in RFU: "Could not open serial port."
Jordan, This suggests that you have not selected the "correct" serial port. Go to Device Manager | Ports Now unplug the USB cable to/from the ServoCAT. Doesn't matter, for this test, if the ServoCAT
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K9RX - Gary
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Firmware Upgrade Error in RFU: "Could not open serial port."
Greetings! My first post here. I have an older v5.9(ish) Gen3 Servocat from 2013 that I'm trying to upgrade the firmware to the newest (7.0). Its on an Obsession UC22. I'm following the instructions
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Jordan Ragsdale
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Re: ServoCAT on my DOB enables Astro Photos
Dear Gary, first of all, I would like to answer to the group to tell that your assistance has been great over the years. The majority of the things you told me, have been tried already. I think it
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Filippo Scopelliti
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