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A tiny target--Eskimo
ServoCAT on my UC18 tracked well on this tiny target.
By Richard · #6716 ·
Plate solving with ServoCAT
A question for those who do astrophotography with their Dobsonian and ServoCAT. ?My setup is a 15¡± with ServoCAT. ?I have been using ¡°go to¡± followed by spiral search if my target is not in
By mm Bars · #6715 ·
Re: ServoCAT now shipping
Hi David. Prices are available on the website: www.servocat.com ( http://www.servocat.com ).
By Bill Conrad · #6714 ·
Re: ServoCAT now shipping
Bill, I'm glad to hear about this. Do you have a price list available?
By David Frizzell · #6713 ·
Re: ServoCAT now shipping
Congrats!!! That is an amazing accomplishment! Richard
By Richard · #6712 ·
ServoCAT now shipping
I am happy to announce that we have begun shipping ServoCATs. The first delivery shipped to DocTelescope in Italy. If you have never heard of, or seen, a DocTelescope product, check them out at
By Bill Conrad · #6711 ·
Re: Conversion to a Smart Telescope
Mickey, You are correct. Yes, the Argo Navis limitation is that you can¡¯t remotely slew the telescope until the 2-star alignment is completed AND the Argo Navis is placed into Planetarium mode.
By Richard · #6710 ·
Re: Conversion to a Smart Telescope
First Two things you need, SharpCap 4.1 which will take care of the plate solving and I use a laptop on a stand attached to my 22" starstructure dob. I use stellarium with in my case Nexus DSC (which
By Mickey Huffman · #6709 ·
Conversion to a Smart Telescope
Hi Servocat forum! I am asking for insight into the operation of Servocat, Argo-Navis and the new ASCOM driver. My goal is to make my 20¡± dob with Servocat/encoders/Argo-Navis able to operate like
By david w pearson · #6708 ·
Re: Nexus DSC and Argo Navis Encoders
Hello everybody, I would like to give you some updates about what I have done over the last couple of nights. First of all I have to say thank you to Serge because he gave me the very last version of
By Filippo Scopelliti · #6707 ·
Re: Nexus DSC and Argo Navis Encoders
Mike, thanks for your response to my inquiry.? It appears that you and I are in the same place. George, I am very pleased to read that you are moving forward with your ASCOM driver.? I collected our
By Paul Abel · #6706 ·
Re: Nexus DSC and Argo Navis Encoders
Hey all, I am looking forward to figuring out the last of the issues with the ascom driver. I am expecting to have some spare time over the holidays. Paul, let's chat. I want to make sure I correctly
By George Hilios · #6705 ·
Re: Nexus DSC and Argo Navis Encoders
I am very hopeful Richard. My limited information and speculation is from multiple sources over time. The one thing I am sure of today that concerns my rig is that Astro Devices is in the process of
By Mickey Huffman · #6704 ·
Re: Nexus DSC and Argo Navis Encoders
Mickey, I am delighted to hear that you have a plan to achieve remote control of your DOB!? I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do. Richard
By Richard · #6703 ·
Re: Nexus DSC and Argo Navis Encoders
Mickey, Could you clarify this statement. ¡°Also in the near future there is no plans for an Argo Nav (nexus killer) Astro Devices Nexus Pro killed that and as for the Servocat Gen 4, I wouldn't hold
By bobrose500 · #6702 ·
Re: Nexus DSC and Argo Navis Encoders
Paul, I had been helping beta test George¡¯s new Servocat driver and had the exact same problems as you with his latest version (I think 0.8). I too noticed that Peter¡¯s Servocat driver now works
By Mike · #6701 ·
Re: Nexus DSC and Argo Navis Encoders
Hello everyone who is wanting to to know what to do about using ascom drivers with the Nexus/Nexus Pro DSC. I had a long conversation yesterday afternoon with Serge (owner Astro Devices). Thanks to
By Mickey Huffman · #6700 ·
Re: Nexus DSC and Argo Navis Encoders
Paul, I am using Peter¡¯s 32bit ASCOM driver. Richard Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2023 5:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ServoCAT] Nexus DSC and Argo Navis Encoders As Bob mentions above, I
By Richard · #6699 ·
Re: Nexus DSC and Argo Navis Encoders
As Bob mentions above, I had to replace my Nexus DSC with the Argo Navis in order to control my Dob with either ASCOM driver.? My scope has the 40k step encoders and I can confirm that the AN works
By Paul Abel · #6698 ·
Re: Nexus DSC and Argo Navis Encoders
Hello Filippo, I have emailed you a new firmware for Nexus DSC that should solve your problems using the ASCOM driver for ServoCAT written by George Hilios. Best Regards, Serge Antonov, Astro Devices.
By Serge Antonov · #6697 ·