Hi, I have 2 Gemini's 2008 models with the round din plugs. Is that stepper or servo motors? More info needed?

Regards,
Stu

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From: tomhilton1
To: Gemini-II@...
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 5:50 PM
Subject: [Gemini-II] Pricing and Delivery



John
Also the Base Gemini 2 without motors is $1095 USD if you already have either type of servo motors (not Stepper motors)

Tom Hilton

Hi John,
I work directly for Scott Losmandy so maybe I can help you out with this. The new Gemini w/ Servos is priced at $1595, w/ Maxons at $1795. If you wish to order, please call me direct 530-346-6738 or you can call the Losmandy office number and it will still get to me. I will put the order in for you.
The lead time for new orders, last I had heard is around end of March. They are currently working on backorders.
Karen Myers, Losmandy Products
530-346-6738

----- Original Message -----

From: tomhilton1

To: Gemini-II@...

Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 5:50 PM

Subject: [Gemini-II] Pricing and Delivery

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John
Also the Base Gemini 2 without motors is $1095 USD if you already have either type of servo motors (not Stepper motors)

Tom Hilton

Hi John,
I work directly for Scott Losmandy so maybe I can help you out with this. The new Gemini w/ Servos is priced at $1595, w/ Maxons at $1795. If you wish to order, please call me direct 530-346-6738 or you can call the Losmandy office number and it will still get to me. I will put the order in for you.
The lead time for new orders, last I had heard is around end of March. They are currently working on backorders.
Karen Myers, Losmandy Products
530-346-6738

I would like to welcome everyone to this new users group.
René and I are co-owners, and Dave (goes by twobones) is the moderator.
Dave is also the moderator of the Gemini Users group.

I am sure that this group will be as much an success as the Gemini users group is. Why 2 Groups? Well the memory space of user groups are
limited. There are still many Gemini 1 units in the field and working.
We do not want to use up the Gemini User Groups space, and also feel
that this Gemini 2 is such a new development that it deserves it's own
user group. I hope you all agree.

This controller is a completely new design, with a totally new graphical interface. It has a very fast ARM 32 bit processors in both the main unit and the hand controller. There are now 2 serial ports for connecting the unit up. The feature port also contains 2 more serial ports, but an adapter will have to be used to bring the voltage levels of these ports to the RS232 standard level. There are 2 USB ports also, one of which can now be used and the other for future expansion.
The unit also supports a Web interface, that can be used to set all
setting, and Modes, upload firmware and catalogs. This Web interface also supports virtual serial port for connecting with programs like Starry Night, CCDWare, TheSky6/X and MaximDL, using the new Gemini.Net
ASCOM driver. There are also mobile web interface pages in development so that you can control the Gemini 2 with an Android or iPhone smart phone. Please see the Gemini 2 Quick Start Guide in the files section under Documentation and Manuals.

I want to personally thank René, Scott, and the Beta testers for all
there hard work in bringing the Gemini 2 into a fully functional
controller. René has put many, many hours into programming this
controller. Robert has helped with the Web hand controller and Mobile
Web Hand controller interface, and Paul modified the ASCOM driver to
work with the Gemini 2 Web Interface and USB port. Benoit Robert has provide the Catalogs translated into Fench. Jim McKay is providing some new catalogs also. You can make your own custom catalogs and upload them to work in either the Hand Controller, Web interface or both. The rest of the beta tester made suggestions and tested fixes. The 4 tactical push buttons on the back of the hand controller was a suggestion by the beta testers. Dave wrote the Quick Start guide, with a very small bit of help from yours truly.

I hope that everyone enjoys using the Gemini 2 and this group.

Sincerely
Thomas Hilton

New Member here, my name is John
I have a Non-Goto G-11, Polar Scope, HD Tripod, pads, & have been looking for the last 2-3 yrs at a system but at the $$$ I gotta be careful. Biggest, best bang for the $$$ So the question I've been looking for is...how much? & How long for delivery?

John.



--- In Gemini-II@..., "tomhilton1" <tom@> wrote:

Franco
It is my understanding that there is already a waiting list. The firmware is still being worked on, but it is user upgradable.
It is a nice unit. I am glad I have mine. Of course the decision
of where you want to wait for the firmware to be finished is yours.
I don't think there is going to be any hardware upgrades for quite some time.

Tom Hilton


--- In Gemini-II@..., franco pegolo <francopegolo@> wrote:

Hello , i have the Gemini I? and would like to upgrade to Gemini II do you think
it is better wait ?a little bit before to change?it? ?? Maybe there are some
more test to do ?? Thanks a lot Franco

Franco
It is my understanding that there is already a waiting list. The firmware is still being worked on, but it is user upgradable.
It is a nice unit. I am glad I have mine. Of course the decision
of where you want to wait for the firmware to be finished is yours.
I don't think there is going to be any hardware upgrades for quite some time.

Tom Hilton


--- In Gemini-II@..., franco pegolo <francopegolo@> wrote:

Hello , i have the Gemini I? and would like to upgrade to Gemini II do you think
it is better wait ?a little bit before to change?it? ?? Maybe there are some
more test to do ?? Thanks a lot Franco

From: Keith <keith.myers@...>
To: Gemini-II@...
Sent: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 19:15:50 GMT+00:00
Subject: [Gemini-II] Maybe some links to Files over on Gemini I?

?

Tom, I was thinking that there might be some usefulness to having some links to some of the utilities developed for Gemini I still applicable to Gemini II. For example, the Bright Star catalog for TS6 or the Gemini Model Saver utility. I don't know whether you want to duplicate storage space in the Files section or just have a link to the files in Gemini I. The user would still have to be a member of that group to get access to the files though.

Keith

I would like to welcome everyone to this new users group.
René and I are co-owners, and Dave (goes by twobones) is the moderator.
Dave is also the moderator of the Gemini Users group.

I am sure that this group will be as much an success as the Gemini users group is. Why 2 Groups? Well the memory space of user groups are
limited. There are still many Gemini 1 units in the field and working.
We do not want to use up the Gemini User Groups space, and also feel
that this Gemini 2 is such a new development that it deserves it's own
user group. I hope you all agree.

This controller is a completely new design, with a totally new graphical interface. It has a very fast ARM 32 bit processors in both the main unit and the hand controller. There are now 2 serial ports for connecting the unit up. The feature port also contains 2 more serial ports, but an adapter will have to be used to bring the voltage levels of these ports to the RS232 standard level. There are 2 USB ports also, one of which can now be used and the other for future expansion.
The unit also supports a Web interface, that can be used to set all
setting, and Modes, upload firmware and catalogs. This Web interface also supports virtual serial port for connecting with programs like Starry Night, CCDWare, TheSky6/X and MaximDL, using the new Gemini.Net
ASCOM driver. There are also mobile web interface pages in development so that you can control the Gemini 2 with an Android or iPhone smart phone. Please see the Gemini 2 Quick Start Guide in the files section under Documentation and Manuals.

I want to personally thank René, Scott, and the Beta testers for all
there hard work in bringing the Gemini 2 into a fully functional
controller. René has put many, many hours into programming this
controller. Robert has helped with the Web hand controller and Mobile
Web Hand controller interface, and Paul modified the ASCOM driver to
work with the Gemini 2 Web Interface and USB port. Benoit Robert has provide the Catalogs translated into Fench. Jim McKay is providing some new catalogs also. You can make your own custom catalogs and upload them to work in either the Hand Controller, Web interface or both. The rest of the beta tester made suggestions and tested fixes. The 4 tactical push buttons on the back of the hand controller was a suggestion by the beta testers. Dave wrote the Quick Start guide, with a very small bit of help from yours truly.

I hope that everyone enjoys using the Gemini 2 and this group.

Sincerely
Thomas Hilton

Gale
The answer to that question is totally subjective to the individual.
I thank the Gemini 2 graphic interface and web interface makes things
easier.
I would suggest you look at the demo. The link is provided at the bottom
of this groups home page narrative.

Tom Hilton

Hello , i have the Gemini I? and would like to upgrade to Gemini II do you think
it is better wait ?a little bit before to change?it? ?? Maybe there are some
more test to do ?? Thanks a lot Franco