Re: Replacement servo motor for older Gemini
As a quick follow up, while sitting here after writing the above, I pulled the cover off the encoder assembly on the servo motor and with it plugged into RA there is considerable end play in the shaft
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Mark Bolton
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#34074
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Replacement servo motor for older Gemini
Hello to the group, Sorry to be one that only bops in when problems... Have an older Gemini bought used many many years ago (perhaps close to 20). Has every option on it from the original owner, servo
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Mark Bolton
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#34073
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Re: ASIAIR Plus and Losmandy GM8 mount Gemini one
Update: The GM8 works just fine (indoors still) using ASCOM from my laptop with a USB-RS232 adapter cable.? AsiAir doesn't do hardly anything - it recognizes the mount, will send location data and
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Will
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Re: Gemini-1 SkySafari Wireless Control - WiFi or Bluetooth?
Thanks for the offer. I have since purchased a wifi adapter from Astronomy Gadgets in Ukraine (
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Russell Milton
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Re: ASIAIR Plus and Losmandy GM8 mount Gemini one
Hi Folks, Just started with my new AsiAir and GM8 (latest update) last night - indoors with my Win10 laptop.? Got the mount to "home", but it only worked once.? Thereafter, the hand-box indicated
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Will
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#34070
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Re: Gemini-1 SkySafari Wireless Control - WiFi or Bluetooth?
I sold it so that option is off the table now. -- Chip Louie Chief Daydreamer Imagination Hardware Astrospheric - South Pasadena Astrospheric Signature (
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Chip Louie
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#34069
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Re: Gemini-1 SkySafari Wireless Control - WiFi or Bluetooth?
Hi Russ, So did you resolve the SkyFi3 issue?? If you still need one I have one that has been lightly used.? It's a backup that I never really needed.? A friend was going to buy it but he bought a
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Chip Louie
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#34068
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Re: Thoughts/recommendations concerning repair of Gemini 1
Hi Greg, I had a 914S 2.0l which was a terrible car in most ways other than the quality of life while in the driver's seat speeding through Mulholland canyon, on the 110 and Angeles Crest highway. I
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Chip Louie
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Re: Thoughts/recommendations concerning repair of Gemini 1
Darned right, Chip. I was thinking the same thing. I don¡¯t have a Turbo, but my Cayman S is very entertaining and gangs of fun for autocross (which I do a lot). It¡¯s a different kind of fun from
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Greg Hartke
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Re: Thoughts/recommendations concerning repair of Gemini 1
Which car to take to the corner store largely depends on where the corner store you want to go to is located.??Have you driven a twin turbo Porsche?? The saying "Porsche, there is no substitute"
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Chip Louie
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Re: Thoughts/recommendations concerning repair of Gemini 1
Thanks, folks! MH and I have already "talked" and I'll be sending the unit to him for repair. I do like this particular Gemini because all the connections echo the 492 drives I have on my four other
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@wrvond
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#34064
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Re: Help troubleshooting after replacing Gemini 1 internal bettery
As others have said. ?It¡¯ll be the motor (encoder pickup) or mainboard encoder read ICs PLDs. ? ? If you put Ra motor on DEC and it comes good. ?Then it¡¯s a motor or cable issue. You don¡¯t
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Brendan
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#34063
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Re: Help troubleshooting after replacing Gemini 1 internal bettery
On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 08:24 AM, Franco Meconi wrote: > > Hi all! I'm new to the group. I recently bought a Losmandy G11 running on > Gemini 1 v1.04 from a friend. I've been setting it up and trying
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Chip Louie
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Re: Thoughts/recommendations concerning repair of Gemini 1
LOL, I am sure that Brendan would replace the offending green LED with an appropriate red LED of Warren asked him to. -- Chip Louie Chief Daydreamer Imagination Hardware Astrospheric - South Pasadena
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Chip Louie
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Re: Thoughts/recommendations concerning repair of Gemini 1
Hi Warren, Rene and the others here are right, the first generation Gemini controllers are an elegant solution at the advent of amateur astronomy's move to mechanisation and automation.? It was a
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Chip Louie
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#34060
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Re: Thoughts/recommendations concerning repair of Gemini 1
I have two of the original gemini 1 's 4 buttons on one side and no screen on the other side Of the hand controllerSent from my Galaxy
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rdoloc
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Re: Thoughts/recommendations concerning repair of Gemini 1
Warren. ?I cannot see anything obvious but I¡¯d be looking at the two motor encoder PLD ICs (top right, Encoder 5V ) and D10/D9 dual diodes in sot23-3 package (bottom left, 5V lines). This is fully
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Brendan
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Re: Thoughts/recommendations concerning repair of Gemini 1
Paul, Don't duck! There are screws to tilt the board upwards ;) ROTFL 8) Also,? you can use the DeLuxe in parallel and get the information twice? 8) Ren¨¦ Am 07.04.25 um 22:18 schrieb Paul Kanevsky:
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Rene Goerlich
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#34057
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Re: Thoughts/recommendations concerning repair of Gemini 1
This was my original design. Aveox soldered the green power LED instead of the red one onto it because their rules said that power LEDs have to be green, night vision wasn't that important then...
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Rene Goerlich
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#34056
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Re: Thoughts/recommendations concerning repair of Gemini 1
If you're willing to invest the money, you should consider sending the mount to Losmandy and upgrading to Gemini II, tune up and perhaps tucked motors. I did this with my old Losmandy and I have no
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Jim Bachesta
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#34055
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