Re: trouble connecting Gemini 1 to laptop
This website that was recommended to me is also very useful. I followed this procedure exactly with my G11 gemini 1 lvl4 and everything works great and without issue.
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pawelwr6@...
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Re: trouble connecting Gemini 1 to laptop
Hi David, You need the part that plugs into your laptop USB port, usually we recommend using the ATN brand USB to RS232 cable which has the rectangular USB type A? on one end and a kind of clunky D
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Chip Louie
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Re: trouble connecting Gemini 1 to laptop
Hi David, you don't need to configure the pass-through port -- that's advanced functionality for non-ASCOM applications to talk to Gemini directly, by bypassing the driver. You want to configure the
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Paul Kanevsky
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trouble connecting Gemini 1 to laptop
Hello all. I am attempting to connect my mount to my PC and am stumped. Please understand that this kind of thing is not my forte and I'm very ignorant of these kind of things I have a Michael's
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David Pitre
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Re: Object Search in Gemini I
Brendan's and Paul Kanevsky's recent replies echo my experience and what I think I know about Object Search.? When you're looking through an eye piece, the mount's movement is easy to see.? As I
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Re: Object Search in Gemini I
Beep is either: *Autoguider error aa in an Ra +/- signal at the same time *A motor was not connected properly and encoder signals were missing * A motor stall, or Mount at limit! (The system may think
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Brendan
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Re: Object Search in Gemini I
So I just got it to work during the day. I saw definite movement on the Dec axis as it was searching the 2? field. But here's the strange thing. ?When I first powered the mount up it gave a long
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Bill Tschumy
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Re: Object Search in Gemini I
If the mount responses to Ra and Dec button presses and slews! It¡¯ll work! As FOV search is just micro movements commanding function. ? The mount is more than capable of performing at slew or
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Brendan
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Re: Object Search in Gemini I
I will try it at night but I¡¯m a bit skeptical of this. ?I watched the RA and Dec setting circles quite carefully for the couple of minutes it was running. ?They didn¡¯t move with respect to the
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Bill Tschumy
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Re: Object Search in Gemini I
Bill, Unless you are tracking at night you are unlikely to be able to perceive the movement. Paul
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Paul Homer
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Re: Object Search in Gemini I
I¡¯ve never used the function before, and I use G2 also so, take my comments with some salt attached. The mount moving at center speed is quite hard to see so, not seeing it move is no indication
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Jonathan
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Re: Object Search in Gemini I
If you select the HC select ¡°display Ra\Dec¡± it will display current ¡.. if you had selected ¡°search FOV¡±. I guess it¡¯ll show the changing values. Or connect Gemini ASCOM then do ¡°FOV
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Brendan
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Re: Object Search in Gemini I
Strange, unless you have the center rate set too low? I don't have access to Gemini-1 to test right now, but I recall that function working as advertised when I did use it.
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Paul Kanevsky
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Re: Object Search in Gemini I
Yes, I¡¯ve read the manual. ?I picked the largest FOV available (2¡ã ??) and let it run for a couple of minutes. ?Absolutely no change in the RA or Dec that I could see. ?Yet you could hear the
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Bill Tschumy
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Re: Object Search in Gemini I
Hi Bill, it should be moving faster than at guiding speed, but it depends on what FOV you select when invoking the function. This is from the manual: 5.3.8.1 Field of View Search This feature is
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Paul Kanevsky
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Object Search in Gemini I
I had never tried the Object Search feature in Gemini I but decided to give it a try a few days ago. ?This is the feature where the mount should pan within a specified FOV to locate an object you
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Bill Tschumy
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Re: ASIAIR Plus and Losmandy GM8 mount Gemini one
Hi Paul Thank you again and a happy Christmas to you. Ken Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2023 3:02:56 AM To:
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[email protected] <k.weilding2@...>
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Re: ASIAIR Plus and Losmandy GM8 mount Gemini one
By all means, Ken. I hope all goes well with your Gemq-GM8. I've shelved my G11 for the moment, and your problems have prompted me to do something better. (Actually, the shelving came about because
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Paul Lloyd
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Re: ASIAIR Plus and Losmandy GM8 mount Gemini one
Hi Paul Thank you for all your help. I will contact you again if you don¡¯t mind, if I run into problems. Have a good weekend Ken Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
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[email protected] <k.weilding2@...>
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Re: ASIAIR Plus and Losmandy GM8 mount Gemini one
Well, that's fortunate, Ken. ASiair appears to be recognizing the Prolific converter, which means it has a driver that is compatible. Actually, I'd be surprised if it hasn't as ATEN and Prolific are
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Paul Lloyd
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