Re: G11 upgrades (bought 2019)
Hi Ron. As an imager you want the new L6 firmware and PIC chip 4x code! The new code resolves the few weirdnesses some folks encountered using ASCOM based apps like NINA and SGP.? I can also say from
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Chip Louie
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#33848
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Re: G11 upgrades (bought 2019)
Using Gemini-2 Level 6 with the old servo firmware is what¡¯s not (officially) supported. Sent: 29 August 2024 13:02 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Gemini_users_io] G11 upgrades (bought
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David C. Partridge
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#33847
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Re: G11 upgrades (bought 2019)
I see, now that I know that I can use my raspberry pi 4 to flash it I should be able to do it together
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Ronon Dex
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#33846
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Re: G11 upgrades (bought 2019)
Unsupported but workable is the updating to L6 Gemini firmware without also updating the PIC controller firmware to v3. These updates were meant to go together. If you want to temporarily update to L6
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Paul Kanevsky
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#33845
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Re: G11 upgrades (bought 2019)
What is an unsupported combination? My mothors with the new firmware?
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Ronon Dex
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#33844
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Re: G11 upgrades (bought 2019)
You can but technically that¡¯s an unsupported combination ¡ it will however work Sent: 29 August 2024 11:58 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Gemini_users_io] G11 upgrades (bought 2019)
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David C. Partridge
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#33843
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Re: G11 upgrades (bought 2019)
I just found a way to use a Raspberry Pi as a PIC programmer: https://github.com/WallaceIT/picberry Since I am using one to control my telescope this seems pretty good :) Will have to test if it works
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Ronon Dex
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#33842
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Re: G11 upgrades (bought 2019)
Thanks, that makes sense. That means I can upgrade to L6 without the servo updates for now? Also my G11 (from 2019) should already have the latest motors?
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Ronon Dex
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#33841
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Re: G11 upgrades (bought 2019)
That is correct ¨C you only need the PIC programmer to update the servo firmware. It has to be said that this recommended even if you aren¡¯t proposing to exploit the x4 mode as it contains a number
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David C. Partridge
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#33840
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Re: G11 upgrades (bought 2019)
Also it appears that for the L6 upgrade the PIC programmer is only needed to update the firmware of the motors, is that correct? All other components can be updated without a PIC programmer?
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Ronon Dex
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#33839
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G11 upgrades (bought 2019)
Hello everybody I am getting back into astrophotography and have been doing some research on available upgrades / updates to the Losmandy G11 Gemini 2 mount. Since I bought mine in 2019 it appears
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Ronon Dex
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#33838
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Re: Catching up: Losmandy/ Gemini I and PEC
Hi John, As I said, the non-integer gear reduction has no direct effect on PEC. What does have an effect is that the error has a period that is an integer multiple of the worm cycle. Your MI-250
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Paul Kanevsky
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#33837
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Re: RS-232 interface IC and RS-232 port replacement part numbers?
I just crossed 26 hours of imaging since I fixed my Gemini serial port. To recap the repair, here are the parts I used: * MAX3226EEAE+ ( https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/700-MAX3226EEAE ) (I
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Bryan Duke
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#33836
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Re: Catching up: Losmandy/ Gemini I and PEC
I've posted a couple of photos of my MI-250 worm assembly, in case anyone is interested.
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macdonjh
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#33835
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Re: Catching up: Losmandy/ Gemini I and PEC
Thank you for your reply, Paul.? Also, I appreciate the link to Mark Crossley's webpage. For the "non-integer gear reduction" I referred to, I meant the non-integer reductions between the individual
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macdonjh
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#33834
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Re: Catching up: Losmandy/ Gemini I and PEC
At least to my thinking about PEC, integral with the worm cycle is what's significant, not the actual gear ratio reduction. Any periodic error that repeats on a period that isn't evenly divisible into
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Paul Kanevsky
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#33833
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Re: Catching up: Losmandy/ Gemini I and PEC
The reason you have a PEC sensor and robust software that looks across multiple periods is so you don't have to have an exact integer (as opposed to rational) number in a gearbox reduction. Not to be
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Mark Christensen
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#33832
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Re: Catching up: Losmandy/ Gemini I and PEC
Hi John, That is incorrect. There's not even a remote possibility that gearboxes could produce a non-integer reduction. Here are some specs for gears and their ratios:
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Paul Kanevsky
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#33831
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Catching up: Losmandy/ Gemini I and PEC
I'm catching up with twenty years of experience regarding PEC and Gemini I.? I've read Losmandy/ Gemini I doesn't play well with PEC because of the non-integer gear reduction in the stock Losmandy
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macdonjh
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#33830
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Re: RS-232 interface IC and RS-232 port replacement part numbers?
Oh, that's a great idea! Next time though. I replaced the CR2354, so I'll have a little time before it dies to order the upgrade battery holder. I just did a few hours of daylight testing with my
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Bryan Duke
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#33829
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