Re: Gremlin in Gemini I L4 hand controller
Thanks, Brendan.? I'm confident the cable is bad, but your recommendation about checking the board for corrosion and bad joints is good.? I'll do that, too.? Thanks, also for the lead about
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macdonjh
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#33025
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Re: Gremlin in Gemini I L4 hand controller
Mac¡.I hope it¡¯s Mac it¡¯s hard to tell ?you really need a name in signature. ?Just makes it easier to be a bit more personnel in replying. It¡¯s kinda unusual to have a bad HC pin/cable ?
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Brendan
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#33024
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Re: Gremlin in Gemini I L4 hand controller
Thanks, Brendan, I didn't even notice your attachment.
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macdonjh
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#33023
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Re: Gremlin in Gemini I L4 hand controller
Mac i posted a jpg cct of the HC above. ?Sone many years ago, not by me pin 12 is Left LD which loads the left display with serial data characters. ? Since it¡¯s bad and data overflows from left to
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Brendan
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#33022
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Brian Valente
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Re: Gremlin in Gemini I L4 hand controller
Mystery is likely solved.? I got my multi-meter out and found pin-12 is intermittent.? I haven't been able to find a pin-out for the Gemini I hand controller, so I don't know what signal pin-12
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macdonjh
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#33020
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Re: Gremlin in Gemini I L4 hand controller
Ah but which colony? In USA Michael Herman is the guy who does repairs, and in Oz Bren Smith is your man. D. Sent: 05 April 2022 00:20 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Gemini_users_io] Gremlin
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David C. Partridge
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#33019
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Re: Gremlin in Gemini I L4 hand controller
Oops, I thought the G1 and G2 forums were separate. Thank you, Brendan.? I have no idea what version of Gemini I is, but I'll look the next time I'm at my observatory.? I have the stuff to clean my
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macdonjh
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#33018
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Re: Gremlin in Gemini I L4 hand controller
I'm in the Colonies, but if it needs repair, shipping both ways would be worthwhile.
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macdonjh
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#33017
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Re: Gremlin in Gemini I L4 hand controller
Hi remember no need to cross post between forums for help. Want to ask which version G1 you have ( https://gemini-2.com/pcb-pictures.html ) as some had fuse " F2" an "X14" (
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Brendan
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#33016
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Re: Gremlin in Gemini I L4 hand controller
Where are you based? If in UK, I repair Gemini-1 systems here. See: https://gemini-2.net/G1-repairers.html Cheers David Sent: 03 April 2022 13:26 To: [email protected] Subject: [Gemini_users_io]
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David C. Partridge
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#33015
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Gremlin in Gemini I L4 hand controller
I have a Gemini I L4 which performs well except for the hand controller.? For a few minutes the HC acts just like it should, but eventually it starts to display gobbledy-gook and shortly afterward it
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macdonjh
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#33014
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Re: Parking to Home position failing
Hi Paul, Gemini G11 version 1, level 4 1.05. I'm currently running 1.0.75 drivers. I¡¯ve had the same occur in both settings I¡¯m pretty sure. Powered on in parked mode, and connecting driver to
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Daniel Judge
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#33013
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Re: mount does not learn from platesolving
Losmandy performed a timely non-warranty repair of my motor encoder, which I blew. Last week I felt really bad about this step back, but now things are looking up....and I don't have to explain to my
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Paul Romero
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Re: Connecting Gemini one to laptop.
It looks like my USB serial port ( COMS 3) is working it shows up as the window you have provided and i go on drives and they say they are up to date. The other end of the cable is the small phone
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[email protected] <k.weilding2@...>
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#33011
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Re: Connecting Gemini one to laptop.
Hi David Thank you for your reply. I have had this set up from new, bought many years ago, but not used a great deal over the time. I have been using my Mead LX200 for many years for visual observing.
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[email protected] <k.weilding2@...>
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Re: Connecting Gemini one to laptop.
A nasty thought occurs ¨C did you buy this G-1 2nd hand? If so do you know if the serial port actually works? I can test and repair if necessary. David Sent: 18 March 2022 10:28 To:
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David C. Partridge
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#33009
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Re: Connecting Gemini one to laptop.
Thank you for that info, will have a look later. Unfortunately I don¡¯t know anybody who could make me one. Thanks Ken Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________
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[email protected] <k.weilding2@...>
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#33008
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Re: Connecting Gemini one to laptop.
1. The RS-232 adapter should be full voltage range RS-232 not logic level which a lot of them are. 2. How are you wiring the RJ22 4P4C plug? Sent: 18 March 2022 10:28 To: [email protected]
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David C. Partridge
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#33007
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Re: Connecting Gemini one to laptop.
Hi Ken, First, you should see if you can find a serial COM port on your laptop after connecting the converter to it. It should show up under Control Panel->Device Manager, something like this (it
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Paul Kanevsky
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