Re: First Light, first night, Wow! GM811GHD under the stars.
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Glad to get your report and that your system is behaving very well.? Looking for Uranus...not easy!??
If you use the Gemini.net, you can use a wireless game controller off the PC as a wireless handset. At least for slewing, that works fine.? You can map the buttons a lot of ways if you want to spend time on that.? Aside from wireless movements, you don't get the real handset display...but for that Gemini net in the PC works just fine.
Have fun, Michael
Amazed! Just followed the Quick Start, and away I went.
It was great to meet the folks at Losmandy, and Brian and I were able to meet face to face. Great to meet you Brian!
I spent more time dumbell-dorfing with my old wiring harness tearing it apart than anything else.
After assembling the mount, I set it up out back. I didn't like my old Vixen bar, but I tried it. It had a stray bolt that stopped me from balancing. So I brought it in and managed to get everything transferred to the DUP14 bar.
If I hadn't have stopped to wrestle the old wiring harness I'd have been done when the stars came out. But I have many, many feet of Spiral wrap to remove so I could separate the old wiring. Once done, I connected up the power and the USB from the Powered hub. I also ran a separate USB from the Gemini II to a separate port on the Baby Dell.
I was really pleased with the one star alignment, and it stayed right with it. Trying to figure out the hand control, I browsed around for a few minutes, then tried the Solar System and saw several available planets. So since I could see her, I picked Venus and it slewed very close to it. I was only using the guide scope camera at the time because my main camera was sputtering. I thing Stellarium is not quite set up right. But once I shut down Stellarium, The camera held it's own.
So a few tweaks for Stellarium as I go along. Rome wasn't built in a day.
But the new Losmandy Mount is behaving perfectly right out of the box. Staying under 2 seconds in PHD2, and about half of that is under 1 second. Very, very happy.
Taking it easy this first night, just shooting Uranus, because Venus went behind the neighbors trees. Not my normal fare, but hey, learning is a breeze.
Just need to see if I can get Stellarium and the Gemini II to shake hands.
OK, back to playing! It's good to be back!
Ha! Got it! Reopened Stellarium Tried a different COM port, reselected Losmandy G11, and like Emeril sez, BAM! There's the symbol, Losmandy, and it works.
Hummm, off to find a nebula to suck the light out of.
This is undoubtedly the easiest start up I could have hoped for.
Next I need a virtual hand controller. Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated.
Sonny
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SonnyE
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Michael Herman