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From: Sonny Edmonds <sonnyedmonds@...>

Date: 2/7/20 11:39 PM (GMT-06:00)

To: [email protected]

Subject: [Losmandy_users_io] First Light, first night, Wow! GM811GHD under the stars.

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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