Ok I got pinging 192.168.0.254 with 32 bytes of data. It did it 4 times but it said reply from 192.168.1.26: destination host unreachable
?Ping statistics for 192.168.0.254
?Packets sent =4, recieved =4 ,lost =0
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Les I'll give that a try when I get home. Thanks.
Greg.
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What is the IP address of the laptop (the ethernet interface, not
the wifi)?? It needs to be on the same subnet as the TP-Link -- in
this, the first three octets of the IP should be 192.168.0.
Try this: With the laptop connected to the TP-Link with the
ethernet cable, and the laptop's wifi turned off, open a command
window and run "ping 192.168.0.254".? What is the output?? If you
get four lines of something like "64 bytes from 192.168.0.254
icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=3.579 ms" then the network communication is
working.? If you get "no route to host" then the laptop is not on
the right subnet -- you need to reconfigure its IP address.? If
you get "Request timeout" then the address is correct but the
devices are not communicating, or maybe the TP-Link is really on
192.168.0.254.
-Les
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Brian I tried 2 other ethernet cables I have that all are good.
Same results. I let windows do a network diagnostic and it said
the device on 192.168.0.254 was not communicating. I'm connecting
it to the laptop by ethernet with the laptop not connected to any
network. Then I turned power on to the tp link. I have also tried
doing it the same way except I had the laptop connected to my home
network. Same results. I had planned on getting another to setup
on AP mode and 2 with the other in client mode.? I think I'll go
ahead and order the other just to make sure the one I have is
working correctly. I wish I new someone locally that could lay
hands on this thing!
Greg
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Brian I tried 2 other ethernet cables I have that all are good. Same results. I let windows do a network diagnostic and it said the device on 192.168.0.254 was not communicating. I'm connecting it to the laptop by ethernet with the laptop not connected to any network. Then I turned power on to the tp link. I have also tried doing it the same way except I had the laptop connected to my home network. Same results. I had planned on getting another to setup on AP mode and 2 with the other in client mode.? I think I'll go ahead and order the other just to make sure the one I have is working correctly. I wish I new someone locally that could lay hands on this thing!
Greg
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Hi Greg
>>> I connected it to my laptop by the ethernet cable and got power from the supplied power cord. I can't get the setup page by entering 192.168.0.254
This is pretty straightforward. the only variables here are the cable (try a different one known to work if possible) and the router setup. you might reset the router just to make sure its in default mode
On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 8:41 PM Greg via Groups.Io <gregmorris425= [email protected]> wrote: I got a TP-Link tl-wr702n to use with my gm811 and I am just not understanding something in the setup. I connected it to my laptop by the ethernet cable and got power from the supplied power cord. I can't get the setup page by entering 192.168.0.254 networking is not my strong suit but normally I can follow directions and search the internet and get things going. This has proven to be frustrating. I can connect it to my router by ethernet and connect to it wirelessly with my laptop and get internet so I feel sure the tp-link is not the problem.
Greg
-- Brian?
Brian Valente portfolio
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I got a TP-Link tl-wr702n to use with my gm811 and I am just not understanding something in the setup. I connected it to my laptop by the ethernet cable and got power from the supplied power cord. I can't get the setup page by entering 192.168.0.254 networking is not my strong suit but normally I can follow directions and search the internet and get things going. This has proven to be frustrating. I can connect it to my router by ethernet and connect to it wirelessly with my laptop and get internet so I feel sure the tp-link is not the problem.
Greg
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Re: Losmandy SLW Adjustment video - moved to YouTube
Keith
the photos i showed a while ago has the spring loaded worm on the top right only
the bottom screws I think had a cap missing, but no spring
Thanks Chip.? So there are no spring washers on those screws then in the final production design (some photos of Brian showed a spring on the right screw but that was during the design phase I believe).
Keith
-- Brian?
Brian Valente portfolio
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Re: Losmandy SLW Adjustment video - moved to YouTube
Thanks Chip.? So there are no spring washers on those screws then in the final production design (some photos of Brian showed a spring on the right screw but that was during the design phase I believe).
Keith
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Re: Losmandy SLW Adjustment video - moved to YouTube
Hi Keith,
The bottom cap screws are not left very loose, just loose enough to allow for the very small movement needed for the worm in the OPW to adjust for changes in backlash. The backlash travel is very small, you cannot see it, you almost cannot feel it on my mount. I have not put a dial indicator on it but the movement is very small.?
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Chip Louie - Chief Daydreamer Imagination Hardware
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Re: Losmandy SLW Adjustment video - moved to YouTube
I don`t have the SLW but have a question for those who do: are the 2 bearing block screws that come from underneath left quite loose then?
Keith
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Re: Setting up a flat panel target
Thanks Paul and everyone ? This was the bit I was primarily interested in, but it was helpful to hear how everyone is doing it ? ? Thanks ? Brian ? portfolio https://www.brianvalentephotography.com/ ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Kanevsky
Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2019 6:36 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] Setting up a flat panel target ? If you're using Gemini, one way to do this is to define a Home location pointing at the flat panel. You can then command Gemini to go Home when you need to take flats, or park when you are ready to shut down.
If you do decide to save coordinates, use Alt/Az instead of RA/Dec.
Regards,
? -Paul
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Re: Setting up a flat panel target
What Paul has described is exactly what I do. The Optec Alnitak flat panel is secured to the observatory wall by one of those television mounts that enables one to pull out and move to the left or
right. The top part of the flat panel sits above the observatory wall by about eight inches. This is low enough to never obstruct the field of view of the scope when pointed to the night sky. The beauty of the Gemini system is that there are a number of different
Park settings available. If you run scripting software, you need to be able to specify which “Home” setting to fully automate the process.
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Having said this, I would prefer to have the flat panel mounted on the inside of the dome of the observatory so that the scope is pointing up at an angle similar to normal operations. The commercial
SCT I have is subject to mirror shift. However, this plan confronts a problem – how to power a flat panel and be able to turn it on and off, etc. when it is affixed to the dome. At the moment, the flat panel is powered by the supply which came with it and
delivers around 270 volts to the panel. Both the flat panel and the power supply must be affixed to the dome, and powered by, say, a battery which is charged up by a solar panel during the day. I am looking around for an electrical engineer who could guide
me through this set up.
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On Behalf Of Paul Kanevsky
Sent: Friday, 6 September 2019 11:36 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] Setting up a flat panel target
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If you're using Gemini, one way to do this is to define a Home location pointing at the flat panel. You can then command Gemini to go Home when you need to take flats, or park when you are ready to shut down.
If you do decide to save coordinates, use Alt/Az instead of RA/Dec.
Regards,
? -Paul
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Valente
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2019
11:28 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Losmandy_users_io]
Setting up a flat panel target
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For those of you who have large(r) telescopes, how do you handle your
flats, and if you are automating them, what is your strategy?
the reason I'm asking here on losmandy is this: i have a 12" RC and i need
to do the flats in a semi-automated fashion.?
i'm thinking to set up the flat panel where i can slew the telescope to
point at it, and then remotely turn on the panel and take flats.?
do folks do this, and if so do you have any advice on how to set this
up? maybe slew to the location, record the coordinates, set it up in my imaging
program, etc.
or maybe people do something entirely different?
I apologize if this is too far off topic
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Re: Setting up a flat panel target
If you're using Gemini, one way to do this is to define a Home location pointing at the flat panel. You can then command Gemini to go Home when you need to take flats, or park when you are ready to shut down.
If you do decide to save coordinates, use Alt/Az instead of RA/Dec.
Regards,
? -Paul
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Re: GM811G--pier extension or RA extension?
I
am WAAAY behind, and as such have not read the responses to this query.. But
there is a third option, as you said (roughly) “hit the tripod leg”.. i.e.
there is no problem clearing the motors..
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For
my Stellarvue 130mm Triplet Refractor, which is Carbon Fibre and seriously nose
heavy, I added some serious counterweight near the FeatherTouch focuser so the
scope was pushed much farther forward in the G11 saddle.. And yes, I love the
RA Extension, which has the added benefit of splitting the mount in half,
making transport much easier..
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:-))
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Derek
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Sent: Wednesday, September 04,
2019 8:05 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Losmandy_users_io]
GM811G--pier extension or RA extension?
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All:
I mounted my meter-long Mak-Newt OTA on my GM811G, and while it doesn't hit the
HD tripod leg as I slew, it comes perilously close (and did hit a dew heater
control I had attached with a Velcro strip to the tripod leg).
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So, to avoid this
in the future and to give me a margin of error, I figure I need either a pier
extension OR an RA extension kit.?
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Any advice on
this?? I do NOT plan on getting a longer OTA (famous last words).? My sole
interest here is AP--if I want to do visual, I have a perfectly nice
Dob.??
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Also, if a pier extension is the way to go, any
thoughts on the 8" extension vs the 12" extension?
Thanks
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Re: Setting up a flat panel target
Brian:
I use an electoluminated light panel that is about 16" x 12" that when I am ready to take the flats, align my 8" C8 straight up and take the flats.
John Hobbs
hobbs_john@...
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From: Brian Valente <bvalente@...>
To: Losmandy_users < [email protected]>
Sent: Thu, Sep 5, 2019 2:28 pm
Subject: [Losmandy_users_io] Setting up a flat panel target
For those of you who have large(r) telescopes, how do you handle your flats, and if you are automating them, what is your strategy?
the reason I'm asking here on losmandy is this: i have a 12" RC and i need to do the flats in a semi-automated fashion.?
i'm thinking to set up the flat panel where i can slew the telescope to point at it, and then remotely turn on the panel and take flats.?
do folks do this, and if so do you have any advice on how to set this up? maybe slew to the location, record the coordinates, set it up in my imaging program, etc.
or maybe people do something entirely different?
I apologize if this is too far off topic
thanks
Brian?
Brian Valente
portfolio
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Setting up a flat panel target
For those of you who have large(r) telescopes, how do you handle your flats, and if you are automating them, what is your strategy?
the reason I'm asking here on losmandy is this: i have a 12" RC and i need to do the flats in a semi-automated fashion.?
i'm thinking to set up the flat panel where i can slew the telescope to point at it, and then remotely turn on the panel and take flats.?
do folks do this, and if so do you have any advice on how to set this up? maybe slew to the location, record the coordinates, set it up in my imaging program, etc.
or maybe people do something entirely different?
I apologize if this is too far off topic
thanks Brian?
Brian Valente portfolio
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Re: GM811G--pier extension or RA extension?
I think John pretty much netted it out. ? You could do it either way. The RA extension is quite a bit less, but you have the added benefit of being able to break apart RA and DEC ? The pier extension would give you more clearance, but it would still be a single piece, so maybe better for permanent installs or less travel? ? I just realize I have a 12” extension I experimented with but I’m not using, if you’re interested in picking one up used. ? ? Thanks ? Brian ? portfolio https://www.brianvalentephotography.com/ ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Bridgman
Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2019 9:27 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] GM811G--pier extension or RA extension? ? I guess the question is how much additional clearance you need/want. The RA extension is only going to give you a couple of inches at best, while a pier extension will give you 8 or 12 inches depending on model.?
In terms of pier extension size I would go with 12" for visual (I'm 6'5) but for AP I would go with the 8" unless there is some other reason for extra height (seeing over the sides of your hypothetical future observatory is a good one :)).
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Re: GM811G--pier extension or RA extension?
I guess the question is how much additional clearance you need/want. The RA extension is only going to give you a couple of inches at best, while a pier extension will give you 8 or 12 inches depending on model.?
In terms of pier extension size I would go with 12" for visual (I'm 6'5) but for AP I would go with the 8" unless there is some other reason for extra height (seeing over the sides of your hypothetical future observatory is a good one :)).
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Re: GM811G--pier extension or RA extension?
The RA extension worked out for me, but this was with a different OTA. But this is what it is intended for, to give some extra clearance. Going higher vertically may not help the clearance in the same way. But what I especially like is being able to break the RA into two pieces with the thumbscrews, which splits the mount into 2 sections for lower weight and smaller sizes, for set-up, tear down and transportation.?
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Greg
Chip Louie
Paul Kanevsky