Re: Undermounted?
Hi George,
I don't know, I didn't weigh the whole kit and caboodle.? But piecing it together I suppose it is about 70 lbs. ++? based on what I have notes for below.? It tracked well though I never
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Chip Louie
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Re: Undermounted?
The SCT as shown must weigh what, 55lbs.?
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George Cushing
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Re: Gemini/NINA spreadsheet
in Gemini-2, WGL is definitely counted backward in deg/min from WSL. Gemini-1 has a different definition it seems. Can any other Gemini-1 Users confirm?
Was that only spreadsheet discrepancy you
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Edward Plumer
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Re: Gemini/NINA spreadsheet
Where are you located. Franco?
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Neil Allison
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Re: Gemini/NINA spreadsheet
Hey everyone, just circling back to this post to share my results. After a couple of nights of testing, it appears like I have finally found settings that work well with my setup. I'm sharing a couple
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Franco Meconi
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Re: Encoders, yes or no?
On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 06:26 AM, Mark Christensen wrote:
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> Paul,
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> You may be right about the price difference going down but, frankly, I
> doubt it will: Absolute axis encoders are a niche
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Chip Louie
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Re: Disconnection Losmandy G11 GEMINI LV4
For those on RS232 ports by far the most common issue is the cable between the USB to serial converter.? A lot of folks used flat phone cabling with RJ/phone style connectors.? While cheap and good
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Chip Louie
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Re: Disconnection Losmandy G11 GEMINI LV4
Cyril,
I recently also had intermitttent communication problems with my G11/Gemini-1 (20 years old); I sprayed contact cleaner on the serial port on the Gemini and inserted and removed the serial
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Joe Ulowetz
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Re: Encoders, yes or no?
There's no proof of that what so ever.
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Chip Louie Chief Daydreamer Imagination Hardware
Astrospheric Forecast - South Pasadena, CA
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Chip Louie
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Re: Encoders, yes or no?
And on to of that Mark, is an exceptionally nice person as well!
Andy Weeks
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Astrophoto_Andy
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Re: Disconnection Losmandy G11 GEMINI LV4
I prefer the FTDI-based adapters. The drivers seem to just work, and even some of the older adapters have lasted for 15+ years and still work in my setup.
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Paul Kanevsky
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Re: Disconnection Losmandy G11 GEMINI LV4
Hello Paul,
Thank you for the quick reply. I will start by checking the cables and cleaning the connectors. If the issue persists, I will consider replacing the USB-to-serial adapter, which is
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Cyril PIN-FERRIER
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Re: Disconnection Losmandy G11 GEMINI LV4
Hi Cyril, the serial errors in logs (bad checksum, timeout, etc.) all indicate a bad, noisy, or unstable serial connection. Try changing PC to serial adapter, cables, clean the connectors on both
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Paul Kanevsky
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Disconnection Losmandy G11 GEMINI LV4
Hello,
Last night, I encountered a recurring problem. I am attaching the log file. The Losmandy G11 Gemini 1 LV4 mount disconnects randomly from NINA. I have tried everything I could find in the
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Cyril PIN-FERRIER
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Re: Encoders, yes or no?
NFW!
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Chip Louie Chief Daydreamer Imagination Hardware
Astrospheric Forecast - South Pasadena, CA
( https://www.astrospheric.com/?Latitude=34.114268&Longitude=-118.1400894 )
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Chip Louie
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Re: Encoders, yes or no?
Paul,
You may be right about the price difference going down but, frankly, I doubt it will: Absolute axis encoders are a niche within a niche.
We always have to remember that the market for
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Mark Christensen
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Re: Encoders, yes or no?
Chip,
Thanks for the complement but this old dog is pushing 80.
But I'm still able to operate a model makers, manual feed lathe, fix a CNC router, build and program OnStep systems, program in PIC
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Mark Christensen
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Re: Encoders, yes or no?
I doubt that price differential will remain so forever.
In the mean time, after spending quite a bit of effort investigating (and in most cases addressing) the sources of tracking inconsistency and
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Paul Goelz
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Re: Encoders, yes or no?
On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 08:59 AM, Mark Christensen wrote:
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> I violently *agree* with Chip on this one. To me, high resolution absolute
> axis encoders are just the latest example of Astro-Bling.
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Chip Louie
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Re: Gemini/NINA spreadsheet
Hi Franco
This is where I left off on my latest attempt.
I decided to temporarily take N.I.N.A out of the equation in an effort to
rule it in/out.
Based on this, I'm wondering if it might be a
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Neil Allison
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