Re: Gemini 2 Unable to Connect Telescope via Direct Ethernet
Hi Ron,
When I got a new Ethernet to USB adapter for my new Surface Book, I got similar results (a device did show up in the device manager without the warning bang symbol, but the connection did not work properly until I downloaded the ethernet mfgr's specific driver. Windows led me to believe it should have worked with it's built in driver, but it didn't. After loading the latest mfgr driver, the NIC adapter worked perfectly as expected.
Astronut: Just wanted to report on my latest? Desktop PC W10 fix. I downloaded the latest mfgr's driver before using a new Ethernet to USB Adapter. The TAP interfaces were useless. Network Connections and the Ethernet Adapter are illustrated below. Direct Ethernet Connect works just fine now with the? Desktop PC.Thanks to Losmandy users for an informative conversation.? Ron M?
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On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 04:17 AM, Arun Hegde wrote:
I guess it just dawned on me how dark this is, and what it means to have Scorpio and Sagittarius that high. You can make out the dark river to Antares and the orange color of the Rho region in a 15s shot. That's pretty amazing
I've always struggled to get a good SNR on the Rho area around antares. Even if it's at the zenith it's pretty faint and needs a lot of integration time. I started a mosaic 3 years ago and added to it. It's 4 panels to date:?? It would be pretty hard to image above the horizon I imagine.
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Re: New Tutorial video - wavy washer upgrade
Brian, you have been totally awesome, I probably would have sold my G11G awhile back without your help, but I know that it is truly the Last GEM mount that I need and is that forever mount. My next purchase from Losmand is a AZ8 mount for a
grab and go. No electronics or computers with this one. Discussions on CN are like all Losmandy products, it is over built. And they are made here in the U.S.A. getting you on the Losmandy team was one of the best moves that Scott, has made. One of your best
traits is the patience to deal with knuckleheads? like me. LOL....
HAPPY SKIES AND KEEP LOOKING UP Deric
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Date: 6/29/20 7:21 PM (GMT-06:00)
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Deric i'm glad to be of any assistant to you and everyone. the goal is awesome astronomy/astrophotography! :)
>>> My biggest issue with the G11G is thinking that it should opperate like my last mount, and they do not.?
This is also the biggest tech support issue we have: a lot of assuming that Losmany mount should work like (fill in the blank of the last mount someone had) and the biggest challenge for many is unlearning that. you are definitely not alone there
Brian
Hello Taylor?
?I did to for the same reason, I was able to move Counterweights up by nearly 2" and that's a lot.
And learned that I did not have to tighten down the clutches hard unlike my last mount. I have a G11G with the tucked motors and spring loaded worms. And it was really weird to have play in the RA. Brian, has been a big help trying to convince
every one that this is normal. It feels like this play in the RA should not be normal. But you know Brian is right,tracking is not effected one little bit. My biggest issue with the G11G is thinking that it should opperate like my last mount, and they do not.
But now everything working like a Daisey now. Mostly thanks to Brian.
HAPPY SKIES AND KEEP LOOKING UP Deric
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Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] New Tutorial video - wavy washer upgrade
Thanks for the reply Brian.?
Deric, I believe I needed it. When I got to the point of balancing the RA, it was difficult to tell which side was heavy. I would give a small push in each direction and the RA would rotate without favoring a side. I would change location of the weight and
rotation of the RA wouldn't really change as far as a weight bias. Now the RA is rotating smoothly and not as "sticky".
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Re: New Tutorial video - wavy washer upgrade
Deric i'm glad to be of any assistant to you and everyone. the goal is awesome astronomy/astrophotography! :)
>>> My biggest issue with the G11G is thinking that it should opperate like my last mount, and they do not.?
This is also the biggest tech support issue we have: a lot of assuming that Losmany mount should work like (fill in the blank of the last mount someone had) and the biggest challenge for many is unlearning that. you are definitely not alone there
Brian
Hello Taylor?
?I did to for the same reason, I was able to move Counterweights up by nearly 2" and that's a lot.
And learned that I did not have to tighten down the clutches hard unlike my last mount. I have a G11G with the tucked motors and spring loaded worms. And it was really weird to have play in the RA. Brian, has been a big help trying to convince
every one that this is normal. It feels like this play in the RA should not be normal. But you know Brian is right,tracking is not effected one little bit. My biggest issue with the G11G is thinking that it should opperate like my last mount, and they do not.
But now everything working like a Daisey now. Mostly thanks to Brian.
HAPPY SKIES AND KEEP LOOKING UP Deric
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Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] New Tutorial video - wavy washer upgrade
Thanks for the reply Brian.?
Deric, I believe I needed it. When I got to the point of balancing the RA, it was difficult to tell which side was heavy. I would give a small push in each direction and the RA would rotate without favoring a side. I would change location of the weight and
rotation of the RA wouldn't really change as far as a weight bias. Now the RA is rotating smoothly and not as "sticky".
-- Brian?
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Re: Thanks to Losmandy and this community for a great product and support!
I will. Thought maybe they¡¯d see it here, but I will forward via email.
Thank you!
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Re: New Tutorial video - wavy washer upgrade
Hello Taylor?
?I did to for the same reason, I was able to move Counterweights up by nearly 2" and that's a lot.
And learned that I did not have to tighten down the clutches hard unlike my last mount. I have a G11G with the tucked motors and spring loaded worms. And it was really weird to have play in the RA. Brian, has been a big help trying to convince
every one that this is normal. It feels like this play in the RA should not be normal. But you know Brian is right,tracking is not effected one little bit. My biggest issue with the G11G is thinking that it should opperate like my last mount, and they do not.
But now everything working like a Daisey now. Mostly thanks to Brian.
HAPPY SKIES AND KEEP LOOKING UP Deric
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From: taylor waber <taylorwab@...>
Date: 6/29/20 3:10 PM (GMT-06:00)
Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] New Tutorial video - wavy washer upgrade
Thanks for the reply Brian.?
Deric, I believe I needed it. When I got to the point of balancing the RA, it was difficult to tell which side was heavy. I would give a small push in each direction and the RA would rotate without favoring a side. I would change location of the weight and
rotation of the RA wouldn't really change as far as a weight bias. Now the RA is rotating smoothly and not as "sticky".
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Re: Thanks to Losmandy and this community for a great product and support!
really wonderful results Anthony, congrats!?
you might share this with Tanya and Scott over at Losmandy too. they love to see images like this
Brian
I recently have been having some great success with my Losmandy G11 G2 and PHD2 that has produced some images that I am very happy with.
This is in large part because of the support I have received in troubleshooting various things from both Losmandy and PHD2, and the communities on this forum.
Current successes:
I had some of the best guiding ever as I imaged Messiers 63 and 101 with my Celestron 8SE, and an OAG at 1457mm. I was actually consistently guiding nearly as low as my pixel scale, (=/- .555"/px), and sometimes better, which is rare for my turbulent skies. This affirmed that the equipment and software delivers if the seeing conditions permit it. Please see these images here: and .
I was able to image Rho Ophiuchi and Messier 4 at 355mm/ 2.3"/px and my Stellarvue SVX090T-3SV, and my mount and PHD2 kept my guiding at +/- .95"-1.2" in winds gusting up to 20 miles per hour with less than desirable seeing compounded by this relatively low altitude object. The result for that is here:
I am grateful to Brian V., Michael H., Tania and Scott, and others, for all of their assistance in sorting things like mirror drift, (Celestron warranty), mount balance, PEC, and many other issues along the way. I am sure I'll have more questions, but I feel like I am on my way as far as mount tracking and guiding go for now.
Thanks y'all!
-Anthony
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Thanks to Losmandy and this community for a great product and support!
I recently have been having some great success with my Losmandy G11 G2 and PHD2 that has produced some images that I am very happy with.
This is in large part because of the support I have received in troubleshooting various things from both Losmandy and PHD2, and the communities on this forum.
Current successes:
I had some of the best guiding ever as I imaged Messiers 63 and 101 with my Celestron 8SE, and an OAG at 1457mm. I was actually consistently guiding nearly as low as my pixel scale, (=/- .555"/px), and sometimes better, which is rare for my turbulent skies. This affirmed that the equipment and software delivers if the seeing conditions permit it. Please see these images here: and .
I was able to image Rho Ophiuchi and Messier 4 at 355mm/ 2.3"/px and my Stellarvue SVX090T-3SV, and my mount and PHD2 kept my guiding at +/- .95"-1.2" in winds gusting up to 20 miles per hour with less than desirable seeing compounded by this relatively low altitude object. The result for that is here:
I am grateful to Brian V., Michael H., Tania and Scott, and others, for all of their assistance in sorting things like mirror drift, (Celestron warranty), mount balance, PEC, and many other issues along the way. I am sure I'll have more questions, but I feel like I am on my way as far as mount tracking and guiding go for now.
Thanks y'all!
-Anthony
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Re: New Tutorial video - wavy washer upgrade
Thanks for the reply Brian.?
Deric, I believe I needed it. When I got to the point of balancing the RA, it was difficult to tell which side was heavy. I would give a small push in each direction and the RA would rotate without favoring a side. I would change location of the weight and rotation of the RA wouldn't really change as far as a weight bias. Now the RA is rotating smoothly and not as "sticky".
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I guess it just dawned on me how dark this is, and what it means to have Scorpio and Sagittarius that high. You can make out the dark river to Antares and the orange color of the Rho region in a 15s shot. That's pretty amazing.
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Re: New Tutorial video - wavy washer upgrade
Hello Taylor,
Are you sure you needed the wavy washer? I needed one it made balancing? things easier. I just tighten my RA just enough so it does not move easily. I've learned that it does not take very much.
It is interesting that A test concluded that the amount of tightening does not affect the performance.
Thank you Brian, for that tid bit.
HAPPY SKIES AND KEEP LOOKING UP Deric
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Date: 6/28/20 9:15 PM (GMT-06:00)
Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] New Tutorial video - wavy washer upgrade
Hi Taylor
I suggest tightening it by hand until the RA axis stops moving easily. The amount of tightening does not impact RA performance (we've recently?tested this) but you there's no need to crank it down.?
On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 6:52 PM taylor waber < taylorwab@...> wrote:
I have the GM811. When tightening before the wavy washer, the clutch wouldn't need to be very tight to actually have enough pressure for the RA to stop rotating. With the wavy-washer I have to really tighten the RA axis clutch to stop it from rotating. About
how much pressure should I be trying to rotate the RA axis to call it good? Kind of hard to quantify. I usually have one hand rotating the RA head and the other tightening the clutch.?
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Re: cell change in Gemini 1
Is it possible the battery is upside down?
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Hi John you haven¡¯t mentioned I fb you updated system location GMT offset and local time and mount parameters after a battery change. ? Gemini dtg is very different it¡¯s: yymm.dd: hh.mm.ss
See link here at bottom of the page ?
You may also find some hints on the Gemini
It¡¯s quite odd for the battery to be ¡°zero voltage¡± ? Is the new one you installed ok? ?What¡¯s its voltage?
Also check that battery voltage is present at the SRAM by measuring it at the SRAM IC,
Also check your local time isn¡¯t set to DST etc or is as supposed to. ? Most pointing errors are incorrect DTG or location positions. ?Google earth or a mobile phone can find your lay/long. ?
You can save your SRAM settings by using GEMINI ASCOM and re-import them after a battery change ? Look up Gemini ASCOM ! ?Makes it easy ?
Do get t back On these?
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On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 07:34 AM, Timothy Campbell wrote:
I guess I never realized that when you get to dark-enough skies, you can almost make out what appears to be three faces looking down on you. ?;-)
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On Jun 28, 2020, at 7:23 AM, "marc@..." <marc@...> wrote:
On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 04:17 AM, Arun Hegde wrote:
Yeah, I am totally jealous of you Southern Hemisphere folks for objects such as this! The bulge of the Milky Way passes right through zenith there and makes for some spectacular images.
Here's a group shot pointed to the zenith this Friday night. 15s ISO 3200
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Used an iphone screen on for 0.5s out of the 15s exposure to light up our faces or you would only see dark silhouettes. This site is actually so dark the milky way starlight casts your shadow on the ground.
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Re: New Tutorial video - wavy washer upgrade
Hi Taylor
I suggest tightening it by hand until the RA axis stops moving easily. The amount of tightening does not impact RA performance (we've recently?tested this) but you there's no need to crank it down.?
On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 6:52 PM taylor waber < taylorwab@...> wrote: I have the GM811. When tightening before the wavy washer, the clutch wouldn't need to be very tight to actually have enough pressure for the RA to stop rotating. With the wavy-washer I have to really tighten the RA axis clutch to stop it from rotating. About how much pressure should I be trying to rotate the RA axis to call it good? Kind of hard to quantify. I usually have one hand rotating the RA head and the other tightening the clutch.?
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Re: New Tutorial video - wavy washer upgrade
I have the GM811. When tightening before the wavy washer, the clutch wouldn't need to be very tight to actually have enough pressure for the RA to stop rotating. With the wavy-washer I have to really tighten the RA axis clutch to stop it from rotating. About how much pressure should I be trying to rotate the RA axis to call it good? Kind of hard to quantify. I usually have one hand rotating the RA head and the other tightening the clutch.?
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Thanks for chiming in Ray!
On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 3:13 PM Ray Gralak < groups3@...> wrote: > That is incorrect. I¡¯ll let ray know
Okay thanks!
FWIW, for any of the Gemini equipped mounts the worm period does not need to be entered because the worm period is calculated from mount settings on the Gemini controller.
That is, whatever worm period value you enter in PEMPro will get overridden when you connect to a Gemini-equipped mount, so there is no reason to set worm period manually. However, you should be sure to set the correct mount type in the Gemini controller so that PEMPro will be able to set the correct worm period.
-Ray Gralak
Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center):
Author of PEMPro V3:?
Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver:
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That is incorrect. I¡¯ll let ray know Okay thanks! FWIW, for any of the Gemini equipped mounts the worm period does not need to be entered because the worm period is calculated from mount settings on the Gemini controller. That is, whatever worm period value you enter in PEMPro will get overridden when you connect to a Gemini-equipped mount, so there is no reason to set worm period manually. However, you should be sure to set the correct mount type in the Gemini controller so that PEMPro will be able to set the correct worm period. -Ray Gralak Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center): Author of PEMPro V3: Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: -----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Valente
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2020 12:00 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] GM811G Worm Period?
That is incorrect. I¡¯ll let ray know
On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 11:36 AM Jim Waters <jimwaters@...> wrote:
Is this doc wrong? It's a PEMPro doc so it should be talking about RA.
GM8,GM8G,
GM811G,GM811GHD
Stock
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478.6893918
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That¡¯s very nice!? With a larger FOV, you can see why they call it ¡°running chicken¡± nebula. ? Mark ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of marc@... Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 2:59 PM To: [email protected]Subject: [Losmandy_users_io] Chicken Nebula ? Here's a 35h total integration pic in HST palette that I shot with an FSQ106N and a QHY9 mono while tinkering with my G11 and testing from my backyard. This in the Carina area just right of the southern cross and pretty high in the sky at this time of the year so good to image right now.
The mount is still a work in progress but you still can have fun while testing right?
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Hi Jim,? ( as Brian noted... just saw that)...
Worm period only applies to the RA for sidereal tracking. That is a G11 size RA section, so the worm period for the G11 and GM811 is ~4 minutes, or the 239.34 sec.
We have quite a good chorus going!
Stay well, Michael
I suspect the answer is "both" - 4 minutes for RA (from G11) and 8 minutes for Dec (from GM8).
Thanks,
John
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Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2020 13:59
Subject: [Losmandy_users_io] GM811G Worm Period?
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As the title says.? What's the worm period of the GM811G?
I have one doc that says its 239.34 and another that says?478.69.? What's the correct worm period?
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Michael Herman