Re: Adjusting SLW
Daniel Scott adjusts all the worms pretty much himself. ?He wouldn¡¯t throw or reject anyone with new mount issues. ? He stands by his products. If you have fiddled with it and it¡¯s not right
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Brendan
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#63684
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Re: Adjusting SLW
HI Larry how did you determine your RA 'drift' was due to the worm? regarding watching the tucked in gears, the part there was less about watching them, and more about feeling the tension on the gear.
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Brian Valente
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#63683
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Re: Adjusting SLW
Mine is basically a useless piece of junk and losmandy does not want to service it because they blamed me for everything when I did nothing. wrote:
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daniel vrolijk <danielvrolijk55@...>
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#63682
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Re: Adjusting SLW
Yea mine has the same problem. I was told that I did something with the mount and I did not. Now if I send it back it's not under warranty. I adjusted the worm gear in the fashion that was shown in
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daniel vrolijk <danielvrolijk55@...>
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#63681
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Adjusting SLW
Some might recall that about a month ago I asked about a problem with my mount "drifting" in RA for some time after I made a manual correction through the ASCOM interface.? It turned out that was due
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Larry Couture
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#63680
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Re: Screws on the CG-11... Saddle plate bolts.
Great to read that! Glad you got the stuff locally. Similarly, getting metric sized product in the US is sometimes hard... always costly. Very best, Michael Michael Herman mobile: 408 421-1239 email:
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Michael Herman
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#63679
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Belleville washers and Oldham coupler
Hi all, i got an older G11 Mount, made for Celestron. Some parts are missing and the mount needs some upgrade. I tried to order Belleville washers (Belleville Disc Spring for Ball Bearings, Bearing
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vergolder
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Re: New Losmandy Owner
I haven¡¯t gotten it yet. But I¡¯ve been buying the little stuff first! Would appreciate knowing how to setup the ASIair to work with the Gemini. Any special settings on either side? I love my
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Richard Paul
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Re: Screws on the CG-11... Saddle plate bolts.
Hi Michael, thank you for your help and for your offer sending me some bolts. With your info on the size, I found a store in Germany that ships them for 5€ including shipping. So there is no need
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stephan.leutenmayr@...
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Re: TP-Link setup
nice, great to hear! i use sky safari on ipad and it links right in. Don't need much planetarium software but when i do it's delightful to work with [email protected]> wrote: -- Brian Brian Valente
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Brian Valente
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#63675
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Re: New Losmandy Owner
well there's always the G11T. I think i may be overloading it right now, but it is still performing wonderfully a nice upgrade for G11 owners wrote: -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio
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Brian Valente
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#63674
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Re: TP-Link setup
Just wanted to let those of you that have responded to my questions know I have gotten the kinks worked out on my tp-link. Randy was kind enough to help me on the phone and after a few minutes we
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Greg
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#63673
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Re: New Losmandy Owner
And if you do want to tinker with worm, OPW etc.....ensure you record raw PE data prior to tinkering. ?You have to have a reference point. As for G11....I love it but if you have a big load ....I
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Brendan
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Re: New Losmandy Owner
You will love it, as it makes you astronomy hobby much easier. As a non-engineer I can offer a piece of advice, for what it is worth. Many people love to tinker with the G11, it just seems to invite
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Michael Harris
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Re: Old Gemini Controller Motherboard
If you want to try repair it yourself I can help with parts ident and basic cct descriptions. -- Brendan
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Brendan
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Re: Old Gemini Controller Motherboard
Yes they are dual Schottky diodes used to steer 5V around the PCB. ?Divides up pwr to CPU, HC, other ICs and motor encoder systems. Seen this type (actual) of fail before. ?But usually one fails not
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Brendan
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Re: Old Gemini Controller Motherboard
Currently it boots if no battery for CMOS is present
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ansuman pal
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Re: Old Gemini Controller Motherboard
Hi Ansuman there are 3 repairers: Michael Herman in USA; David Partridge n UK; and me Brendan in Australia There maybe others but it¡¯s known these have parts resources knowledge etc for all PCB
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Brendan
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Old Gemini Controller Motherboard
Looking for some pointers on how to go about fixing my G11 Gemini 1 Controller with RJ cables and not round connectors. I have been using this mount for almost forever though considered myself as
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ansuman pal
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Re: Screws on the CG-11... Saddle plate bolts.
If you cannot get these (1/4-20 thread, US sized threads, stainless steel), send me your mailing address, and I think I have some that can get you out a package of a few different lengths. If you are
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Michael Herman
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