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Re: Pier side
Jamie, Make sure your Go To Limit allows you to point to items a bit east of the meridian with the scope on the east side.? For example, if your east and west limits are each 100 degrees, you can set
By Richard Beck · #71737 ·
Re: Gemini-2 momentarily went haywire
Damn......3.....No wonder you upgraded some equipment -- Brendan
By Brendan · #71736 ·
Re: Gemini-2 momentarily went haywire
Update ¨C I¡¯ve actually replaced three of those H-Bridges D. Sent: 12 May 2021 04:07 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Losmandy_users_io] Gemini-2 momentarily went haywire John I thought I
By David C. Partridge · #71735 ·
Re: Roadside Treasure will be a Counterweight
what a super cool find! thanks for sharing this and including a pic
By Brian Valente · #71734 ·
Re: Roadside Treasure will be a Counterweight
You may want to get some shop estimates before moving forward. Drilling the main bore hole to size and a second threaded hole to secure might not be that cheap (unless you have a buddy that can do it
By John Kmetz · #71733 ·
Re: Gemini-2 momentarily went haywire
John I thought I saw some bubbling on the U7 IC but it looks to be just the glue/lacquer Losmandy/Aveox used to glue down the firmware sticker on the DSPIC. I repaired a similar fault you
By Brendan · #71732 ·
Roadside Treasure will be a Counterweight
My wife & I took a drive along the Oregon coast last weekend. We stopped at a turn-out near Gold beach. And there Renee' noticed a real treasure laying on the gravel - a cylinder of steel about 6-inch
By Russell Milton · #71731 ·
Re: Gemini-2 momentarily went haywire
Brendan, Here are the shots you were looking for (attached). Hopefully the photographic quality is good enough for what you want to see. Personally I don't see any cracks or burned components
By John Kmetz · #71730 ·
Re: Pier side
Thanks Brian, that's what I meant. So next time I'll try and manually? slew a bit east before slewing to the target. Jamie
By Jamie Amendolagine · #71729 ·
Re: Pier side
Hi Jamie I am not sure what you mean by "telescope hanging" - I assume you mean pier side i.e., pier side east or west If so, the target has to be reachable on both sides of pier. After startup, you
By Brian Valente · #71728 ·
Pier side
With my backyard view it's best if I can have the scope hang to the east to start the night. I use kstars/ekos/indi connected to skysafari to select and slew to a target. It usually seems to end up
By Jamie Amendolagine · #71727 ·
Re: Gemini-2 momentarily went haywire
That's not how the Gemini H bridge drive works....its PWM....both motor poles are held high (at input voltage aka 12V-18VDC) one pole pulses low at a preset freq (the pulse width is determined by the
By Brendan · #71726 ·
Re: New mount, old tripod
This is normal. Don't worry about it. -- Chip Louie Chief Daydreamer Imagination Hardware Astropheric Weather Forecast - South Pasadena, CA Astrospheric Signature (
By Chip Louie · #71725 ·
Re: Gemini-2 momentarily went haywire
Ceramic cores are fine if properly sized for the application but at very low frequencies the core would not be very effective plus the core would be large and heavy. ?See the ARRL RFI handbook. ? If
By Bill P. · #71724 ·
Re: Reducing DEC Backlash with Titan 50
Dan, Some notes on adjusting the worm on a Titan vs G11 or GM8 1. The G11 and GM8 use individual worm bearing blocks. Each block has a bottom "nipple" that fits a specific hole. The left hole, closest
By Michael Herman · #71723 ·
Re: Still some DEC issues
It's better to use the built-in PHD log uploader and paste the link Also trimmed logs are not helpful - you can't auto load them into the PHD Log Viewer Brian -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio
By Brian Valente · #71722 ·
Re: Still some DEC issues
Use a Zip utility to compress the log file and upload it to the Files section here: /g/Losmandy_users/files ( /g/Losmandy_users/files ) and then post a link to it in
By Paul Kanevsky · #71721 ·
New mount, old tripod
Hello folks, I have a new mount with an old HD tripod, the non-folding kind.? It seems that the base diameter of the mount is about 2 mm smaller than the inner diameter of the tripod mounting
By alan137 · #71720 ·
Re: Still some DEC issues
Is there a way to trim the guide log?? Do I post it here or some other place?? Because SOME people who complain about getting a second message from editing probably don't want to get a several
By alan137 · #71719 ·
Re: Gemini-2 momentarily went haywire
John Could you please re-photograph the top of the PCB again particularly U7 DSPic!?? It looks like its bee a little hot on the sticker on top.? The problem here is U7 is DSPic for DEC...the issue
By Brendan · #71718 ·