Re: Yet another DIY spring loaded worm - ultra minimalist approach
Hi Greg - I'd love to see a few images of what you've done to? the mount. If I understand your description, you're basically just using the small rubber bands as some flexible shim material to keep
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GuitsBoy
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Re: Changing the servo motor encoders from 256 to 512 or 1024. Any reason not to do this?
Alan, I will try a rigid one piece coupler. My RA has the OPW. I've found it's possible to feel it the gearbox is aligned or not with the coupler by rotating worm with your fingers. The nice thing
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Peter Boreland
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
Hi Guilherme You have described perfectly the experience I now have. It used to work with 1.10 HF3 version, then stopped with 1.11 as I recall and certainly with the nightly builds. Good luck with
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Peter Boreland
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Re: Changing the servo motor encoders from 256 to 512 or 1024. Any reason not to do this?
I'm just saying, that from a theoretical perspective, a one-piece coupler maintains a kind of symmetry where it's indifferent to whatever the shaft angle is, and thus it will rotate at a constant
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alan137
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Re: Considering a GM811G
I agree, get the g11
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alan137
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
Hi I tried tonight, with latest Nightly build and settings below: Gemini: 99 ESL, 99 WSL, 11 WGL NINA: Minutes after meridian: 2; max minutes after meridian: 12 I was doing 5 minutes exposures. The
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"Guilherme V¨ºnere
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Re: New G11G Looking for final tweaking advice
Hi David, Took your PEMPro data and ran it through on my laptop. I just wanted to see what kind of value range you were seeing in the Y axis, and the drift up and down is not that bad. I would say
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John Kmetz
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
Just to be clear this was done inside and I only did 1 sub after meridian flip to ensure the sequence would continue. ------------------------ Jim W Phoenix, AZ. USA Losmandy GM811G, NINA 1.11,
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Jim Waters <jimwaters@...>
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Re: Replacing the stock gearbox... interest in a metal one?
On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 01:47 PM, Chip Louie wrote: > > Marc, > > The original idea behind changing gearboxes was to eliminate the stock > plastic gearbox uncorrectable periodic errors caused by the
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[email protected]
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Re: Replacing the stock gearbox... interest in a metal one?
On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 07:07 AM, <pcboreland@...> wrote: > > There are a number of reasons to change out the gearbox from Losmandy. I > have the original ones with plastic tabs, their modified
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[email protected]
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Re: Considering a GM811G
Hi Vishal, With a few years of experience owning both a G11G and a GM8G IMO the GM811 is not the value you may think it is as there is little difference in cost but that limitation in payload is right
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Chip Louie
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
Running 1.11 NB 101 and just did a meridian flip using my previous posted settings taking 10min subs.? Subs continued after meridian flip - 1 subs. The meridian flip coding has changed between 1.10
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Jim Waters <jimwaters@...>
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
Edward, I'm using NINA 1.10 HF3, but i can try the Nightly build. Regarding the HA after the tracking is paused. I looked at the Gemini.net app and it also stop counting. So what i said is for Gemini,
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"Guilherme V¨ºnere
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
Are you asking me or another Paul? :) I've never used NINA, so have no parameters to share, I'm afraid. Regards, -Paul
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Paul Kanevsky
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
Paul, were you going to post your parameters for us to look over? -- Edward
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Edward Plumer
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
Gemini.NET reports that it supports setting Side of Pier, and will ask Gemini to perform a flip when so requested. Gemini has internal logic that determines if and when a flip is possible. Regards,
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Paul Kanevsky
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
16 plus minutes?? I will give that a try.? Are you saying at one time the flips worked? ------------------------ Jim W Phoenix, AZ. USA Losmandy GM811G, NINA 1.11, ASI2600MC Pro, Sky-Watcher Scopes
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Jim Waters <jimwaters@...>
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
Before weather socked in, I was doing 10min subs -- Edward
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Edward Plumer
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Re: Meridian Flips and NINA
First I use the nightly build. Second the flip used to work. Third the flip happens, but it stays on the same side of the pier and eventually hits the limit. Forth I have tried to do this during the
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Peter Boreland
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Considering a GM811G
Hi all, I'm in the market for a new mount for both astrophotography and visual use, and I'm strongly considering picking up a GM811G. The largest payload I currently have is a 130mm triplet refractor
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Vishal Billa
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