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My less than a year old G11T in my observatory (climate controlled) has been idle for a few weeks. Its just been too cold for me. So the other night I was ready for some imaging. Everything started normal but the first goto wasn't going in the right direction. Not even close. I checked all my settings in N.I.N.A, the Gemeni settings and the hand controller. Nothing has changed. All good. My location, time, date, all good. Several more goto attempts was all the same, not even close. I tried a goto with just the hand controller, same result, way off. I use an ethernet cable, so I replaced that with a new one. No change. So I'm thinking maybe the firmware became corrupt during the short hiatus. Just checking with the group for any other suggestions. It doesn't seem like a hard task to reinstall the firmware from what I've read but if there's any update that can ruin a mount, its the firmware.

I have a prospective buyer for my G11G w/ LW tripod. They know that the tripod will have to be upgraded to the heavy-duty tripod. They plan to do DSO and planetary imaging with a 12” Meade SCT. Likely with and without a 0.63x FR/FF. The F.L. of the scope at f/10 is 3048mm and at f/6.3 is 1,920mm. They estimate the total weight of the imaging setup to be 50 pounds. My questions are… Is 50 pounds pushing to limits of the G11G w/ Heavy Duty Tripod for imaging? Is a F.L. of 3,048 or 1,920 pushing the limits of the G11G w/ Heavy Duty Tripod for imaging? Would they be better off with a G11T? Its my understanding they have no experience with Losmandy mounts. ------------------------ Jim W Phoenix, AZ. USA Losmandy G11G w/ L6, ZWO AM5N, NINA 3.0 / ASTAP, ASI2600MC Pro / ASI533MM Pro, Sky-Watcher Scopes, Canon L Lenses....etc

Hi- I was told that it would be OK to let the group know I have a G11 mount/tripod for sale. But rather than overextend my site privileges, I'll leave it to you to contact me privately or see the ad on Astromart for details. Thanks. J.R., Gainesville, GA

How good are the alt/az adjustors on the GM8? As someone who has to setup and tear down for each session, it’s important to me that these adjustors work well with minimal backlash to make polar alignment as straightforward as possible. Thanks! Greg

Hello, I was wondering if my recent question has been approved for the forum. Thanks, Tom

I've always used ethernet. Last night my system which was setup for ether wouldn't connect. I can't seem to get it to connect at all, and the lights are not on at the ether plug on the gemini. They are on on the PC side. Probably kaput right? -- jamie.amendolagine@... https://astropifi.blogspot.com/ https://telescopius.com/profile/james_amendolagine

Hi all. I'm new to Groups, and new to the hobby. I am set up with a very old C-11 on a G-11, with G-1 controller. It has power but is not tracking well. I don't want to be in the 'wrong section', ask the wrong questions, or otherwise agitate others. I know that someone knows how to do it/everything the easy way. IDK if I am on the correct settings on the unit itself. It's tracking, but not following the object. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, TC

Bought my G11 with Gemini 2 new in 2017. I has worked perfectly for all these years with not much maintenance. It does not have the tucked in motors. I just recently noticed it is getting a bit noisy when slewing. I'm used to the normal sound it makes, now it is sounding a bit rough, like it needs some lubricating. I'm pretty good mechanically. Where can I find instructions on how to clean and lube the spur gears, or worm gears ? Gary Martin G11/ C11 Edge HD

I don't really use the HC much other than to set safety limits and manually slew around after I adjust the worm gear. During the last few days I've been using it more often for those purposes and I noticed something I haven't before: After powering on the mount (CWD, cold start) and starting a slew in the RA axis (holding the HC screen up and pressing the physical button on the back left with my left index finger) the mount will start to rotate (OTA west and counterweights east). Let's say that I rotate the mount in this fishing by holding the same button until the mount has rotated 45 degrees to the west and then I release the button. THEN, when I press the same button again, instead of rotating the same direction, the mount will start to rotate back to CWD... then I actually have to press the opposite button (physical button on back right of HC with my right index finger) for the mount to continue to rotate back to the west... from that point the buttons are reversed until cold start when it starts all over again. no other settings changed. This has happened enough times that I'm not surprised it is happening. Is this typical? anyone else seeing this? Is it just a matter of re-installing the HC firmware to maybe fix it? It is a little annoying but I suppose it isn't the end of the world given how rarely I use the HC. Thanks Ryan

Hi, My mount tracking has been rock solid for a while now but I moved my guidescope up the mount to avoid a bigger EFW and things have been worse since then. I don't think it is the guidescope move so looking for advice. The indications are :- 1. in PHD2 movements in Dec seem to go weird (walkabout to the Ozzies on this Topic) and then come good - all this after a Calibration run. 2. when parking at CWD the scope ends up at ~2am and stops there - says parked and tracking off. 3. Sometimes getting PHD2 error - Pulseguide command to mount has failed. I have rebalanced my mount/scope and cleaned/sprayed all cables. Any further suggestions on this and I do leave the mount out overnight under a Telegizmo 365 and I do get a little moisture on the mount. The temperatures here only get down ~40 overnight so I expect it is not temp related. I am thinking of replacing the cables and opening the Gemini-2. Appreciate any suggestions? Thanks, Ken

Hi folks, Tanya at Losmandy asked me to post an update. Losmandy shop has no phone or internet service at the moment due to LA fires. If you need to reach the shop, please email Tanya directly, at tanyak @ losmandy.com, but be aware that it may take her some time to respond. Regards, - Paul

As the title says I am selling my G11G. I have moved to a harmonic drive mount. The G11G is posted on Cloudy Nights below. https://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/item/396203-losmandy-g11g-w-light-weight-tripod/ If you have an Astrobin account detailed information can be seen in the Marketplace Listings below. https://app.astrobin.com/equipment/marketplace/listing/reazvd/losmandy-g11-g11g?utm_source=astrobin&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=notification&from_user=None I am asking $1,700 OBO ------------------------ Jim W Phoenix, AZ. USA ZWO AM5N, Losmandy G11G w/ L6, NINA 3.2 / ASTAP, ASI2600MC Pro, Sky-Watcher Scopes, Canon L Lenses.

I've been running L6.02 for 7 months, since May, and it has run beautifully.... my guide error went way down as compared to L5, and my plate solving got a lot more accurate. Then, about a week ago, my plate solving all of a sudden crashed. Normally, I can get within 10 pixels of error for both RA and DEC, but all of a sudden, I could not get any better than 600 pixels error for RA, and around 3000 pixels for DEC. The error started initially at much larger values, and would get better for successive solving attempts, but never got better than 600/3000. I use ASTAP in SGP for my plate solving, and I kept double checking all the specs for camera and plate solving, and could not come up with any setup mistakes. So..... I re-flashed Gemini to L6.02 again with the GFU. I did a Cold Start and synced on a bright star. I then slewed to 2 different objects, 2 different solving attempts. On the first object, I solved to less than 10 pixel error for both axes on the 3rd attempt, and on the second object, I solved to less than 10 pixels both axes for the second attempt. I am convinced a re-flash of L6.02 was necessary, and fixed my plate solving problem. Has anyone else had to do this? What could have caused this? It seems as though somehow L6.02 got corrupted. Thanks in advance. Dan