Nice looking rigs. Steve, is that a mini-pc on yours? If so, which model? Mine is getting a bit old - time for an upgrade. -- Mounts: ES PMC-8 G11, Losmandy AZ8 Scopes: Tak FSQ 106 EDX4, AT 115, WO

Richard: The RA/DEC of an object is a fixed value (except for stuff orbiting the sun or earth). Think Lat/Lon for an object on the earth. AS for where in the sky it is at any given time/place on

Good idea, and here's my info... -- Scope: StellarVue SV102T & Optimus Eyepieces Mount: Explore Scientific PMC-Eight G11, Spring-loaded OPWB on DEC, O-Vision Worm on RA Cameras: Nikon D5300 H-alpha

Steve Siedentop At the 2018 Peach State Star Gaze -- Mounts: ES PMC-8 G11, Skywatcher NEQ-6, Celestron AVX Scopes: ES ED127CF FCD100, Celestron C6, Stellarvue SV80ED, Coronado Solarmax 40 Cameras:

The iXOS-100 manual is available here: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0390/6029/files/PMC_Eight_iEXOS100_Booklet__V01.4_011019.pdf?13508323921944100906 Kent

Hi Jeff, The PMC-Eight mount controller is an open-loop stepper motor control system and uses the demanded steps to track the position of the mount, so when you loosen the clutches, it looses sync

Hi Richard, Thanks for your purchase! Basically all of our documentation is available on our website along with our knowledge base. If you look at the front page for the forum I provide a couple of

Kent Marts here in Customer Service. The instructions are much the same as the PMC-Eight. Please visit the knowledge base:

After initially performing a goto operation, will the OTA information update if you release the clutches and manually adjust them, or are the optical encoders fed from the drive side? I ask because

Hi Jerry, Thanks for your reply. I got the mount set up. Need to get a bigger dovetail for my scope. However,.... and this is a real newbie question, where to I find the RA/DEC coordinates for any

So, trying to troubleshoot my wifi connection to my Raspberry Pi last night, I came to the conclusion that the PMC8's ad hoc network was causing too much interference. Changing the channel on the

Hi Ed, To clarify the behavior of the ExploreStars application, you need to understand the default way we assumed customers were going to use the mount. The default operation of the mount assumes that

Once your target is manually found, will the controller "track" or continue to "point" to your chosen target? I tried this Sunday night on the moon and I could not get the mount/controller to track

This is one idea, using a 32ch servo controller software could be written to pretty much do anything, even brew coffee :D Another option would be instead of the 32ch servo controller use a

Hey Jerry, thanks for the explanation. Let me cook some drawings and I'll post them shortly. Thanks again. G.

Hi G, Could you make a drawing of the configuration you are talking about and I can think about how we may be able to integrate this into the PMC-Eight system. This type of architecture change would

Hi Chris, Yes, it does not effect a physical polar alignment, what it effects is the resulting pointing error. Once a physical alignment is done, then a 3 star alignment would take care of the

Hi G, Yes, I didn't see your subsequent post where you described the port as the PGMR/Serial port, sorry about that. I could probably create a routine in the firmware that could send the serial

Hi, Welcome to the forum. Yes, you can use the manual speed setting (0-9) and slew buttons (up, dn, lt, rt) to move the mount manually anywhere int he sky you like. Once you get it close, you

Here is mine. ES EXOS2, ES ED80, GSO diagonal, ES 18mm 82 deg eyepiece, Orion DC motor focuser and High Point Scientific right angle finderscope. I've shortened the cables and ziptied the PMC8 box to