jestre, My rig weighs 7 lbs. Ioptron sells a 3lb counterweight, 20mm hole. My 3lb CW sits about 3 inches from the end of shaft. You may need two 3lb CW's. Maybe measure the force required with

Thanks for replying Wes, Actually is a ED80 CF, very light. My imaging train weights around 9.2-9.4 pounds, almost the same as the counterweight, that's why I have to put it all the way up. See the

Hello Jerry, Thanks for your reply and active involvement in this community. I made another video to show why I have to put the counterweight all way to the top, otherwise there is no way to balance

Hello everyone, On sunday I had my first ever guiding session with my new EXOS2. I did polar alignment with sharpcap until it said the alignment was good (don't remember the exact numbers). When I

Jorge: Upon review of your video and set up I believe you are really out of balance in DEC. This would explain the noise etc. I see you have a DSLR, a guide scope, and guide camera way back on the

Hi Amy, I am a bit surprised that you haven't found any of the extensive amount of information we have on the Explore Scientific website that talks about what software is available to use on laptops

Hi everyone, I need some guidance, I have an EXOS II mount with PMC eight. Since I am still very new to this hobby, I found it very difficult to do the 2 or 3 star alignment having to use the lap

After viewing your video again, I don't know that it is reasonable that your equipment is balanced correctly as the counterweight is all the way up the counterweight shaft. Can you check to make sure

I'm not sure how much better quality Android tablet you can get other than a Samsung Tablet A. Seems to me that as far as Android is concern, Samsung is a leader in that market. Mine worked

After further testing, the original delivered firmware installed in the PMC-Eight (version 9T10) and the updated firmware versions for the EXOS 2 and G11 (9T11 and 9T12) all will increment the WiFi

Hi Sunil, Ji, Thanks for the suggestions and comments. I watched your video, Sunil, and I'm doing the same thing, just getting the coordinates from online. Since I changed the POTH coordinates to

All I will say is that If the app works I will give it a shot, and even consider the iEXOS100 for my youngest kids. G.

Hi Ed, I understand everyone's frustration with the inconsistent performance of the apps along with some of the implementation of certain features on the various platforms. We will release the updated

Darryl: Sounds like things are training you...haha. I wanted to remind you that when you use the ASCOM driver there is no need to do a 2-3 star align. None of that is use in that case. The mount

Seems that most people have been doing well with the Android app, but it had me thinking about going a different direction all together. -- DHEllis59, Dover, DE Orion ST120mm With Electronic

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Thanks for your update which may have confirmed a suspition my proplem is also with my tablet. I have as i have the same Samsung tablet as you and i too have had no luck getting to Explire Stars to

Ok, what worked was that I now have a Windows Tablet/PC. It's a Dell Venue 10 Pro. I bought it used off Ebay for $95. I was referred to this awesome deal by Bernie, another forum member. It was a

Sorry to hear about the issues. I would follow Jerry's suggestion and have it RMA. Also, when you get it back, I suggest you leave the RA clutch always disengaged, so even if you were to grab it, or

Hi Jorge, Sorry you are having this binding issue. As other's have suggested, this is a gear mesh binding issue so your mount requires adjustment. We do test every mount when we receive it here in the