Mirko, as Jerry noted, Indi is really the only option to directly control the mount from a Mac. I currently have a Linux computer acting as the go-between with the PMC-8 and my MacBook Pro, but I have

Medin003 As Jerry mentioned the level will impact your goto performance should the mount be tilted west-east. Now I like to think of miss-level as being resolvable into two orthogonal components, one

Hello Jerry, Is it possible to run the Android version of Stellarium on a tablet using WiFi and with ASCOM Alpaca installed on the same tablet? i.e., can Stellarium be run without the use of a

Hi Mirko, I think you are a bit misinformed as the standard ASCOM platform is Windows only, there is the new ASCOM Alpaca REST based network interface/server that can run multiplatform though, you may

Great work Alex, thank you for the work you did explaining in so much details. Greatly appreciated. Luc Get Outlook for Android

The reason to level the mount generally is to provide a consistent result every time you set up your mount night after night after taking it down after a session. I would also suggest as discussed

Hi everyone, Over the last 1-2 years, I have slowly been learning to use my EXOS-2 PMC8 system. At the outset I was completely new to this, and entirely new to equatorial mounts (having come from an

Hi, what are the options to control the IEXOS 100 Mount from a Mac (Laptop or iPad) with an Astronomie program (like Starry Night)? I’ve tried some attempts with Starry Night, but I could not get

I don't understand the necessity of leveling the mount head (except to make it somewhat easier to polar align). There are four axes of rotation; azimuth, altitude, ra, and dec. The first two are

hi, could you post a photo of where you are setting the level on the mount? an image is worth a thousand words :) thanks and stay safe

Mine was nowhere close either but that is likely pretty common for small bubble levels like that. They just won't overcome the friction inside the glass without a lot of "tapping." I bought a small

How I did - attach mount head to a tripod, put level on saddle and level it (saddle should be parallel to the ground) Make a dot with a marker on mount's bubble where 'true' level is. -- EXOS2-GT

Hi all, I had a quick question about leveling the EXOS2 mount. I have noticed that if I: Carefully level the tripod base surface using a 24" external ruler level, Next carefully attach the mount

Thank you for kind and prompt reply Jerry. According to the previous owner the "set" is from 2019 an he did not mentioned any issues with the mount. Maybe your colleagues in Germany are able to

Hi Ersin, I am sorry you are having this issue. The controller should not be making any noise at all as you noted. Please contact Explore Scientific Germany at

Hello I´m Ersin from Germany and i bought a pre-owned comet hunter and the exos2 pmc mount. After getting the system run (probs with android and missing sqllite/data) i´m pretty happy but the

No not Mac....just windows (4ever) -- Mounts: Explore Scientific IEXOS-100 w Celestron CG5 tripod, iOptron CEM 40 Scopes: Explore Scientific FCD-100 ED-102CF, Various Canon lenses, ZWO

That does help Robert. I appreciate it. So now I won't feel guilty when I invest in yet another device for my AP setup, lol. Thanks, Darryl -- DHEllis59, Dover, DE Astro Tech RC 6 w Pegasus Focus

Wow, that looks the business Jennifer. Love the dual monitor setup as well. Yeah, I bought a mini computer off of Amazon which worked well. It had a defective power connection so I returned it. I

Good day ToddB, A couple of questions/ suggestions: 1. Try running POTH first before starting other applications For the most part, only one connection at a time through POTH. I run a