You must realize that you cannot move north from the north celestial pole. All directions are south. You cannot move east or west either away from the north celestial pole (NCP)

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Hi Paul, Here's a link to download 6.4 Scroll down to "assets" and you'll find the download. Uninstalling 6.5 and Installing 6.4 solved all my issues... Hope it helps. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Dev

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Wes, This is getting way too complicated and technical for me :(. Thanks for trying though :) EDIT: I would not know where to get an older version of the Ascom platform. On https://ascom-standards.org

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OK. So it appears the it is moving. Starting point: End point: After running this test I discovered something that I hope isn't an issue. This is what I ran into. 1. Set the position indicators back t

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Paul, You're most welcome ! Glad it got sorted out. :-) - Bob

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Are the RA-Dec or Alt-Az numbers displayed in POTH moving as I described. This seems like it might be working. For an aiudible verification, do the 5000 pulse guide a bunch of times then park the moun

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Doug, I followed your steps. ASCOM connected over serial. POTH connected to PMC8. POTH controls move the mount. Connected PHD2 to POTH driver (camera also connected). Using the manual controls don't "

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Good day all, I would suggest using the following website: https://telescopius.com/?fromdsobrowser No guess work on what’s up and when it goes down. JR

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Tony, I got to the Orion Nebula using just the Telrad ( which is an amazing tool ) and loosened clutches, which is how I'd been it before getting the EXOS-2 PCM-8. I started about a month or so age us

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Paul The RN 131 G which is in the unit has a spec sheet operating temperature -30 to +85 (C) so don’t sweat the temperature. Also, in case you are still worried that 5C is a problem realize the thing

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Well I fixed it, took me while as I'm not used to doing any mechanical stuff, and finding the right hex keys etc. but it was exactly as Robert had predicted, both of the set screws holding the large p

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If you have just the bare mount, not scope or counterweights, does it seem to move correctly with only the high pitch noise of the motors and no clicking or grinding?

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You're shooting with a 200mm newt, correct? That's similar to my setup. Are you sure your scope is well balanced with the camera and accessories attached? It sounds like the motor may be straining. Th

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I tried to control the mount via Stellarium, following the setup guide found on this forum (https://espmc-eight.groups.io/g/MAIN/topic/pmc_eight_stellarium_setup/) However, POTH is freezing up (and St

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Yes I did that Tony, nothing to see, the belt is in place, the cogs turn. Unfortunately the Dec motor system started making a loud repetitive click last night as I suppose it is trying to track but ca

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Sounds like you found the problem. For others, just a reminder that Mars is not currently moving at the sidereal rate that stars move. At opposition, we have normal Earth rotation causing sidereal mot

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I have found the same thing. Last night I had Mars lined up and was working on focus and exposure when POTH gave out on me and I watched Mars sail out of frame while I frantically tried to re-establis

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Great point jerry At a guide rate of .5 sidereal, a 5 second pulse from PhD will move the mount all of 37.5 arc seconds. (15’/sec * 5 sec * .5). So easy to miss The reason PHD fails to calibrate via “

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Also don’t forget. While not optimum, one can enter the ra and dec of any object. It is best to have a planetarium program to use on your phone or laptop to look up things anyhow to check visibility e

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Hi Paul, I may be wrong, but for me it seems to be correct. I got one hit in ExploreStars Search for „heart nebula“. Maybe the description "open cluster" is not what you expect, but the destination se

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