I was getting very frustrated with the EXOS-2, so I took the plunge and purchased an ES PMC-8 G-11 and the difference between the performance of these mounts is night and day. Wow. The G-11 is a beast

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Hi Jennifer, First I want to thank you for sticking with the PMC-Eight system on your new G11 mount. I know you could have purchased it from Losmandy with the Gemini system, so I appreciate that. I th

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I had no idea that there was a firmware update for the G11. I am going to have to look into that. That may fix any of my issues that I have been having.

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Jerry, I am trying to update my firmware but I cannot find the .exe file to get this thing to run. Ji

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Jerry, So I figured everything out with the exception of one thing: I apparently do not have an updatable circuit board in my PMC-8. My model is ESOGT-01B. Anyway to get my firmware updated?

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Hi Ji, The firmware on every PMC-Eight system is updateable. I assume you are looking at the number on the label on the PMC-Eight box. That is the SKU number and part of the box serial number, it is n

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Jerry, Is there a way to check which firmware is installed? Ji

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Yes, If you have installed Chris Moses' PMC-Eight Configuration Manager, you can go to the advanced tab and send the command "ESGv!" to get the firmware version number. It will return a number like "E

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So 12 is the one I want correct? Or 12a? That’s the one that should smooth out the spikes in guiding?

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Hi Ji, 9T12 is the replacement for the G11 that increases the motor current to 1300 mA which may smooth out your tracking (a tiny difference). The main reason for it is to provide increased oomph so t

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So do you think that the 9t12 version will allow the use of the spring loaded worm from Losmandy?

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Ji: I believe you will find that Jennifer has had success with the OPWB. As Jerry stated, the PMC8 firmware version 9T12 will run the G-11 just fine. It increased the motor current for the G-11 motors

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Wes, I’ve been running a OPWB for over a year in my mount. I was specifically referring to the spring loaded worm. The initial iteration of the ES G-11 motors did not have enough torque to overcome th

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Ji: Opps. OK, Jerry has to weigh in. Cool. Wes.

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Hi Ji, Of course it would depend on how much more the torque requirement increased, I can't really judge that since I don't have any experience with your particular setup. I would say just try it and

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Jerry, You've got the gears turning now... Of course tonight is going to be cloudy so I will have to wait until tomorrow to see if the firmware update changes anything. Typically on a good night I get

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I was doing some testing of equipment remotely on the MSRO and decided to grab 30-minutes worth of data on M51. This is with the 6.5-inch ES 165 FPL-53 ED APO Carbon Fiber refractor and the 16 Mp QHY

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Excellent Jerry. Did your payload exceed the recommended limit? Kind regards, Brian

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Hi Brian, The current payload on the G11 is probably around 40 lbs. We have tested it though with about 60 lbs. and it works fine as far as unguided astrophotography is concerned.

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Many thanks Jerry, I am still not sure on a couple of points if I may.... I have the IEXOS 100, is the mount it comes with a G11? Also when you say unguided you presumably mean the mount did not have

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