Hi Chris - SkySafari is a scope control/planetarium application for Android, iOS, and OSX. Unfortunately, the integration would have to happen on the SkySafari end. A work around is to run a free appl

The pier extension for the Orion Atlas EQ-G fits the Meade LXD-75, which the body of the EXOS-2 is based on. It might be worth checking out to see if it fits the EXOS 2 as well. -Steve

All - If you have any interest in using SkySafari to control the PMC-8 (without a workaround like Wifi Scope), speak your mind on their support forums... Even if you don't have any interest, speak you

Hi Amy - To answer your questions... Can I Polar align only? Or do I also have to go through a 2 or 3 star alignment? If you're using ExploreStars, you'll need to do both. It seems to be a well kept s

Are you able to comment on whether or not there will be a charge to the coupler? -Steve

A couple of Roswell Astronomy videos have been referenced here. The one that comes to mind is the spring washer on the RA axis. CJ visited our local astronomy club to make the first in a series of vid

Moving this to a thread with a relevant cover... I had a chance at NEAF this year to see the current iteration of the Low Cost PMC-8 system that Jerry mentioned in another thread. I believe it was cal

An update to this.... After some troubleshooting on the phone with Jerry, we determined that the RN-131 WiFi module had failed. A replacement module is being provided. Thanks for getting involved at t

Translated...I need someone to bail me out. Through the course of attempting to get WiFi scope to work by connecting to the PMC8's serial port, I have somehow managed to brick my controller, or so it

I just got mine today and it definitely makes a difference. I noticed that the DEC axis also has the indents to allow for this spring washer and it looks to be the same size. It's cheap enough that I

Hi All - I spent some time today trying to run WiFi Scope to act as an interface to the ASCOM Driver to allow control of the PMC8 via SkySafari. WiFi Scope is a free program created by the Sequence Ge

I was actually in the beginning stages of designing this very thing. I'd definitely be interested in checking it out. -Steve

Hi Mark - I can answer some of these... Chrome... It's unlikely that Chrome is generating outbound traffic significant enough to disrupt coms. However, it's worth testing. If you need these tabs retai

FYI - I think the $7.50 part you’re referring to, CKSW, is the RA clutch knob spring washer, not the larger RA spring washer. It’s not listed on their website and I had to call and order it. They were

Mystery solved...thank you Jerry! -Steve

I did set the UI control to Serial via the ASCOM driver. I’ll try to change it via PuTTY. -Steve

Hi Chris - I haven't tried communicating with the mount via a terminal program. I'll try that next. By known good, I mean I have tested the adapter successfully by controlling another mount with it on

I didn't state this in the original email...if it wasn't clear... I'm getting this error when attempting to connect to the PMC8 via the serial port. I've tried connecting the serial adapter directly t

Hi All - I saw one post with this error, but it was centered around WiFi problems. I have a known good FTDI USB to Serial adapter that successfully controls my Celestron mounts, although I don't think

Oops...forgot to attach an image of the power box...