Hi Ed, No worries about the questions, I welcome them. In the ExploreStars application and in the ASCOM driver, the HOME position is defined as the North Celestial Pole (NCP) near the north star. When

ATTENTION: UPDATED PMC-EIGHT ASCOM DRIVER 2018-06-28 RELEASE Thanks to the questioning attitude of G11 PMC-Eight customer Mark Blair and the attention to detail, he discovered an "undocumented feature

Hi Jeremy, The antenna you linked to should work fine. It sounds like you got it working with Chris' program to switch communications channels, that's good to hear. Jerry Hubbell Director Electrical E

You may be able to user your diagonal to extend out further if you aren't using it already. Jerry Hubbell Director Electrical Engineering Explore Scientific, LLC.

I have added a new section to the PMC-Eight Knowledge Base called "PMC-Eight TIPS" . I added the first article "TIP - Save time when restarting your PMC-Eight Controller". Check it out! http://hosted.

Hi Ed, The ExploreStars application actually commands the meridian flip, the PMC-Eight controller does not do this on its own. The alignment status doesn't matter and will not effect whether the merid

Hi Mark,, It sounds like you found the instructions in the manual for adjusting the Crayford style focuser on page 25. These instructions talk about adjusting the tension, but they also affect the col

Hi Lynn, Technically, if you do a very good to excellent PHYSICAL polar alignment then the mount should point very close to any object you slew to (within the view of a 25 mm eyepiece) so you are corr

Here is a link to our video on how-to adjust the standard focusers that come with our telescopes https://youtu.be/SgfE-h8ejr8 Our telescope manual also contains instructions. https://explorescientific

Hi Joe, I completely understand your point of view. Most beginners want the equipment to be easy and want to get to the observing part without having to mess with the setup of the equipment. Anything

Hi Jennifer, There are actually 2 modes that the wheel can be out of round (run-out) in terms of the mesh adjustment. One mode has 1 low and 1 high spot, the other mode has 2 low and 2 high spots per

Hi Jennifer, It seems like I have read this article before. Yes, based on how it is using the serial port on the mount controller, and also mapping a com port to the Bluetooth wireless device on the c

It is possible to use the ExploreStars alignment transform matrix coefficients (shown by turning on Show Alignment Data under Settings Preferences) to calculate the offset in Altitude and Azimuth of t

Hi Lynn, You are pretty much correct. If I might suggest, it might be easier to level the tripod by itself before you install the mount on the tripod since it is easier to do fine adjustments on the l

The WiFi module used in the PMC-Eight can be reconfigured as a station on a WAN versus as an access point. There is an Application Note I created to do just that. The Application Note tells you what t

Hi Jim, Michael Fulbright has developed an INDI driver for the PMC-Eight that runs in LINUX. There is an INDI server available for MAC OSX that I had started testing using a OSX virtual machine on my

Very Nice Sunil!! It looks like everything is working for you based on those awesome images! Thanks for sharing Jerry Hubbell Director Electrical Engineering Explore Scientific, LLC.

Here are a couple of images from the latest observing sessions using the Mark Slade Remote Observatory (MSRO) which houses an Explore Scientific 165 FPL-53 APO Carbon Fiber refractor on an ES/Losmandy

Hi Mark, Good to hear you had positive results with your auto-guiding even with the deteriorating conditions. You should calibrate the guide system near where your target is for best results. You defi

Hi Bob, I actually just wrote a knowledge base article about this and posted it here: http://hosted.comm100.com/KnowledgeBase/What-is-the-purpose-of-the-Rate-Offset-Value-in-the-PMC-Eight-ASCOM-driver