Jaimie Yes that is the problem. For sure. I did notice I thought your small pulley was running too fast in your video. Star trails would absolutely be happening. Also you should add to your signature

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Conan Have you upgraded your mount firmware? Do you have a usb cable which is both for power and data? Have you loaded an ftdi usb-serial driver on you pc? Suggest you get it from the Parallax web sit

Jaimie Sure looks like things are turning. Not that you should, but did you update your firmware to the new 2A01.1? Trying to figure out what has changed on your system. Wes.

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Don. Just to follow up. When I said “cut the cord” I meant to try and learn the ins and outs without going physically to explore scientific. Just wanted to clarify this in case readers thought I meant

Don It’s good to align the pulley. The small pulley has a keeper in both ends and this pretty much keeps the belt in place. What you have to watch for is if you move the large pulley out too much it w

Don If the motor is turning and the belt is turning then the large pulley on the worm gear is loose. It is held onto the shaft by two set screws. You will have to remove the plastic housing to get to

Don What we saw in the zoom is that apparently windows and the mac on parallels both connect to the pmc8. This was leaving the windows version connected to the wrong port. The rn131 only will connect

Craig The Configuration manager is an older utility created to allow sending commands manually to the pmc8, manipulate the WiFi mode between udp and tcp, switching the firmware back and forth from WiF

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Craig When you get your usb to serial cable you will also need to load a driver for it. Be sure to get a cable with an FTDI chip in it. Then you can get a suitable driver from the Parallax web site We

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Craig Please complete your signature. The UFCT is in the pack. It is called (strangely) PMC-Eight 2A01 Configuration Tool 1.0. Wes

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Wow. Wow. Wow. Nice shot Ming. Ian that’s great. Got to look into your processing software you mentioned. Wes

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Wayne Glad it worked out for you! That thing where the app needs to be closed is one of those stupid little tricks. Important though! Wes

Don Read my long note. You do. It have to connect cm via the connection tab to load software. Wes

Don: 1. You may control the mount via Windows wifi OR ipad wifi. You cannot do both. 2. In parallels, you are just running windows. Thus you select the serial port via the comm port selection in the a

Wayne: No, you cannot load ascom etc on your ipad. They are for PC only. I trust you connected the ipad to the wifi for the pmc8? Also, you made sure the PC did not connect to the pmc8 wifi correct? S

Don: I did not mean to imply you had disabled your wifi. You cannot disable your wifi. Wes.

Don: When you invert the DTR line on your chip set, I believe the cable will hold the PMC8 reset. If you are trying to use wifi when the cable is attached to the PMC8, independent as to wheter it is a

Wayne: 1. Be sure your PC does not connect to the wifi of the pmc8. Forget the network and don't let it connect. 2. Once PC will not connect via wifi, boot the PMC8. 3. At this point you may connect y

Don: I will try to think of something and get back to you. Several issues here and questions for you but I can't get it together this evening. Tomorrow. Wes.

Don I can’t unpack your message. Let’s take it to your current configuration of everything. Wes