Alan: Paper on setting polar home in Mounts subgroup, files section. https://espmc-eight.groups.io/g/MOUNTS/files wes

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The new Explorestars is being examined. There was an entirely new set of libraries. I believe the new Explorestars should run in 8.1. I believe I had it on that before I upgraded to 9 to see what woul

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Dave and Walter New multi star PhD will indeed allow faster guiding cadence, and I also have found the mount best at higher cadence. 1.17 does not address what you are seeing Dave. At the moment we do

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Folks: If you updated Explorestars with the new version from the play store you may be having issues with Android 10, and potentially Android 9. Explore Scientific has posted a link to the old Explore

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Once I get them and evaluate I will post. I believe someone else posted some time ago. Wes

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Thanks Carsten! I just ordered ceramic bearings myself. Also some thrust bearings, which I fear will not be so good, as they have poor nn-axial load capability. Wes

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Patrick This is a new bump in the road which is temporary I expect. But I will also say the iPad version is great too. So far no such issues. Appreciate the feedback in this. Something is amiss. Wes

Folks: Is anyone using the latest Explorestars App release with Android 10? If so is it trouble free? Are there any issues? Some have been reported but we are trying to establish if the reported issue

Brian I am using 8.1 Look in security and make sure the application has access to the sd card. Apparently every app has a separate security setting in Android. Wes

The deal is with this mount at this price point the mechanics are not perfect. So you will find that the mesh tightness is not uniform around all 360 degrees. This means that when u set the tension yo

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Peter If this proves to be universally true you just may be the next steely eyed rocket man. Really this problem has always been ascribed to eccentricity. But if in fact it is addressed by better alig

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Folks: If you have subscribed to the beta test project for the new firmware and associated ASCOM driver update to the PMC8, please get your comments into the BetaTest subgroup as soon as possible. The

Peter: When the motor stalls, the belt does not slip as Bob mentioned. Instead the motor simply does not move but it makes a huge racket, like a coffee grinder. I haven't seen the movie. How does it s

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Brian: I loaded the app on a new android (old TAb A ) and put my old database micro sd into it and the thing runs great. You still have to load the database onto the micro sd card...or alias your main

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Walter The ascom and Explorestars will work together somewhat. This is not going to be something we think most people should do, but with certain caveats they do function together. Another feature for

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Alan Well the prolific chip set has had issues I know. Jerry has stated the correct chip set to use is the FTDI. My guess is the programming if the pin on the prolific didn’t work. Try to get a cable

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Alan You have too k ow if you have a usb to serial converter cable. 1. Do not plug it into the pmc8 2. Plug it into a pc 3. Open the device manager. See if it is listed there as a comm port or usb to

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Darrell Danged nice helmet there! Good work. Wes

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Jennifer Amazing. Absolutely amazing.

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Lukas. Delete the configuration manager and reload it. Delete every file in the directory . Maybe the propellant program it loads is borked. The hardware is not broken I think we know that. Wes

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