lol yea the 12v power brick that came with the mount somewhere on the line closer to the brick is a weak spot when i fiddle with it the power flashes on/off so the unit must not have been getting full

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You know al I almost asked if you had the pmc8 turned on😂 but didn’t. It’s an old joke about computer phone support. “ well sir before we begin let me just ask you if you have plugged in and turned on

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Hi Wes problem solved was the power cord found another cord and all works now 5 Received: ESGp0000000! 4 ComManager: Serial Returned: ESGp0000000! 3 ComManager: Start Sending Serial Message: ESGp0! 2

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Hi Wes I may have found the issue I been moving the box around and took it to my desktop pc installed all software and drivers and it would not connect moved it back to my laptop and noticed while plu

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Al: The PMC8 network needs to appear in the WiFi network connections...are you sure it is not? This does not sound good. AS you view PMC8 front panel with serial port on left, tell me again what fligh

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Hi Wes ok win device manager - usb serial com port 7, driver looks good, no complaints got new ftdi cable installed, all good, removed old/hidden coms Ascom Driver - serial, port 7 CM - connection - e

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Wes I have read a lot of your posts here and have learned a lot from them thank you so much for the quick reply will go thru your suggestions and report back regards

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Al Comm port denied means there is another app attached to the comm port. Ascom cannot get to it. Sounds like a windows issue Why don’t you start from scratch and using the configuration manager give

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Hey Gang I am having a connection issue with exos2-pmc8 been able to fix other issues with info from this board but no luck this time All year I have had no connecting issues win10 laptop - ascom-stel

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Jerry, thanks for doing this, I have devoured everything in what I downloaded and am now working my way through your "Scientific Astrophotography" book I received for Christmas. As much as I love the

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Hi Wes, Timothy, Nope, not a community project, this is an ES project for our customers, dealers, and customer support group. This won't take years, the level of material is not that deep. It is meant

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Big job. No time. Community contribution gonna be needed Wes

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I downloaded Jerry's draft version of the Explore Scientific "PMC-Eight GOTO Mount Control System Customer and Dealer Training System" I was one of those that asked Jerry to do this. My work schedule

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Been having lots of issues connecting the mount to my computer via a direct USB cable, but now that I'm over that a whole new issue is apparent. Using ascompad manual control, my iEXOS-100 audibly tak

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Dear reader, I apologize in advance for the big explanation however, I am just trying to provide every detail so someone is able to help. Ever since I got the iExos 100 I have not been able to use it

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Finally I went with ZWO 60mm f/4.6 Guiding Scope and ZWO ASI290 Mini. Everything went smooth with INDI/Kstar/PHD2 on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Linux. I even managed to get some first photos! My current tele

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ToupTek specs show they are supported by INDI, so the usual INDI/Kstar/PHD2 combo on Linux should work fine. But honestly choosing this Bresser 90/500 for guiding is a bit unusual. If your imaging sco

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These cameras, as well as the new cameras from Meade and Orion, are made by ToupTek. They list Linux in the specs. http://www.touptek.com/product/showproduct.php?lang=en&id=283 The ToupTek cameras are

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Hi, I have question regarding autoguiding equipment. I plan to buy this Bresser Guiding Kit: https://www.bresser.de/en/Astronomy/Accessories/BRESSER-Guiding-Kit-AR90-500.html Will it fit to EXOS-2 PMC

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I think I found the problem. Using the .bat file provided in this thread: https://espmc-eight.groups.io/g/MOUNTS/topic/dhcp_static_ip_issue_with/77617950 does NOT work for me. Everything seems to be s

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