Hi TeeJay Bee I sent a reply to your earlier mail about your problem. I would be happy to help you in private email, if you'd like. We could talk if your interested. Doug Doonan dougdwd@...

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Darin, Are you trying to use a wifi connection? Doug

Hi Dalin, On my setup I usually have the COM port set to COM3. That might help in this case. Doug

Hi you guys, I have my stuff connected through the new ASCOM ie no more POTH. I started my mount this AM to check it out, and it performed flawlessly using CDC. It would go any where, and at the end I

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Hi Bassliner, Thanks for the info. And where does the 3.6 come from? Doug Doonan

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HI Jerry, This straightens me out on the formula and how it works. Pretty neat. Also, thanks for the chart. It will be handy in my set-up. Boy, all I can say is that this astronomy stuff is complicate

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Jerry, Where does the 206.3 in your formula come from, and what are its units? Doug

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Hi Jerry and Walter, Would it be possible to use a 3X Barlow in the guiding scope to increase the guiding to the 2 to3 arc-seconds you suggest? Doug Doonan

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Hi James, Thank you very much for your operation with CDC. That makes very good sense, and I will try it out. Thank you again. Clear nights, Doug Doonan

Hi James Ball, I have been looking for a park button in CDC and have not seen one. Where is it located? If you find it in the set up screen, I have not been able to find that in CDC either. It goes aw

Hi all, I have been trying to get my mount to work with ASCOM 6.5 . I have succeeded in making the mount move using CDC and getting back to the disconnect point in Ascom. But I can't make my mount go

Hi Peter, Yes,, I found another replacement. It is probably an exact same mini computer with a different name on :). It is doing its job now for a couple of months 24/7 and is updating as it should, w

Peter, Thank you very much for your feedback. I have been in contact with Rick B in the ASCOM forum and he pointed out the mistake which was frustrating me. I followed his suggestion and I am now in c

Hello, I see you have solved the puzzle of ASCOM6.5 which I have been struggling with for the last couple of weeks. I have been able to control my EXOS2 mount with the ASCOM6.5 just once! Since then I

Hi all, I think I found my problem. I had the mount running using the ASCOM 6.5 stuff. There are a couple of things that were funny about it, but I will see if they are due to my excitment and/or dumb

Hi all, I am having a tough time using the new ASCOM 6.5 to control my PMC8 exos2 mount. It runs AOK using the old POTH routine, but I would like to get it running on the new ASCOM before the POTH goe

Hi Alan, Using the configuration manager is absolutely no sweat to go back and forth between serial and wifi. I use it all the time. Doug Doonan

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Hi Mike If all three compasses are different you might be too close to some iron someplace in your setup. I use aluminum extrusions from Home Depot to distance my compass from the mount. Wood works al

Hi all BEWARE of some phones and their app for compass and level. My phone is way off. Go to Home depot and get a half way decent level and compass. Doug Doonan

Hi Brian, This sounds really neat and it is like what I want to do. Some questions: Ursa Major is the big dipper, and it is big in the sky. What part of the BD do you use to align with what part of th