Way ahead of you. Done. :-)

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Darryl, Nothing is missing :-) Your PMC8 is built around the Propeller chip that Jerry described, and it is a dedicated real-time processor. I'm not aware of anything else like it on the market. No, i

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Bill / Dan I'm starting to wonder if the EXOS2 doesn't like a bit more weight... :-) Question: What's your tolerance limit for wind? - Bob (who keeps hearing the siren song of small Newts...)

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Huh... That looks pretty similar to the polar finder adapter for the iExos-100. If ES were to develop a variant of that adapter, that one could attach a guidescope to, that would answer it for the iEx

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This firmware loading problem might be solvable with a bit of experimentation... It always struck me as a bit odd that Parallax had development tools for multiple platforms, but somehow, Propellant.ex

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Chiku, Ouch... Don't quote me, but I think that set screw requires a 1.5mm drive. If it really is stripped, then you might put the good setscrew over the shaft's flat, to remain operational for now, a

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Chaitanya, No worries! Yes, in the first one, it sounds like the stepper is binding, so some adjustment is needed. And if your pulley is wobbling, might mean a loose pulley setscrew. Easy enough remed

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Wes, Ok, so we're trying stuff. The rationale on the parameter change I mentioned came from a single post on a phd2 forum. The usual response to the "did not move enough" complaint is that it's the mo

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Edwin, Don't worry - PHD2 can be a bit cranky. Lots of people guiding with the iExos-100. The EXOS-2 w/PHD2 can also throw the "star did not move enough" error, and I may have a solution, but the weat

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Bill, Re: Weight bias. I wondered about that while I was working through my issues when I first got my mount. The general recco was East-heavy, but it was given more like an article of faith than empi

Roy, No stupid questions. :-) I use the terms 'locks', 'clutches' and 'brakes' interchangeably. Perhaps I shouldn't. Those silver levers on the side of the side of your mount axes are what I'm referri

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Nope. Remember, the PMC8 is keeping track of the motor pulse counts, so it thinks it know where you're pointed in terms of motor steps. Loosen the clutches, move the scope, and that goes out the windo

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Guits, This looks complicated, because you're trying to straddle two different paradigms. It gets simpler if you put Explorestars/wireless + short exposure AP in one lane, and ASCOM/INDI/things-to-do-

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Kim, You had an earlier post that mentioned that you were connecting wireless? It wasn't clear just how 'wireless' you are, whether just the PMC8 or other gear as well. Anyway... No idea if that's par

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Hi! #1) I'll let someone who uses Explorestars handle questions on that. #2) The PMC8 basically toggles between wifi and serial, and it remembers the toggle setting. I switched mine off wifi shortly a

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xaero, I do understand, very clearly, that you're having trouble getting your combination to work. I'm just pointing you at a message thread that shows someone using Explorestars with a previous-model

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xaero, If this is Re: the link I just posted... a) The OP *was* guiding with an MGEN 2 (not 3, but still...) and Explorestars b) He just needed to know how to change the guide rate. c) Jerry told him

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xaero, Two more cents... :-) From a previous forum post, it appears that the MGEN 2 worked ok. Member checks in to see how to adjust the guide rate, gets an answer and carries on. https://espmc-eight.

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Jeff, When I first got my EXOS2, I expected to take it out of the box, do the necessary software and communications integration, and then everything would 'just work'. Took me a while to recalibrate,

It should come as no surprise that I have some contrary opinions. :-)) So...I went back to the ES product pages to look for the manuals... I was only able to find the manual for the iExos-100. It was

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