Hi Jay, Thanks for the feedback, I am glad the adjuster is working for you. I think you are the first customer to report on it with the original tripod setup. Jerry Hubbell Vice President of Engineeri

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After talking with Kent this morning, Bresser Germany is already in touch with Rene and is handling the repair.

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There are a few things that are needed when using the ASCOM driver that have been discussed a lot over the three years since this forum has been available. Also, there are several knowledge base artic

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Of course there are boards, they are all installed in iEXOS mounts. Our initial production did not include any separate boards for customer replacement, that is why you need to send your mount back in

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Here is a link to the datasheet for the FTDI FT232R chip that is used in the iEXOS 100. This datasheet has reference schematics for the connector pinout and how it is connected to the chip. https://ww

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I don't know how much Bresser Germany would give you for your damaged mount in exchange for a new one. We have not had to replace or repair any of the iEXOS 100 mount electronics thus far after sellin

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The RS232 header (with no header pins) is provided for testing purposes and communications traffic monitoring only. The pinout for this header is 1-GND, 2-DTR, 3-TX, and 4-RX. Pin 1 is the square pad.

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Hi Rene, I assume you mean that the mini usb connector on the iEXOS 100 is damaged and you cannot connect to it anymore. Unfortunately, there is no simple way to connect to the serial port on the proc

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Hi Omar, I can't comment on the ASIAir configuration as I don't really know anything about it. The only comment I have is that you should use pulse guiding instead of the ST4 cable when auto-guiding w

Hi Jhun, Since most comets don't typically orbit in the same plane as the earth's equator, the RA and DEC position of the comet are continuously changing and therefore the only way to actually "track"

Hi Andrea, welcome to the forum. I realize that it is a bit quirky to not have a pull-down for the different legacy Solar and Lunar rates, but consider the following. The Solar rate is not significant

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Hi Jim, That is a great image, I love the color. Great Job!!

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Thanks everyone for your kind words and continued support. The way I look at it is that we are all in this together, and as the Astronomy Technology Today article said, we don't do this to get rich, t

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One of the frustrating things about the telescope business is that the industry has to turn on a dime and support a great influx of customers when a significant astronomical event occurs. If you can i

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Yes, I think overall the best solution.

Hi Omar, What guide camera were you using? A large number of those doing autoguiding mention that the calibration is not always good when using Pulse-Guiding also which is not related to the calibrati

Hi Omar, Yes, you can do autoguiding while using ExploreStars, but if you have seen other messages about doing that, it is not the most reliable solution. To do this effectively you must have a reliab

Hi Vince, that is certainly some "out-of-the-box" thinking to solve a poor design choice on our part (It wasn't my idea, honest, I never liked that solution). Good job coming up with an innovative sol

Hi Omar, Thanks for your very good question. There is a way to switch from WiFi (wireless) to Serial (wired) by using a telnet program to communicate directly with the PMC-Eight and issue the "ESX!" c

Hi Nico, A physical polar alignment is required when using the PMC-Eight ASCOM driver as the standard telescope mount ASCOM API does not provide any virtual alignment routines like the ExploreStars ap

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