ExploreStars is open and it says 'Data Files Missing' I followed directions-not sure what I am missing Go to windows app store-downloaded the program and opened it up Downloaded the drivers...set the

Dear Explore Scientific PMC-Eight Yahoo Group Member, I would like to request that you send me your status in terms of PMC-Eight equipment owned and registration. If you could send me the following in

HI Cyril, Mark, The purpose of this forum is stated in the group description on the main page and states in part: "This is a public forum for our customers to discuss their experience with the PMC-Eig

Hi Everyone, As I get ready for another season of AP, I was wondering how well people had managed to "dial-in" the G11 guiding. I've seen one or two people post picts of their graphs, but can we get m

Chris, Very interesting find! That's a useful-looking little case - I would never have thought to look under humidors for such a thing. FWIW, now that I know to look, an Amazon query on "Cigar Humidor

From the very offbeat category... I've been meaning to pick up something pelican-like to store the actual PMC-8 and its cables in ever since I received it. Well, yesterday I was in the humidor section

Great idea! I found that plastic tool boxes and fishing lure boxes also work great. $2 to $3 at Harbor Freight and this welding cart to hold all the equipment too for $45 on sale. I just added foam pa

I have had my G11/PMC-8 for about 2 weeks, and it is my 1st mount, so I am playing in the dark. Background: I have had issues with wifi dropping while using it outside, but it seems to work fine (for

Has anyone run into a problem with upgrading the older ASCOM driver to the latest version? On one of my computers it will not updated. When I run the ES_PMC8_SETUP.EXE file it starts the process, says

The latest beta version of the ASCOM Platform (ver. 6.4RC1) has been released and is available for download for those that are interested. I will probably be installing this version on a computer soon

I have reorganized the knowledge base articles for the PMC-Eight to make it easier to find what you are looking for. I have revised them to have the question as the title of the article and updated th

Hi All - I spent some time today trying to run WiFi Scope to act as an interface to the ASCOM Driver to allow control of the PMC8 via SkySafari. WiFi Scope is a free program created by the Sequence Ge

NOTE: I did not receive very many responses to my original post of the following request for customer information about their PMC-Eight purchases. As I explained below, this would be a personal favor

Translated...I need someone to bail me out. Through the course of attempting to get WiFi scope to work by connecting to the PMC8's serial port, I have somehow managed to brick my controller, or so it

I have enough stiction in my RA that I have never really trusted my balance 100%. Then I ran across this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-wRj9-3pGs Turns out, there is an easy fix for it. It's about

Hi everyone, I have fixed the issue with the ASCOMPAD Gamepad interface program (ASCOM client) not working correctly. Specifically, I corrected the issue with the direction buttons on release not stop

Hi, If anyone else uses TSX, or is familiar with the ASCOM specs, please check out the following: https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/617720-theskyx-movejog-controls-not-appearing/ I'm having a minor p

An update to this.... After some troubleshooting on the phone with Jerry, we determined that the RN-131 WiFi module had failed. A replacement module is being provided. Thanks for getting involved at t

Hi, These aren't really specific to the PMC-8 but I thought I would post them anyway: 1. In PhD2 I was receving sporadic "Mount is slewing" errors. I saved the debug logs to try to figure out what was

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the ESPMC-Eight group. File : /Mount Related Files/Chris_PHD2_GuideLog_2018-05-24_234654.