I have had my G11/PMC-8 for more than 2 weeks, andit is my 1st mount, so I am playing in the dark. I have had issues with wifi dropping while using itoutside, but it seems to work fine (for 5+ hours)

Hi Chris, I have been away from the forum the past few days, I appreciate you jumping in and helping out. To me that is really the value in having this forum, sharing our experiences and helping out i

A couple of Roswell Astronomy videos have been referenced here. The one that comes to mind is the spring washer on the RA axis. CJ visited our local astronomy club to make the first in a series of vid

Moving this to a thread with a relevant cover... I had a chance at NEAF this year to see the current iteration of the Low Cost PMC-8 system that Jerry mentioned in another thread. I believe it was cal

I wanted to update everyone about the work I have been doing to provide a version of the One-Piece-Worm (OPW) for our version of the Losmandy G11. Scott Losmandy has recently completed his evaluation

I have noticed a loud noise coming from the motors on the right ascension. it only happens when the top of the mount is moving to the west. when it moves to the East it is quiet. I have checked the ba

I have just posted an article talking about what you should do if you identify an issue with your mount's auto-guiding and/or periodic error. The article includes instructions on how to report any iss

I just bought a Exos2 pmc-eight and I feel overwhelmed. This is my first go to mount and I am not familiar at all with the go to mounts. I tried to follow instructions to get it to work but needless t

Managed to do a couple of targets on my trip to Guadalupe river state park. Managed to image M106, M8(Lagoon), M27(Dumbell Nebula). M106 : https://www.flickr.com/photos/151726701@N04/42172304054/in/da

The latest version of the PMC-Eight ASCOM driver has a parameter called Rate Offset under the Miscellaneous tab on the driver setup dialog box. I have set the default value of this parameter to 0.023

Here are a couple of images from the latest observing sessions using the Mark Slade Remote Observatory (MSRO) which houses an Explore Scientific 165 FPL-53 APO Carbon Fiber refractor on an ES/Losmandy

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 : /User Contributions/PMC8Helper2.exe Uploaded by : Chris_Mos

Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the ESPMC-Eight group: Poll to see which Operating Systems we are using. This will help me when developing programs for the PMC-8 Created by: Chr

Enter your vote now! Poll to see which Operating Systems we are using. This will help me when developing programs for the PMC-8 Created by: Chris_Moses iOS (added by: jmizen . June 21, 2018) Thanks!

First of several questions. Losmandy specs the G-11 at 60 lbs for imaging. Celestron 14" scopes are in the upper 40 lbs range. Loaded with reducers/extenders and cameras, probably in the low-mid 50 lb

I use two Mac laptops, and iPad, and an iPhone. One laptop is configured with bootcamp, so I use Windows under duress. ExploreScientific sales (always helpful) say MacOS and iOS support is coming and

I am going to preface this post with some information about me. The Exos-2 PMC-8 is my first mount. I began my journey with astrophotography a few months ago. I know enough about computers and electro

Hi, Is anyone else out there using TSX? If so could you test to see if the bug where the Move/Jog window doesn't appear is fixed in the latest daily build. I won't have decent weather for a week and w

I've read through a number of conversations/questions about having the PMC-8 use DHCP to join a LAN. I haven't seen a solution. Does a recipe exist? If not, is there an engineering reason that LAN fun

All - If you have any interest in using SkySafari to control the PMC-8 (without a workaround like Wifi Scope), speak your mind on their support forums... Even if you don't have any interest, speak you