Hello I came across your site after just looking round the 'net. I have a 12" Classic LX200 Meade scope, something I bought from a workmate just before I retired. The electronics went south a while ag

Does anyone know if you can do plate solves with the Astroart DEMO, I want to try before I buy, The Site states it will not save not sure that applies to solves.

Hello, I have an odd situation: after initializing and sync-ing on a star, it appears that my RA moves correctly (i.e. I plate solve, move the RA, see the change in coordinates that SiTech reports, an

I am making new sound files for my SiTech implementation. what is the text that is being said for the "CoverScope" and "UncoverScope" files? When are these files used? I can't understand the voice, wh

I haven't used my mount for a few weeks and used the power supply for something else for some time. Now I wanted to use it again, but it doesn't seem to want to turn on - I plug in the power supply, b

My truss dob implementation of SiTech is working (moves fine, CalStars alignment works, tracking works) except that the Spiral Search "ESC and UP/DOWN" hand pad feature isn't working. Is it still a fe

Hello all, I am trying to get my new Mesu mount set up with a SiTech servo, but am having trouble with the following: without SiTech connected to a computer, the hand pad behaves as expected: hit righ

Folks, I've been running Sitech for years now. Currently it is controlling our 32-in telescope in Broemmelsiek Park. I've used MaximDL to connect to a QHY5L-II-M camera on an 80 mm refractor to take p

Hello everybody, I am using a Mesu mount for a few months now and was very happy with it. Since a few days it is behaving weird. It keeps saying ‘move by handpad’ I am not using the handpad. But now i

Hi All, I just notified Dan that SiTech has a problem with GoTo's to Panets. I guess no one uses SiTech to see Planets because this has not been reported before, and SiTech has been doing this bug for

Greetings, Well Don you solved one problem for me and now here we go again. I finally got a night to run a new model and three stars into it I get this error, PlateSolve Failed! 0 [C:\ProgramData\SiTe

After building a model with PXP on a mount without absolute encoders, does a platesolve and offset init degrade the model?

I ran into a situation where I almost had to pause the PXP script to clear an eminent cable encounter. Is there a time limit for the length of Pause? -- Ned Smith

Has anyone run multiple PXP models the same night and compared solutions to determine if there are issues with the mount and/or OTA? Ideally, if your system hasn't changed then the models should match

I have a Hubble Optics 16" with a SiTech controller and I'm trying to tune it and need some guidance. My use case is to set up the scope, power up the SiTech controller, and using the hand pad, move t

I've been working on understanding and operating the SiTech system, which was installed on the HO UL16 scope I purchased secondhand. Note: apparently, the original owner was newbie, like myself; so I'

Hello, I am contemplating upgrading and/or ordering a new Mesu mount with Renishaw absolute encoders. I requested some price information from Renishaw about a 26 bit rotary optical encoder with a 150

Hello, In an effort to automate imaging I am switching to Voyager and phd2. Last night I tried phd2 guiding. It went well, with a total RMS of 0.33 arc sec, but I did notice something strange. The RA

Greetings group, need some input. Recent changes made a new mount model necessary, it's been a year since the last one, but I got this error (PlateSolve Done, Success! Possible False Solve (starting F

I have a ROR observatory housing a large DOB. The wall tops give me a horizon of about 35 deg. If I could lower the horizon to 25 deg. Would a Point-X model be significantly more accurate? -- Ned Smit