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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 20:34:45 GMT
Also one thing Karl prob nothing to do with it but... again... i can only speak for meade scopes... i know polaris is not an option to use as an alignment star. And theres a chance im making this up but i think i may have read somewhere that you shouldnt use polaris when aligning an alt/az. I might have made that up tho lol Do you always use polaris? Yeah most of the time but it's not been a problem in the past unless all those alignments have confused the heck out of my mount
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 21:04:04 GMT
Ahh ok if you have used it before with no problems then im defo talking mince!
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Post by johnno on Jan 24, 2014 21:57:14 GMT
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Post by johnno on Jan 24, 2014 22:03:07 GMT
I suppose you've tried to do your alignment at the mount instead of remote and bypassing the pc, wiring, junction boxes taking them out of the equation
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Post by johnno on Jan 24, 2014 22:04:15 GMT
Also one thing Karl prob nothing to do with it but... again... i can only speak for meade scopes... i know polaris is not an option to use as an alignment star. And theres a chance im making this up but i think i may have read somewhere that you shouldnt use polaris when aligning an alt/az. I might have made that up tho lol Do you always use polaris? Yeah most of the time but it's not been a problem in the past unless all those alignments have confused the heck out of my mount I've heard this too
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 22:50:25 GMT
Wow that would definitely be a job for the supplier and way beyond my capabilities. I could not see the difference though in the image of the dry solder to any others?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 22:59:46 GMT
I suppose you've tried to do your alignment at the mount instead of remote and bypassing the pc, wiring, junction boxes taking them out of the equation Hello John,
No, only with the remote set up though once I've had the mount warmed up indoors for a few days and re-installed the HC firmware I'll be practicing at the mount. That said there are only 3 cables involved with the remote setup, Mount to external socket, external to internal socket and then internal socket to the HC. I changed the mount to external socket cable and the internal socket to HC cable with no joy. It is however possible there could be an issue with the socket to socket cable. If all works well testing at the mount then that would be the next step but not an easy cable to sort out. It is a long cable and is buried under the decking and up the side of my house under my neighbours path. Pulling this up would be a nightmare but is not something I have not considered as a possibility, gulp!
Fingers crossed!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 23:02:11 GMT
Yeah most of the time but it's not been a problem in the past unless all those alignments have confused the heck out of my mount I've heard this too Oooh, I'd better check that but I do not think this would be the cause of this particular problem. That said, after the first star I get a short list of possible second star options and Polaris is one of those options so it's a bit odd
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Post by johnno on Jan 25, 2014 1:02:17 GMT
Wow that would definitely be a job for the supplier and way beyond my capabilities. I could not see the difference though in the image of the dry solder to any others? If you zoom into the picture and look at the bottom half of the solder joint there's a brown crack going around the bottom half. I had it on my SW hand controller the beeper was not working so I just ran the soldering iron over the two connections and bingo it worked
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Post by johnno on Jan 25, 2014 1:04:51 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 1:15:20 GMT
Aha now I see it thanks John I'll take a look tomorrow though to see if this could indeed be the issue! Cheers Johnno!
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Post by johnno on Jan 25, 2014 21:00:59 GMT
just had another look, a lot of folk say that the power supply is critical on these mounts, some saying the powerlead is to thin and needs to be replaced.Dont know what size your power supply is, but if your using dew heaters aswell they sugest to diconnect them and see it you still have the problem. Another thing to check is when you are slewing look at the red led to see if its flickering as this could indicate power source problems.
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Post by davy on Jan 25, 2014 21:27:35 GMT
my 2p worth,,i would do a reset on the handset and test,,power supply prob would probably show up on both axis drives,,personaly I think its a control board fault,,my 2q3/2 is on its second board in just over a year wich I think is mince,,ive opened up a board and they just look cheap crap to be honest was only glad I dealt with flo the company has a terrific customer service and helped me no probs,,would not go by them for purchasing larger kit..10/10... eq mod is so much better than the hand controller and for a permanent set up I would not go by it mines is configured to cartes de ceil and is brilliant,,i also use the eqtooth for wireless connection to my mount and have never looked back..
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 22:28:25 GMT
just had another look, a lot of folk say that the power supply is critical on these mounts, some saying the powerlead is to thin and needs to be replaced.Dont know what size your power supply is, but if your using dew heaters aswell they sugest to diconnect them and see it you still have the problem. Another thing to check is when you are slewing look at the red led to see if its flickering as this could indicate power source problems. Thanks John, just doing some testing now. I've had the mount in the airing cupboard all day and have I think re-installed version 3.35 I say think as it did it's thing but I still have the same data I had the other night so I have doubts! Anyway I'll see how I get on later but if this don't work it's back to the factory. I dare not mess with it too much for fear of jeopardizing any warranty!
Back later with my findings!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 23:09:12 GMT
Okay first test was not good as the HC kept freezing up. I have just set up quite basic with the mount and OTA only using the original HC cable. I then remembered this cable had giving me issues before though I was not using it the other night. Anyway I switched to another cable and have done an alignment no problem. I then did a goto to M42 and it was bang centre in the eyepiece! Now, the question is was I just lucky or is the answer dodgy cables! I'm going to need to go to full mode to have a proper look. If that works then it could be the HC reset or the mount was indeed a little damp! Crisp and clear out but the wind is nasty!
That said if all works and the wind drops I'll be on NSN later!
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Post by davy on Jan 25, 2014 23:49:41 GMT
Fingers crossed karl
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2014 0:43:04 GMT
Thanks Davy. Clouds rolled I out of nowhere so testing has ground to a halt Looks a bit better though as it could just be a cable issue but will have to see.
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Post by johnno on Jan 26, 2014 10:24:05 GMT
Sounds promising, just a case of eliminating now. Karl you said in a earlier post the cable went under your neighbours path, have you just buried the cable underground or have you put down some sort piping for the cable to go through? was thinking if its just laid bare this could be a cause of the problem with all the bad weather we've been having
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2014 10:41:10 GMT
Sounds promising, just a case of eliminating now. Karl you said in a earlier post the cable went under your neighbours path, have you just buried the cable underground or have you put down some sort piping for the cable to go through? was thinking if its just laid bare this could be a cause of the problem with all the bad weather we've been having Hi John, No it is bare unfortunately! I put all the coax in conduit but not the CAT5 so yeah that could be it Hope to try again later with the full set up but if that's it then I have a lot of work on my hands. Do you think it water may have got into the cable then? Oh well more testing will show if this is the problem.
Thanks John
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Post by johnno on Jan 26, 2014 14:00:49 GMT
Its a hard one to call, all you can do is do tests again, and if it plays up try another cable before you start digging the old one up, have you got plenty of spare cable? if its possible run a cable from mount straight to your room bypassing junction boxes just for testing. Did you manage to test it with another power supply? another thing, are the clutches ok, not slipping
how far away is the power supply from the mount, have read that sometimes this can cause problems if its to far away and that the power lead is not up to the job a bit on the thin side. Did you manage to check if the red led flickers when slewing at full speed as this also indicates that its not getting enough voltage or amps
I've never dealt with cat5 but I would of thought it was for indoor use only, except if its well protected from the elements, pity you cant get to it, you could of sealed up the ends of the conduit so that there's no water standing in the pipe work
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