Activity for EQMOD
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JD Waren modified a comment on discussion Open Discussion
Another way to access NTP time and GPS data in general with Windows is to use certain NTP server devices available for sale on eBay at a modest price. Google search EEVblog and FC-NTP-100 to see more discussions about this. I have one of these tiny devices now and it simply plugs into computer's Ethernet port. For illustration a program already available for download (PowerGPS) can display all sorts of GPS data coming from IP 192.168.0.245 , port 4001. This method gets around need for device drivers...
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Another way to access NTP time and GPS data in general with Windows is to use certain NTP server devices available for sale on eBay at a modest price. Google search EEVblog and FC-TNP-100 to see more discussions about this. I have one of these tiny devices now and it simply plugs into computer's Ethernet port. For illustration a program already available for download (PowerGPS) can display all sorts of GPS data coming from IP 192.168.0.245 , port 4001. This method gets around need for device drivers...
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Reinhold Friedrich Auer created ticket #13
pointing model modifies the home position
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Antiath created ticket #15
Add Autohome to EQASCOM.
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han.k posted a comment on ticket #14
Ascom specifies only two pointing state situations: PierEast PierWest You can add the pointing direction of a telescope PierEast, pointing West PierWest, pointing East see fig 3 EQMOD display indicates physical side of pier. That should have only PierEast (yellow area 4) PierWest (purple area fig 4) If you add the telecope pointing direction you get four situations. Not two! I have carefully added them to fig 4. See this custom figure:
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PierSide reporting in interface
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Bertrand Olivier posted a comment on discussion Open Discussion
Hi everyone, there is a way to increase slewing speed upper than 800? I want it to reach 1000 / 1100 please Olivier
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Carles Zerbst modified a comment on discussion Open Discussion
Whether you mount the "u" or "w" version of EQMOD the mount tracking in AR is stopped... but it turns out that it only happens if you use NINA's telescope direction controls on the contrary if you use the controls AR in the EQMOD... NO PROBLEM and tracking does NOT stop. I know that it is a very rare case to use the controls AR of the mount from NINA or from the management program that we use, but at least this is my case, discovered as a result of using the NINA plugin "Polar Alignment by three...
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Whether you mount the "u" or "w" version of EQMOD the mount tracking in AR is stopped... but it turns out that it only happens if you use NINA's telescope direction controls on the contrary if you use the controls AR in the EQMOD... NO PROBLEM and tracking does NOT stop. I know that it is a very rare case to use the controls AR of the mount from NINA or from the management program that we use, but at least this is my case, discovered as a result of using the NINA plugin "Polar Alignment by three...
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Whether you mount the "u" or "w" version of EQMOD the mount tracking in AR is stopped... but it turns out that it only happens if you use NINA's telescope direction controls on the contrary if you use the controls AR in the EQMOD... NO PROBLEM and tracking does NOT stop. I know that it is a very rare case to use the controls of the mount from NINA or from the management program that we use, but at least this is my case, discovered as a result of using the NINA plugin "Polar Alignment by three Points"...
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Whether you mount the "u" or "w" version of EQMOD the mount tracking is stopped... but it turns out that it only happens if you use NINA's telescope direction controls on the contrary if you use the controls in the EQMOD... NO PROBLEM and tracking does NOT stop. I know that it is a very rare case to use the controls of the mount from NINA or from the management program that we use, but at least this is my case, discovered as a result of using the NINA plugin "Polar Alignment by three Points" that...
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Joseph Hunt posted a comment on discussion Open Discussion
Figured it out. I looked back into the PC's time settings, while I had previously changed the actual time, the time zone was still off. After changing that, everything is now working properly. EQMOD now displays the correct LST and NINA now has the correct moonrise/moonset/etc times. The system is now able to quickly plate solve, etc.
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I’ve been having quite the difficulty getting EQMOD to work with my Skywatcher HEQ5 & NINAsoftware. In NINA’s it shows moonrise at 14:11, moonset at 05:52. Those seem off to me. For instance, Photopills says moonrise should be 7:12AM and moonset is 10:53PM. Doing some digging, I think it could be a time mismatch issue. I did change the PC's time to current time. didn't seem to make a difference in what NINA thought the sunrise, sunset, etc time should be. Other than the coordinates in EQMOD, I don't...
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Chris Shillito posted a comment on ticket #12
The source for each release is included in the installer exe for that release. When you run the installer there is an option to install the source which will be placed in the Program Files(x86)/Common Files/ASCOM/Telescope/Source/EQMOD directory. Note that code is VB6 and uses a proprietary dll for low level comms to the mount. The source for that dll is not provided as it is not open source.
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Dale Ghent created ticket #12
Requesting EQASCOM source
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Thanks for the offer but given the nature/maturity of this project I see no need to move from sourceforge at this time.
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Wim Jongman created ticket #13
Move to Github
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Rob Lewis posted a comment on discussion Open Discussion
Ok..i found my issue, turns out its my xbox one wired controller sending erroneous signals to the mount .
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I noticed my Atlas EQ G mount making slight humming noises as if it is trying to slew in the DEC and RA... i watched the mount and could see slight movement in both axis , it seems the dec and ra takes turns in movement every 4 secs...after restarting EQMOD it seems fine....version is v2.00w...any known bugs in this ?, it happens in park and unparked...i tried it with the toolbox connect and with stellarium and get the same results but not every time.
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I noticed my mount making slight humming noises as if it is trying to slew in the DEC and RA... i watched the mount and could see slight movement in both axis...after restarting EQMOD it seems fine....version is v2.00w...any known bugs in this ?, it happens in park and unparked...i tried it with the toolbox connect and with stellarium and get the same results but not every time.
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Charles Clark posted a comment on discussion Open Discussion
Hi Chris i have tried v2.13 of gamepad and the focuser now connects and operates with ascompad in absolute mode. I have mamaged to get it to communicate through the ascom platform with APT, As I am only a beginner with APT i am only feeling my way around. i I found that I had to come out of APT and close it down before it connected properly. after creating some profiles and trying out the goto function for the focuser everthing appears to be working as it should. The only thing that dis happen and...
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Thanks Chris I will give it ago tomorrow.Cheers ChasSent from my Galaxy -------- Original message --------From: Chris Shillito chrisshillito@users.sourceforge.net Date: 15/10/2021 18:06 (GMT+00:00) To: "[eq-mod:discussion]" 635353@discussion.eq-mod.p.re.sourceforge.net Subject: [eq-mod:discussion] Ascompad focuser connection problem Hi Charles, Some test releases were made only to the EQMOD group (now on groups.io was previously yahoo). I've just uploaded the latest test release (V2.13) to sourceforge...
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Hi Charles, Some test releases were made only to the EQMOD group (now on groups.io was previously yahoo). I've just uploaded the latest test release (V2.13) to sourceforge so give that a go. Chris.
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EQMOD released /ASCOMPAD/ASCOMPAD_V213_Setup.exe
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Hi Chris its been a while since I have posted anything on this, But I seem to have bumped into the Problem with "Sorry focuser is incompatible. Absolute requires a position read", I have now built on observatory and installed on old computer with the latest Ascom 6 Platform software, and downloading the EQmod software etc. I notice the version of ascom pad that downloads is v 2.09. The version that sorted out my problem was a version 2.12 looking back in the thread. Trying to retrieve that is does...
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robert hasson created ticket #12
ASCOMPAD Reconnect to mount on startup
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Tony Turnbull posted a comment on discussion Open Discussion
Thanks Chris. Great suggestions. I'll give them both a try and let you know. Cheers Tony Tony Turnbull Mobile: +44 78 76 65 2800 On 10 Apr 2021, at 13:24, Chris Shillito chrisshillito@users.sourceforge.net wrote: Hi Tony, The alignment lists provides correction for a whole load of different errors - some setup, some optical etc. Generally I would say that if you are totally dismantling the mount each session then you will need to do an new alignment. However one thing that might be worth a try...
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Hi Chris Just re-reading your suggested methods to recover saved alignment. In the first method - centring the star manually with released clutches - Does it need to be a star in the Alignment list or any star a good distance away from the pole? and Do use my CdC planetarium to activate the Ascom sync? Just for info, which i should have included in my initial query, i do not dismantle the mount or scope at all for storage. It is very firmly fixed to the Scope-buggy with cir-clips and bolts. There...
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Hi Tony, The alignment lists provides correction for a whole load of different errors - some setup, some optical etc. Generally I would say that if you are totally dismantling the mount each session then you will need to do an new alignment. However one thing that might be worth a try is after loading the alignment list goto a star well away from the pole in RA and DEC and then slacken the clutches and manually bring the star into the centre of a reticule eyepiece/camera. For folks that have mounts...
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is there anyway of recovering saved alignment lists in Eqmod i have to store my mount after each session. (EQ6pro and VX 12" Orion Newtonian) i return it to exactly the same position and use Polemaster to polar align the adjustments needed to get excellentnpolar alignment are normally very small however when i load the saved alignment list the stars are way out . i use the Dialogue Mode for aligning. is there a way of recovering or reactivationg the saved alignment list or must i build a new alignment...
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AstroManRick created ticket #11
EQASCOM Simulator Fails ASCOM Conformance Testing
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Boyang Liu posted a comment on ticket #11
Hi Chris, Thanks you for the explanations!
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This is something we have considered, discussed and tested in the past but sadly was found not to be practical. The issue is the wide range of slew speeds the mount can have move at and the relatively small amount of deflection on a joystick. Yes the software can detect small adjustments if the joystick but that doesnt' mean that the user will be capable of operating the stick with the precision that the softeare can read it. In practice we found it was just too easy to accidentally move the stick...
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Gamepad control
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phillip Romford posted a comment on discussion Open Discussion
Hi Chris, thank you for a very useful polarscope alignment video. I have a question regarding the polarscope reticule orientation. I have a clock dial type reticule, and have orientated it so that 0/12 o'clock is at the top in the polarscope view when the mount is in the counterweights down position: is that correct? The next question is related to this clock dial type of reticule; does the clock dial 6 o'clock equate to the small circle as in your video? It would be very helpful if you could revise...
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David Frost posted a comment on discussion Help
I’ve been using SGPro for a few months now, and it has previously always worked fine. I had an issue with my mount, which involved the two boards being replaced, afterwards it seems to working generally OK, tracking properly etc etc. BUT, I now seem to get occasional serial drop-outs, and the EQMOD window disappears. Sometimes it runs for hours OK, sometimes it will drop out after an hour or so. I sort of imagine that this happens more often when I’m busy doing other things on the laptop (resources?),...
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DARIO TREMBLAY posted a comment on discussion Help
Hello everyone, Since last Thursday my Home Posisiton settings on EQMOD are deregulated and no matter what I do I can not fix the problem. Even if my telescop point on the NCP, I get different values on EQMOD and on Stellarium. Can someone help me with this? Here is the attached photo for more detail. Thanks in advance!
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OK I understand. EQMOD has nothing to do with the way stellariumscope interacts with stellarium or the assignment of the ctrl keys. Stellarium doesn't support ascom at all so the way stellearium scope works is define three stellarium "telescopes" - each assigned to a ctrl key. When you hit the ctrl key stellarium initiaites a goto on the associated telescope. Stellariumscope is then able to intercept these goto commands coming out of stellariums tcp port and map them on to a few selected ASCOM commands...
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As I've tried to explain EQMOD is not shitting itself down - it is being commanded to close by the client application you are using. Use a different client, such as the tooolbox application supplied with EQMOD, and you can happy open up EQMOD with the mount disconnected. So there really is no need for anything to change.
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Robert Van Vugt posted a comment on ticket #10
Interesting, Thanks for the info I will take a look at these scripts. You say however you see no reason to make EQMOD stand-alone. Well you might not but I sure do. Last night for example I thought I may have a setting in EQMOD wrong so instead of just booting up the laptop and opening EQMOD to check - I had to basically setup, connect and initialize my rig to check an EQMOD setting..... To me that's plenty reason to if nothing else have it open even if it gives a sort of warning that mount is not...
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Ok, I use EQMOD with StellariumScope and Stellarium. StellariumScope uses the keyboard commands. CNTL1 to drive mount to selected target in Stellarium. CNTL3 to SYNC to the selected target in Stellarium and CNTL5 to cancel the SYNC. The EQMOD gamepad button assignment window will accomodate the CNTL3/SYNC but as far as I can see there is no way to asign CNTL1 or CNTL5 to a gamepad button in the EQMOD window. It would be a nice future update to include those two commands although I have never found...
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I've no plans to modify EQMOD to run as stand alone application - and to be honest I really don't see the need. Doing so would also invalidate it as an ASCOM compliant driver. However, if you really want to operate it that way then there is a way it can be "tricked" into launching. Take a look at the vbscripts that should have installed with EQMOD (should be listed off the widoows start menu). There should be a "start EQASCOM" script that uses a "back door" to mess with EQMOD's client count in order...
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Yes it is in the documentation - Pg 35 of the manual (EQMOD_DOC.pdf - should have installed with EQMOD). Don't understand what you mean about CTRL1 with repect to gamepads.
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Thanks for your reply – I fully understand that is how it is supposed to work and that is why I submitted this under feature request which it still is. If I thought it a buggg I would have submitted it as a buggg so I guess the request could be re-titled to maybe make EQMOD stand-alone? At least to the point where there is a way to check settings without having to set up everything! It could warn you that no connection to scope detected etc… I will give the toolbox a try as you suggest, I have seen...
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Maybe change status to Future Request???
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Thanks for confirming that is correct operation – I suspected that might be the case. Is that in any documentation? I likely missed it looking thru the help files… So why no CNTL1 button assignment? If we have a CNTL3/SYNC seems CNTL1/Slew would be a good idea and even CNTL5 not that I use 5… Any chance for adding those to the button settings? Thanks Robert
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EQMOD is not a stand alone applicaiton but is an ASCOM driver. As such it only appears when a client application asks it to - it also only closes when the all the connected applications have disconnected. Try using the toolbox application that installs with EMQOD to launch EQMOD - you will see that that the toolbox will not close down EQMOD if it fails to connect to the mount. The flashing you see is caused by your planetarium/control application client application shutting down EQMOD when it reports...
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Yes, that is eactly how its supposed to work. The sync function needs a double tap beacuse accidental syncs will totaly mess up your gotos.
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EQMOD Opening without Scope Connection Fix
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EQMOD Gamepad Control Issue with SYNC/CNTL3
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Yes the last report wirtes over the perious - in 2.13 it should ony start a new report each time ASCOMPAD is started. The idea of a continous move is that it is continuous - I don't understand why you would want/need to release the button after each 500 step movement? You would surely only release the button when your happy the focus is near enough (and then preumably switch to a smaller move preset to finish the job). Keep in mind that many focuser designs the speed and resolution of the movement...
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Yes it did and that's what threw me. I intend to run it again together with screenshots to give more information. I renamed the debug text file to try to show a log when connected and another when it fails to connect as there does not appear to be any difference in what it reports. But one report seems to have over written the other. On v1.2 giving a command to move 500 resulted in the move stopping when it reached 500, even though the button was still held down. On V2.09 and v2.12 giving a command...
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Hi Charles, Did ascompad put out that "Sorry focuser is incompatible. Absolute requires a position read" message? prior to you taking a copy of the debug file? Neither of the driver exceptions reported in the file look critical and are probably quite valid - I was expecting something that indicated a failed read of position. If the preset is set as contiuous then I think it makes sense that holding the button down will result in a series of 500 step moves. The previous behaviour you describe seems...
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Hi Chris attached is the debug.txt file you requested, there appear to be 2 errors although the focuser one is the one that prevents connection. The message about the temperature probe is not currently attached to the controller, but it is my understanding that whilst not attached but enabled it will return a value of zero compensation. If that is going to be a future problem I can either try with a probe connected or disable it in the controller. As I have previously said connecting initially or...
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Higany posted a comment on discussion Open Discussion
I had the same issue with ASCOMPad and MyFocuserPro2! I found a workaround a ritual sequence of opening and closing the settings and restarting ASCOMPad, which worked. I sent some log files to Robert and he suggested, that it might be an ASCOMPad bug. On the other hand, with the recent MyFocuserPro2 ASCOM drivers (maybe since 2018 summer), this problem only occured when the COM port was not present, because of a disconnected USB port or a not paired bluetooth module, etc. I hope the new ASCOMPad...
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Hi hoping for some help with my focuser connection problem using Ascompad. i am using all the latest software with the ascom platform and eqmod etc. The focuser in question is a one built to Robert Browns design An arduinoascom focuser2 pro diy the version in question uses a DRX 8825 driver to control a nema 14 stepper motor. Everything works fine using a wndows application to control it. When i connect it to ascompad for the first time it works as expected but the initial setup shows it connecting...
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ANAS ALMAJED posted a comment on discussion Help
I solved the problem, it was my portable battery, I tried another one and the problem got fixed Thanks
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Gion Kunz posted a comment on discussion Help
Hi First of all, thanks for EQMod Chris! I'm a huge OSS fan myself and I appreciate someone offering such a sophisticated tool for free and specially for providing ongoing support. Yesterday my mount was running into an ugly cable snag and the RA axis could not move anymore. I guess this did offset my VR-PEC I've previously recorded using phd2 and pecprep. Is there anyway I can restore my pecfile to the new worm gear index? Do I really need to re-record and process a pec curve? Cheers
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Hello fellow astronomers last night I pulled the trigger and switched from a DSLR + ST-4 guiding to a Mono CCD using SGP and ASCOM/EQMOD + Pulse Guiding it seems everything is working probably, Plate Solving is good, Meridian Flip is good, all and all is good, except the guider. it looks like I can calibrate, auto pick a star, start guiding, but after like two minutes or even less, I get the error message "Pulseguide command to mount has failed" I can hear the motors are working with the guider and...
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Unless skywatchere are doing something totally new it should just work with EQMOD out of the box. EQMOD reads all the info it needs with respect to gearing etc. from the mount itself on inital connection and there should be no need to get into any manual confiuration via "custom mount settings"
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Hans Kreischmann created ticket #9
support for new skywatcher eq-m 35 pro
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Dave Jones posted a comment on discussion Open Discussion
Hi Shaun, like you I have used EQMOD with an AstroEQ controller and modified EQ5 mount (stepper motors and belts) and it has worked perfectly as an imaging rig up to a few weeks ago, when the connection timeout issue began. I suspected my laptop, so did a clean win10 build on a desktop machine, but the timeouts still ocurred. A clean build of Win 10 on a more powerful laptop still didn't fix the problem, so, suspecting it to be a Win 10 issue (Creators Update had just been deployed), I reverted to...
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Shaun Reynolds posted a comment on discussion Open Discussion
Hello Ihave been using neq6for some years to image I have problemsiproblems connecting to laptop keep getting connection timeout . Cananyone suggest anything I can do to overcome this .
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Farzad posted a comment on discussion Open Discussion
Hello, I am trying to get some help with EQMOD. EQMOD sends me to Sorceforge, and Sourseforge claims EQMOD says the best way to get help is to go to the page that sends me to Sourceforge. Something is wron with these instructions. And I have tried to get on the EQMOD Yahoo group and when I do, Yahoo tells me I need to lionk my e-mail to my Yahoo account even though sometimes I use my Yahoo account to do all this, and then to link my account, when I click on that link, I am just taken into one of...
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Hello, It will be my first time tracking anything in the solar system and I am preparing for the solar eclipse of 21 August 2017. Is there anything especial that I need to know about tracking the sun? I am assuming all that I need to do is to polar align as best that I can and then aim the scope on the sun and let it track. Thanks a lot Farzad
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Tamás Kajfis posted a comment on discussion Help
Hi! I have the same issue when I want to click OK to open PHD2 log file nothing happen....
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Pasi Sarkkinen posted a comment on discussion Help
Hi, Pecprep doesn't open load/save-window for PHD convert after settings and ok button....
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Denis Demyanov created ticket #8
Bug with using Load Alignment Point from Preset on UNPARK
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Ok. I understand this strategy. But I tried to goto with the exact same Dec value...
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Example#2 is actually working correctly. Whilst it may take a little extra time it...
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Yes, it works, thanks! But works with interesting logic. For example: Example #1:...
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Yes, it works, thanks! But works with interesting logic. For example: Example #1:...
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Yes, it works, thanks! But works with interesting logic. For example: Example #1:...
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Yes, it works, thanks! But works with interesting logic. For example: Example #1:...
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Give EQASCOM V1.27q (on yahoo group) a go - think I may have it sorted. Chris.
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CommandString :FLIP_GOTO error.
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Jeff Winthers modified a comment on discussion Help
Greetings all. If someone could help me with the following problem, I'd at the very...
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Greetings all. If someone could help me with the following problem, I'd at the very...
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Greetings all. If someone could help me with the following problem, I'd at the very...
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