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  1. was working, then one day it didn't, worked one more time on another night--my best view of mars haven't been able to get past the motor initialization since. corresponding with ASA support now. thanks
  2. pyarmid power supply, forget which model, but i've been using it for years. bought a new one, same model, same problem.
  3. when i attempt to start autoslew, the mount initially moves back and forth on the calibration screen, but the movement then goes to zero on the second screen and there is no further motion. log gives the following error: "Axis RA/AZ reported the following Problem: ..could not start Motors, sorry" any hope to get this working? thanks -bill w astrowhwiii.blogspot.com AutoslewLog.txt
  4. right, no need to autoguide, don't really even need to choose a target. just let it track a random point in the sky follow up on mine i did run a log and sent it to ASA they were kind enough to review it and inform my that it was definitely a bearing problem, the only way to solve it would be to send the mount in for service, which is tough from the US. FWIW, might be my imagination, but i found that if i warm it up by moving the mount manually back and forth rapidly, and making sure the weight is perfectly balanced for the intended target, tracking is a bit better. i seem to recall a ring with bearings for my ASA DDM 60, is there no way to change that? thanks bill w PS here's my log https://www.dropbox.com/s/njrmnelon2iz5k6/2019_2_21_20h18m.txt?dl=0
  5. thank you all for your considered replies, will capture log files when the rain clears
  6. hello my 2011 DDM 60 is not tracking well: it will point and track well initially but then intermittently slews away from the target in RA (with software showing change in position) sometimes it will come back to the original location after a minute or so, other times it will give an error ?voltage? and stop tracking. the mount is well balanced and has tracked smoothly for years (heavily used) i've no idea where to start on trouble shooting. i've never changed the bearings new power source, cables? any help would be appreciated. thanks -bill warden http://astrowhw.blogspot.com/
  7. apologies if this is a FAQ i have pointing model which works reasonably well, but somehow got off by a bit. every night i power the DDM60 up, do a home find and slew to a star, the mount is off by several degrees. i point to the correct location, sync and it works fine for the rest of the evening. next night i start up and the mount is off by 2 degrees in the exact same direction. have tried saving the settings after sync to no avail. can someone tell me the exact steps necessary to correct the offset? thanks -bill w astro.whwiii.net astrowhw.blogspot.com/
  8. the planetarium software in the latest version of maxim is quite functional. might keep it simple and consider this since you'll probably be using maxim for image aquisition anyway.
  9. OK the problem seems to be that autoslew wants to move a bunch of data files around after the first connection to the mount. so i uninstalled, reinstalled, connected to mount, allowing data to be moved around. then copied contents of old program file and program data directories into the new directories. thanks for your help -bill w
  10. failed miserably: numerous driver error messages, then motor not working reinstalled from scratch and motors work any idea how to at least get my pointing model and ERF? back?
  11. had to reinstall windows 7 on my imaging laptop i have reinstalled autoslew and usb drivers, and sequence is there a way for me to recover all my settings, pointing model etc? have the data backed up thanks bill w astro.whwiii.net
  12. RESOLVED: OK figured it out i had both windows updates and virus scan alerts disabled the virus scanner was blocking without alerting killed install, enabled virus scanner alerts and completed install sorry to bug and thanks for the replies bill w
  13. OK i killed the astrooptikserver.exe process, rebooted and installed 5116. gave me the option of undoing prior installation in process but it is stuck mid installation...
  14. hiya thank you for your replies after a few page not found errors was able to download the 5116 file having trouble with it though first tried to reinstall my original version error message prompted me to uninstall old version tried to uninstall old version got error message but no longer shows up on uninstall program list (windows 7) clicking desktop icon gives "parameter is incorrect message" tried to install new version get error message: "another installation is in progress. You must complete that installation before continuing this one" task manager shows no tasks running there is an active process called astrooptikserver.exe (there were multiple copies running last night when i got the initial "unexpected error" message) attempting to end this process gives "the operation could not be completed, access denied" sigh
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