rogerg
26-05-2007, 06:33 PM
Amazingly, perhaps temporarily, my LX200 is back working at 100% capacity! :eyepop:
It's week 10 going on 11 that it's been dead. Today I tested every single cable with the multi-meter, and several other parts. I'm not 100% sure what fixed the guider port problem but I suspect one of those cable joints.
RA drift was also occuring, at siderial rate. I believe that was simply because it had no position data (timezone, lat/long, date, etc) and so even though it said it was in polar mode, it was acting like it was in Land mode. Bizzar but it kind of makes sense. They don't document that!
Anyway, currently all working! :cool:
Let's just hope it stays that way for more than a few fleeting moments :prey:
It's running on a mix of parts borrowed and bought. Still waiting on a brand new kit which I will install regardless, to return borrowed parts etc.
No astronomy tonight - cloudy and other commitments. :( But oh well, it's working! :2thumbs:
Roger.
It's week 10 going on 11 that it's been dead. Today I tested every single cable with the multi-meter, and several other parts. I'm not 100% sure what fixed the guider port problem but I suspect one of those cable joints.
RA drift was also occuring, at siderial rate. I believe that was simply because it had no position data (timezone, lat/long, date, etc) and so even though it said it was in polar mode, it was acting like it was in Land mode. Bizzar but it kind of makes sense. They don't document that!
Anyway, currently all working! :cool:
Let's just hope it stays that way for more than a few fleeting moments :prey:
It's running on a mix of parts borrowed and bought. Still waiting on a brand new kit which I will install regardless, to return borrowed parts etc.
No astronomy tonight - cloudy and other commitments. :( But oh well, it's working! :2thumbs:
Roger.