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Originally Posted by Sentinel
Today is the 2 Year Anniversary of me buying my Argo Navis.
I was out last with the telescope night again last night and was just amazed again how well it pointed all night. I always do at least a small TPAS run of 6 to 8 stars and I am just extremely happy with the whole Argo Navis experience.
With a family and an ongoing struggle with health, the Argo Navis just allows me to see more in a shorter amount of time, which just suits me great.
Probably about time to change the small backup battery to a new one.
Thanks Gary and Argo Navis for what it arguably the best accessory you could ever buy for a telescope.
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Hi Paul,
Happy Anniversary!
Thanks for the post and firstly sorry to hear that your health continues to
be an ongoing issue. We wish you well.
However, great to hear that Argo Navis helps makes your precious observing time
all the more productive.
The job of the internal lithium coin is is to maintain the time of day clock in
the absence of any other power source. Setup parameters are held in non-volatile
RAM that does not use the lithium coin cell and can maintain its contents in the
absence of power for a century or more.
When the unit powers on, it checks whether the time of day clock has reset
which indicates a power failure, possibly due to the lithium coin cell becoming
depleted. It will then indicate this on the display for a couple of seconds.
Normally the coin cell is good for seven years or more, so no need to replace
it for some time yet!
Thanks again for the nice post which is really appreciated and we wish you and your
family all the best.
Best Regards
Gary Kopff
Managing Director
Wildcard Innovations Pty. Ltd.
20 Kilmory Place, Mount Kuring-Gai
NSW. 2080. Australia
Phone +61-2-9457-9049
Fax +61-2-9457-9593
sales@wildcard-innovations.com.au
http://www.wildcard-innovations.com.au