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Old 04-10-2013, 11:53 AM
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Not yet.

Balance is fine, USB's all renewed, and tried EVERY setting in PHD imaginable. I run the MaxIM guide interface, don't change a SINGLE default setting, and it guides flawlessly for 4.5 hours last night. I guided with the guide star zoomed to 400%, and it barely moved a hair for those 4.5 hours. MaxIm was sending VERY small correction pulses, so the balance and communication certainly is not an issue, nor the mount. MaxIM's guide graph was VERY VERY flat in both Dec and RA.

I find that the second I connect PHD to the guider, the stars on screen start moving. Disconnect, and they stop. Somehow, it's pushing RA, and I cannot nut out why. It did the same with my NEQ6 also, so it is not either mount. And I have been drift aligning to very high accuracy lately. Maybe it does not like my Lodestar??? I never had this issue for over a year, then I update, and it goes whacky. I might try a complete uninstall right down to the registry level and see what happens. Could be something corrupted.

Now if only I had my focus a little sharper last night

I am no longer really concerned, nor that interested in fixing the issue since Maxim guides like an absolute champion. Guiding at 400X zoom really shows you seeing fluctuations very well too
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