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Old 04-09-2010, 12:05 PM
ausastronomer (John Bambury)
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Originally Posted by nightstalker View Post
Hi

I was wondering if anyone had experianced something similar to my problems I encountered the other night.

I did my usual set up but could not get it up and working.

I checked a few things and found when I checked the alt encoder angle
set up shows 90*parking the scope after trying to locate ,back at 90*, showed 79* or sometimes 96*.

Anyone have any ideas, Only thing I've done recently was silicon the the encoder cables into the mounting pole , I was thinking maybe a cable switch , but would that wouldn't change the angle readings intermitantly would it ?

cheers graham
Hi Graham,

The first thing I would check is that the grub screw on the altitude encoder shaft is tight. You need a little allen key to re tighten it. I would then perform the Daytime encoder test as explained in the user manual. Not sure what page because I dont have a manual with me.

Cheers,
John B
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