The setup was actually pretty straight forward and I managed to get everything assembled and the scope mounted & balanced inside today (attached). It's nice to be on holidays - you actually can get real work done :-) Not like those pesky "real" work days...
Barry / Edison - thanks for the feedback. I will definately look at upgrading the firmware.
The next step is to read through the manuals, understand polar alignment and start to consider what software to use. I want to control the scope from the computer and I know there is different software which can be used (TheSkyX, Stellarium, others????). I haven't given this much throught yet, so any advice would be appreciated.
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Originally Posted by Amaranthus
Out of interest, how are you going to power it? Does the power lead in the box connect to a 12v battery via a cigarette lighter adaptor? Or did you get an AC power adaptor?
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Barry - I bought a "12VDC 7.5A Power Adaptor with Cigarette socket" from Bintel yesterday. It plugs into the mains on one side and has a cigarette socket on the other side which connects to the mounts power cable. It doesn't seem to be on their website, but the same model is at Jaycar (
http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=MP3575)
I am not sure if this will be the long term answer however I wanted to get it all working inside and in the short term I can just use an extension lead to the back garden for power.