[pmrid (Peter)]

I just managed to get my G2 setup to connect via Ethernet to my Titan mount. But I'm now seeing "Heavy Duty Tr" or "Heavy Duty Lag/Tr" messages on the hand control and popping up on the PC screen also.

I gather these are balance-related. Anyone else seeing these messages? And any thoughts on them.

Initially the messages were all RA - related. So I decided to regrease and reset the RA worm. Opening the gap on RA to 35 thou seems to have put a stop to the RA Heavy Duty messages for RA but now, I am seeing them on Dec for the first time. So I'll reset/regrease that worm as well.

But the question I'd like to throw out for comment is this - what to do about the conventional wisdom of "loading the gears"by putting a bias in the balance. The East-bias seems to be the rule but I am wondering if that is a northern-hemisphere rule which should be reversed here?

And do you load the Dec axis in a similar way or get that balanced as close as you can?

Peter