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Originally Posted by mick pinner
just found that the original Losmandy encoders are 4096 and geared 2:1 so 8196. is my assumption right?
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Hi Mike,
Not necessarily and not quite.
Firstly the very original Losmandy (i.e. pre 2003) encoders were 2048 geared 2:1 to
provide 4096 steps.
Then several years back I flew to Hollywood, met with Scott Losmandy and
suggested he install 4096 step encoders which would be then geared 2:1
to provide
8192 steps (not 8196 steps as per your post), which was the
highest resolution available at the time.
Unfortunately the Losmandy encoders have a little printed circuit board installed
that obscures the original manufacturer's label. If you can make out the text
through the gap in the PCB, an S1-512-NT is a 2048 step encoder and an S1-1024-NT
is a 4096 step encoder.
Chances are they will probably be the 8192 step solution. As a further check, suggest
you perform the Daytime Encoder Test as per the Argo Navis User's Manual pp 116-117.
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