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Old 17-04-2011, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Tandum View Post
Mark, I've had a couple of tri-knob moonlites on newts over the years and they've never let me down but I've never needed one with a stepper. I have a robofocus box already setup and working for the tak when it's in use, so thats the controller. I was hoping not to spend anymore cash on this stuff but if I want reliability with repeatable results here, I think I'll have to. Does the stepper model have a clutch built in so you can turn the knob by hand?

No Robin the motor and shaft are locked solid so the only way to focus is by the controller. This is why Ron made a 2 speed controller for them as they were a right pain to use for visual obs with the movement being too slow. They are pretty much an AP only setup and deliver highly repeatable results working well with autofocus routines. Your robofocus controller should plug straight in I believe.

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