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Old 22-11-2011, 11:39 AM
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I had some success with a moonlite DC focuser and Focusmax.

I suggest you move your mirror forward so you're operating in the middle of the focuser's range if that's possible.

I would start by racking the focuser all the way in, then moving out to eg. 5000, then zero the position in Focusmax - this lets it start from a known point. A servo focuser will never be as repeatable as a stepper as there is no feedback as to whether the motor has actually moved in response to the pulse. I had more repeat ability of my results by following this method.

The tutorial about the LX200 microfocuser was what I used as a guide.

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