Anyone heard of PMX shipments yet? - Page 2

cventer · #21 18-07-2011, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by frolinmod

I talked to Steven Bisque yesterday at SCAE in the OPT parking lot. (I even guessed his name correctly, despite all the Bisque brothers looking alike.) He had brought an MX on a Rob Miller medium duty tripod with him.

How was the Rob Miller tripod? I am about to order one but still a little scepticle about how stable they will be. They just look flimsy.

frolinmod · #22 18-07-2011, 01:40 PM

They're certainly not flimsy. Not at all. My ME is normally on an 10-inch diameter Astro-Physics portable pier in my back yard. I put it on a TRI36H whenever I take it up to the local mountains. Definitely two thumbs up for the Rob Miller tripods.

gregbradley · #23 19-07-2011, 03:22 PM

recently receiving the production 5000 series electronics boards and that they have been burning them in for the last few weeks.

What does burning in a board mean? Soldering them in or running them for a while to make sure they work?

Greg.

RickS (Rick) · #24 19-07-2011, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by frolinmod

They're certainly not flimsy. Not at all. My ME is normally on an 10-inch diameter Astro-Physics portable pier in my back yard. I put it on a TRI36H whenever I take it up to the local mountains. Definitely two thumbs up for the Rob Miller tripods.

My Tri36M is very sturdy also. They are light weight, but all the bits lock together and the tripod is very rigid.

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Originally Posted by gregbradley

What does burning in a board mean? Soldering them in or running them for a while to make sure they work?

The latter... it means running them for a time period under test to make sure that any boards likely to fail early don't fail in the field.

TrevorW · #25 19-07-2011, 03:52 PM

Must be rev heads sounds like they are burning in a motor

rally · #26 19-07-2011, 06:46 PM

It might also mean burning the EPROMs, Microprocessors or Flash with their firmware.

frolinmod · #27 19-07-2011, 07:00 PM

Guys, "burning in", in this context definitely means:

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....running them for a time period under test to make sure that any boards likely to fail early don't fail in the field.

gregbradley · #28 20-07-2011, 01:06 AM

The latter... it means running them for a time period under test to make sure that any boards likely to fail early don't fail in the field.[/QUOTE]

Thanks Rick and Ernie.

Greg.

pmrid (Peter) · #29 21-07-2011, 07:18 AM

The word I have from OPT this morning is:
" SB will be shipping within the next two weeks"
Peter

frolinmod · #30 21-07-2011, 10:36 AM

Someone on the SoftBisqUser yahoo group reports that OPT has shipped their mount. That person ordered their mount from OPT in January. Was that someone a user here?

pmrid (Peter) · #31 21-07-2011, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by frolinmod

Someone on the SoftBisqUser yahoo group reports that OPT has shipped their mount. That person ordered their mount from OPT in January. Was that someone a user here?

Not me. I ordered and paid in full in March. OPT tell me I'm #5 in their list. I guess that makes me #4 now.

Peter.

cventer · #32 21-07-2011, 11:37 AM

My guess is those of us in 2nd Round only likely to be oct nov if lucky

Paid in full in march. Ouch with dollar now at 1.06 that must sting a little.

frolinmod · #33 30-07-2011, 03:49 AM

Or maybe the first wave won't be until November. It turns out the OPT notification was premature and OPT have walked it back. So far you guys here have been the most accurate pessimists, err, prognosticators.

RCOS1 (Bert) · #34 30-07-2011, 06:59 AM

The first shipments into Oz will belong to our NG/SG Members
ordering by using our OPT discount

cfranks (Charles) · #35 30-07-2011, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by cventer

My guess is those of us in 2nd Round only likely to be oct nov if lucky

Paid in full in march. Ouch with dollar now at 1.06 that must sting a little.

Ouch indeed! I paid Bisque in full for mine in August 2010. 'To take advantage of the good USD/AUD rate.'

Charles

pmrid (Peter) · #36 31-07-2011, 05:07 PM

As at 10 days ago, OPT were telling me "a couple of weeks".
But then, a month ago they advised:
"OPT will get 15-20 mounts from the first delivery run, but the actual delivery date is still the end of the 2nd quarter give or take a few weeks.it is more important to get the mounts right as opposed to right now!"
I haven't heard anything further since the 21st.
Any else heard anything?
Peter

CDKPhil · #37 31-07-2011, 05:37 PM

I spoke to Bintel on Friday they seem to think that the second shipment will be in December. I hope they are wrong my CDK is going to be here in a couple of weeks and I will have no mount to put it on.
But I think it will be more like 2012 before I see any mount.

There is always a chance that the first shipment might get here before christmas.

Might have to put a dovetail on the old Sampson mount an make it a push to

Cheers
phil

cventer · #38 02-08-2011, 01:06 PM

Would not surprise me at all especially given I still have not heard of anyone but pmx no 1 being delivered in USA.

Just saw this on software bisque forum

** Software Bisque began shipping the Paramount MX on July 15, 2011.* As of April 2, 2011, the number of deposits we've received exceeds the number of Paramount MXs we can ship before the end of July, 2011.* Therefore, orders placed after April 2, 2011 will ship in the fourth quarter of 2011.

rat156 · #39 02-08-2011, 02:04 PM

Well according to Craig Weatherwax from OPT I'm now #1 in the queue. I paid today with the $A at 1.09, all except for the shipping.

Now the wait...

Cheers
Stuart

cventer · #40 02-08-2011, 06:49 PM

In which queue ?

The 3rd after xmas shipment sometime in March 2012 ?