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Old 17-04-2007, 05:52 PM
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Orange tube C14 controller

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Our club (UNENTAS) telescope is an old C14 on a fork mount. The controller for it is not the original and has been built by someone else in the past. Some of it has emitted smoke and its functionality is poor. It only allows 1 speed movements in both directions and this is almost too fast for centering. I would like to build a controller or modify the one on it that will allow for varible speed slewing and autoguiding. To do this I need a pinout for the celestron connector and maybe a schematic. I have searched the web for this but haven't come up with much. Anyone have any suggestions or a controller that I could copy or the pinout?
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Old 17-04-2007, 08:06 PM
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Have you tried both the Celestron downloads sites:

File downloads: http://www.celestron.com/c2/downloads.php

Download archives: http://downloads.celestron.com/

There's apparently a Yahoo SCT users group - I don't have a URL sorry, but you should be able to find it starting from here:

http://tech.dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/1600082856
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Old 17-04-2007, 08:25 PM
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Have you tried both the Celestron downloads sites:

File downloads: http://www.celestron.com/c2/downloads.php

Download archives: http://downloads.celestron.com/

There's apparently a Yahoo SCT users group - I don't have a URL sorry, but you should be able to find it starting from here:

http://tech.dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/1600082856
Yes, I have found the manual for the C14 orange tube scope on the above sites but it just mentions in passing the controller and has no info about it. I will try the yahoo group as well.
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