PAUL JAMES

Hah - I’m a bit of a neat freak! I hate wires everywhere in particular so once I have installed all the equipment I shall clip all the cables out of the way as I don’t relish tripping over in the dark.

Sorry just seen this post - yes they are the roller brackets

Thanks Rusted - yes it’s a new design. Here’s the other side and the interior to date . Still a work in orgress.

This is my recently erected 2.2m Pulsar dome. In my particular garden the white blends in if anything whereas green would stick out like a sore thumb. I always thought that white reflects the heat better.

Thank you everyone for your informative replies. I will have a good think about the best way for me to proceed. Probably being naive but I thought that I could connect everything in the dome ie the Pulsar rotation drive, CGX mount, focuser, ZWO camera together into a powered USB hub then via the ethernet CAT 6 cable to the remote PC in the warm room ie just use the Cat 6 cable as a literal extension to my current single pc. I think I like the sound of the ASlair Plus but need to find out it's exact functions and requirements before deciding. Don't fancy a 2nd Windows PC that's for sure.

Hello everyone - new member here. Bit of background. I have a Celestron Evolution 9.25" SCT which I have not used much at all as I developed bad arthritis in my right thumb joint which took all my strength away on that side. Lifting and setting up my scope on the supplied tripod quickly became an impossibility. On one memorable occasion I nearly dropped it! So I have recently had a Pulsar Observatory erected in order to permanently mount the scope so that I can actually use it! I must say that Steve and Gary of Pulsar have done an extraordinary job for me. Anyway I have really enjoyed myself waterproofing and setting up my observatory including learning new building skills. I had the observatory professionally wired up and certified by a most knowledgeable electrician. Power is supplied by a 4mm armoured cable from it's own consumer unit and this runs in parallel with two Cat 6 data cables from my hoped for warm control room 15m away. Both ends of the data cables are terminated in Ethernet sockets. I have 8 double power sockets installed in the dome - 4 on the pier and 4 on the wall. Although I am computer literate (at least on my Mac) my weak point is networking. My electrician said that I could treat the data cables as extensions from the dome when I wanted to use the control room. I have tested the connections to my Windows pc from the mount etc inside the dome - no problem. I am having difficulty in getting the remote connection to work on my single pc when I site it in the control room however. Showing my ignorance here - do I need two pcs - ie one in the dome and a remote one in the control room? Any advice or information would be gratefully received. I m,usr admit I do not like Windows one little bit! Apologies for my verbosity!