msh1
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found this for you http://astrofriend.eu/astronomy/projects/project-star-adventurer-repair/page02-project-star-adventurer-repair.html
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hi dave good news all working now, the arduino ide programmer was set for arduino as isp i changed it to arduino isp and now it works what the difference is god knows but its alive
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tried it on 2 different computers saying same thing on both im stumped ,it was working fine i broke usb port on the arduino, just put new arduino in uploaded sketch now its not working wonder if its the arduino
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hi dave its windows that comes up with the error i did check with ascom diagnosis its says same thing
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hi dave trying to set up aaf2 on a new computer ,i downloaded everything uploaded sketch to new arduino nano(i broke the usb port doh) included one wre and dallas temp now i cant get aaf2 to work its saying input string was not in a correct format any ideas mark
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changed the last position to 50 set it up in poth & connected it works thanks guys mark ps user error i think
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well i have answered my own question there is a tick box in poth to say its absolute still not working tho and its still raining so i will test tomorrow
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from what i gather although havent tested yet as its lashing down here it thinks its a relative focuser ( which sgpro dosent support)not absolute now im sure its absolute can a tick box be added in the ascom driver to tell it its absolute mark
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ok a silly question how do i do that please
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hi dave deff yours mate aaf2, i will be in the obsy later so i will get the msg could be a sgpro problem tho
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hi dave been using this software must be for a couple of years now . will it work in sgpro or rather mine doesnt it throws an error something about 100000 steps not at obsy computer so cant say what it says properly mark
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they are kitchen laminate tiles ,water resistant click loc tiles,mine have been in the garden for a couple of yrs now seem ok
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i have been using some left over kitchen laminate flooring tiles in my garden ,seems fine they are textured tho and i havent fallen over yet
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i have the same mount i couldnt get phd2 to work same sort of graph ,went back to phd1 works perfectly, i can go 30 min subs mark
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just built another focuser for my c6 thanks dave for doing this project mark
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yeah i know dave just looking if there are any stand alone programs
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tried it out last night works perfectly got the lowest fwhm ever considering it was windy , i just used the aaf2 program next is to try a autofocusing program thanks mark
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its now connected up to the williams z71 working great now just need a clear night mark
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problem solved thanks guys its all working now
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ah that could be it i can hold it gently in my fingers and it turns ,half way through the 50 steps it starts to lose torque if i do a larger step say 500 right at the end it does the same thing so its just slowing down can this be changed in the sketch or is this like a safety feature mark loads of daft questions i know never done anything like this before
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power at the driver board is just under 9 volts so the power is there ,i tried another 5v motor just in case that one was duff same problem think i will order a 12v stepper motor from a different supplier
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its free running at the mo i tried a rubber band that didn't work
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it gets halfway through then it sounds like its stuttering if that makes sense
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hi dave yep using a 9 volt pp3 mark
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its in a project box now and working the only thing is if i do small steps i.e. 50 the motor starts off ok then looses torque about half way through is this a problem if i do a goto say 500 steps loads of torque mark ps I'm just waiting on some belts ordered a couple different sizes just in case
