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jacksdad

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  1. Cheers. I may give it a shot at some point.
  2. The focus knob is effectively a nut. Turning it clockwise, it'll just bottom out - this pulls the mirror closest to the back. Anticlockwise (pushing the mirror forward) the end stop is a small screw under the rubber grip cover (can be seen in pic below), the head of which is just slightly too big to pass through the thread in the knob. If you're going to be playing with finding the end stops, it might be worth pulling the rubber off and checking that screw is tight
  3. No, the dongle version: https://www.firstlightoptics.com/sky-watcher-mount-accessories/sky-watcher-synscan-usb-adapter.html
  4. Thanks again. Do you know if this means the synscan usb adaptor also works on this mount? That's something that might be in budget...
  5. What I meant was that it would be nice to have the mounts named in the manual title - that way I could have found it two days ago when I (easily) found their manuals download page.
  6. That's brilliant, thanks. It would be nice if they actually did an instruction manual like, I don't know, named for a mount... If the day ever comes that I can lay my hands on a synscan handset or adaptor, should I be looking for a specific version or firmware level or anything?
  7. Long time no post, so time for another long post I got given this mount a little while ago (came with a broken skymax 127 - tripod got knocked over and the front lens is ruined, but there's a few useful bits...) and popped on my little skymax 102. I did a rough north align, and latitude set (again roughish with Polaris) and it seems to track well enough for visual - it kept Venus nicely centred for 15 minutes anyway... I think it'll benefit from a decent stripdown service, but that's a matter for a later date. It would appear that there is more functionality than simple tracking (although tbh that's probably plenty to keep me amused) but I'm struggling to find any more information about it, such as instructions (other than what I found here). This is the handset: Basic functions (north align, set lat, track, slew) I'm happy with. Any help with the following though? What is the purpose of 1-6, are they memory positions? Set and go buttons? Cruise? (Pressing this combo causes the '2' to flash and it seems to home (level and north), but then it starts going elsewhere and '4' flashes, then I give up and unplug it...) Any info would be appreciated, along with any other hints/tips on it. Oh, and does the mount support any more enthusiastic hand controllers or other interface? Can't do much atm what with the situation, but maybe in future.
  8. Try searching for "roll pins".
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