WanderingEye

Here is the link to instructions if you want to try... https://www.qhyccd.com/index.php?m=content&c=index&a=show&catid=30&id=223

Just to answer an earlier question regarding Polemaster, there is a way to get it to work on Astroberry and with a desktop icon too, as it’s been done in the latest Stellarmate version which is also now raspbian based..... can get it to work on AB but only from command line, I can’t get a desktop icon or menu item to work.. 👍😀

Welcome to the club.... 👍 you are right it is superb, and a real “all in one solution” I have used many packages and this Beats them all hands down....and best of all the software is completely free, just the cost of the Raspberry PI, Micro SD Card and a case... so about £50.. bargain... 👍😀

Ok, so my mount is sealed under a Telegizmo 365 cover with a dew band around running from 12v and on all the time, it keeps the temp under there approx 5-6 degrees above ambient.. it’s airtight under the cover. Also I have a dessicant pack, one of the ones that you plug in to re charge when saturated, in my case about once a month... no we know that humidity rises when air gets cold and lowers when air warm us, that much is fact, so can someone please explain these two graphs, one is from a Bluetooth sensor outside and the other from under the mount cover, as you see the outside one has moved as it should, temp up humidity down and vice versa, but look at the EQ8 graph for the same 24 hour time period, so I can assume it’s something to do with the desiccant, but how and why is it altering science like that.... temp goes up and so does humidity and then temp comes down and so does humidity....I can’t get my head around it, unless it’s something to do with the fact it’s a sealed space, no air in or out... Oh and yes I have swapped the sensors round to see if one was faulty... Any ideas...? 🤔🤔

These have been around for a while, William Optics have one the same, they are a Chinese make and just rebranded.... 👍😀

Can’t you just get it milled out a tad at a metalwork shop somewhere, it maybe much cheaper than a new adapter plate...?

Can I ask why you don’t power your mount from the UPB...? Am curious

I now leave mu EQ8 under a 365 TG cover (being replaced but that’s another story..) also I use a wardrobe dessicant dehumidifier and a SCT dew strap, around the centre of the mount, the dew strap keep the temp 5 degrees above ambient, and I also have a mini Temp, humidity and dew point sensor under there that works with an app on my phone, and the humidity ranges from 40% to 75% but never gone above that. But I guess you already know that humidity is temp driven, lower temp means higher humidity and vice versa, as cold air can’t hold as much moisture as warm air, so you need to keep the temp and dew point as far apart as possible, the dew point is the temp the air needs to cool to before dew forms..at that point humidity will be at 100%... The dessicant dehumidifier needs re charging about once every month they just plug in for 12 hours and then they are dried out, but you really need to keep the cover as airtight as possible for these to work well, but they do, especially with the extra heat from the dew strap, which is a 24 watt version, and runs 24/7 and costs 6p a day to run.... link to dehumidifiers https://www.amazon.co.uk/RECHARGEABLE-DEHUMIDIFIER-TWIN-CARAVAN-OFFICE/dp/B002SHJRMU/ref=asc_df_B002SHJRMU/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=394229415111&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14199983825550019644&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046174&hvtargid=aud-913148707647:pla-847835145544&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=82243841192&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=394229415111&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14199983825550019644&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046174&hvtargid=aud-913148707647:pla-847835145544 link to humidity, temp and dew point sensor https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01MZYPO48/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Am in touch with Bob now, and he says it is faulty and seems to be on the ball with getting it sorted.. 👍😀

Well, I can’t even get a reply back from retailer, so will contact TG direct again.... 👍

Well this is the issue with mine... as you can see the stitching has “missed” the material, gone offline and just left holes...Hence water penetration... also light can be seen all round the seam, but some places it’s very bright as if the holes are bigger... But not purchased from you, I might add.. 👍

That’s exactly what I used... it’s perfect.... 👍😀

It’s not a big metal object buried in the ground, it’s sitting on concrete that is in the ground, it’s a different thing... 👍😀

Yes that’s all you need to do, make sure you have waterproof outdoor rated sockets at the pier, and an RCD on the other end, unless like me all the switches on your fuse board are RCBO’s in which case then it’s already RCD protected.... dont over complicate it for yourself, Just make sure it’s safe... 👍😀

Thanks for that, well I have to say that the pin holes I can see in mine were before it had gotten a good soaking of water, that has now changes as from today....as it’s not stopped raining all day, ....but I have a cheap waterproof cover under the TG, to protect the mount and the dew heater that is in there... I just don’t understand why I don’t see holes all the way round...and only in three small places... I have some tent rubberised Seam sealant which is very good, but don’t want to do anything in case it has to be swapped.... so maybe when I check next the holes will have sealed themselves, I have spoken to TG and they have not mentioned anything about the holes sealing themselves...and just told me that they will sort it out, but no idea of what that means, but should hear from them again tomorrow..

I put my head inside the cover and looked out of the window, and it was a dull day, there are three sections about 1” long around the top of the cover, and the light shines through, these holes are stitch holes and are not micro holes as indicated by TG, water pours through them....yes they are small but that’s all it needs, and I certainly don’t trust it... at the end of the day how have they managed to stitch 98% of the cover with no light coming in whatsoever and then 3” where the light shines through, it should be totally sealed from light when looked through from the inside....no light, no water ingress.....simples.... 👍 Anyway I am in contact with TG themselves so will report back...

I too am having this same issue with a TG 365 cover, and after inspection inside the cover I too can see light through the stitching, in a few places, and am not happy, I have it over my 2k mount fitted tight at the bottom around the pier, with a dew heater and humidity sensor under, and as soon as it raining the humidity rises big time, and after taking the cover off it’s wet inside, so I tested with a hose pointing up and the water falling onto the cover, and yes it pours through the holes where the stitching is, but only in three small places.... on dry days it’s fine and humidity stays below 45% Am currently in contact with both TG and the supplier... which by the way was not FLO.. but If someone can explain to me how a stitched seam with needle holes through the layers of material when they leave holes, is ok and is not supposed to leak, I would love to hear it, I had no idea that these covers were stitched and not taped until it was too late.... Also why is there only holes showing on small sections of the stitching and not all the way round.... All very confusing...

No flattener...well besides the one built into the scope that is... 😀they started supplying the extra one with the scopes about 12 months ago, but this one is just under two years old...but there is still a 22mm imaging circle without the extra flattener, and 44mm with, so should be fine with my SXVR H18 camera.. 👍😀

Here you go try this, I have PM you a link to the driver on my Dropbox... 👍

If it’s been flashed then the SPC900 windows 7 driver off the Philips website will work fine, with any windows system 👍

On google if you do a search for “Philips SPC900 drivers” it’s the top one on the search results list

Well I can find on internet...are you sure it is an SPC900 and not an SPC880 as they are identical to look at, but the 880 won’t work unLess flashed with the latest 900 firmware, on any windows after XP... it should say on the label on the USB cable...

Hi, I have been using this software for two years now and it is excellent... I love the “all in one” solution.. Yes the polemaster software does work, but it’s a real pain to install, and I would not recommend unless you are very Linux savy...it is much easier to install on Ubuntu, but as Astroberry is Raspbian it is a pain, I managed it but I have to start the software from the command line... 👍😀

As long as it’s a native SPC900 and not an SPC880, then these drivers will work.. Win 7 one is the one you need, https://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/SPC900NC_00/webcam-with-pixel-plus/support Edit: although I can see them on my screen the link does not seem to go to the correct page.... 🤔

Just got my dream scope, saw it advertised and was under two years old, 1 owner and in mint condition, unmarked tube and optics, with a load of extras including the Losmandy bar and Paralax rings in the picture... Also the standard camera rotator and extension tubes to fit camera And the price £1500 😮😮👍