LX90 Motor unit Fault

[bertthebudgie]

Hi

I hope someone here can help me. Last night I experienced the sinking feeling of the dreaded Motor Unit Fault on my Lx90 8' LNT. I have the old style Autosar with the current firmware installed.

The scope wont slew up but slews down and left and right. I tried calabrate motors it did not move up or down. I have swapped autostar cables, changed battery, changed buttons for up to down, reinstalled the firmware. Obviously no obstruction and the Alt and Dec clamp are not over tightened. Now I am coming to the conclusion that opening it up is going to have to be the next step.

As I am not at a electronicly minded, if the worst comes to the worst, can Meade Scopes be looked at and repaired this side of the Atlantic or do they have to go back to the factory in California.

Kind regards

dbran

[Ben Ritchie]

Sorry to hear about the failure

As I am not at a electronicly minded, if the worst comes to the worst, can Meade Scopes be looked at and repaired this side of the Atlantic or do they have to go back to the factory in California.

Steve Collingwood at Telescope House is the man to talk to.

[Ron Pelleymounter]

I have used Steve Collingwood before and I can highly recommended him, I live in France and I took my LX90 across to him for repairs  and he did an excellent job. I may have to do the same again as yesterday I got the "Motor Fault"  error message on my hand controller 

[Ron Pelleymounter]

The motor fault I had indicated on my hand controller was sorted by cleaning both ends of the hand controllers coiled cable. I always unplug it after use since I had a hand controller destroyed by a lightening storm directly overhead my observatory 

[michael8554]

If I have understood your post, you have tried the setting that reverses the North - South buttons. 

Then the North button should now slew the scope down. 

If it does that then you've proved the handset N S buttons both work. 

If it doesn't the handset or cabling is faulty. 

Now, if the mount still doesn't slew North with the South button, then the problem is in the mount. 

Have you tried gotos that would require a North slew in Dec? 

Also Steve C. has his own company now, Sctelescopes.com 

Michael