Re: [APML] ST4 Question

[mike halderman <astro@mrh.org>]

"Glenn Ray" <glennlray@mail.ev1.net> writes:

> But, what if you start seeing significant Dec drift?  Wouldn't you 
> want to correct it, manually even?

If you see too much, could you then plug in the dec motor and let it do
a correction?

If drift align using the st4 with the dec motor unplugged.  It goes 
really quickly and I never have to use an eyepiece all night.  I did
unplug the RA motor once, accidentally.  That didn't work well at all.


>
> You could modify your drive cable (or make a new one) with pins 4 
> and 5 on the RJ11 jack disabled (these control +Y/-Y 
> adjustments).  That way, if you also have a hand controller 
> plugged in, you can still make manual adjustments.
>

Hmm...  A switch on the hand controller that enables/disables 
guider dec corrections.  That would be useful.

-mike

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