Re: [APML]: Byers drive and the MototrakIV

[Mike Regish <mregish@map.com>]

>
>
> Also, I don't actually hold my MotoTrak - I put it on the ground, and
> I
> use a remote hand unit that plugs into the CCD telephone jack at the
> bottom. But then, you might ask, where does the autoguider plug in?

I have the 6 pin splitter for my Celestron. I found that I can use the
hand controller from my Celestron with the Mototrak, too.

> Well, I made up a two-female to one male T-shaped connector. You can
> find these for 4-pin telephone wires at Radio Shack, but they don't
> seem
> to carry the 6-pin variety, which is what you need for the MotoTrak.

I found mine at Radio Shack. I had to ask where they were, but they had
them.

> The
> CCD is plugged into one side, and the hand controller into the other.
> Never, in operation, do you need to have the both of them sending
> input
> to the MotoTrak at the same time, so that's not a problem.

I only use the hand controller for fine placement of the guide star or
putting a star on the crosshairs when drift aligning..