Hi, I'm contemplating OnStep-ping my EM10, and I see that many here have done it. However I haven't been able to find the configuration that is used for this mount.. I will be using the Oriental Motor

Thank you! I'll give it a try when all the bits arrive :)

Hi Howard, If I may make a suggestion, in future revisions of the MiniPCB could the drill holes for the stepper motor drivers be made slightly larger? I am using low profile turned pin sockets for the

Finally got my MiniPCB build up and running, now waiting for the machine shop to come back with the mechanicals :) The stepping in tracking mode is absolutely silent, I had to watch the tape to make s

I'm waiting on them from a local machine shop, they should come back this week. Unfortunately we're having constant rain everyday now in Singapore, so actual star testing will probably have to wait a

Would it be possible to use a ESP8285 module as a sort of digital setting circle, stand alone? It has sufficient I/O to support the encoders. I'm not sure where to tell the firmware not to attempt com

While using Sky Planetarium, I notice that if I click on a star, the field will rotate to some random direction to center the star. Is it possible to keep the sky display "zenith up", i.e. similar to

Oh sorry I didn't mean it that way :o OnStep has (or is going to) breathe new life into my EM10, for a much lower cost than anything else out there. The 19.99 is going back to you as a donation :)

I think Instein (http://instein.eu/onstepeq5.htm) does a ready made kit, but as the hardware is his own design, the support will have to come from him.

2mm Delrin faceplate, motor mounting plate in 4mm aluminium and bored gears just came back from the machinist's, wish me luck! It seems like a really tight fit in the motor bay.

Has anyone managed to download it yet?

Thank you!

Hi there, There seems to be a bug in the location determination, my location is 103.7 E but the longitude is still shown as positive, together with the UTC offset. Both of these should be negative I t

Hi Satnam, As is shown in the bottom screenshot, my longitude is 103 degrees East. This means that the value shown in Gotomote should be -103. However it is displayed as positive instead, meaning 103

Hi Satnam, Not sure about "convention", but Onstep seems to treat West and North as + (as in the screenshot, Sky Planetarium and other places). I would think that it is just a matter of reversing the

What drivers are you using? Posting your config.xxx.h file here will help. Sounds like there's some resonance going on as you can hear some frequencies are louder than others. If you think you have su

Any word on a possible fix?

Hi all First up, a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year's to all :) Has anyone managed to use Wifi to control Onstep ? I tried using PHD2 to control the mount via Wifi (via ASCOM under Windows) and

Ah OK! Didn't see that. I will try using the 1.42 ASCOM driver later (although ultimately I will probably still use the USB connection). Thanks!

I was considering using the CUI AMT102 encoders on the worm shaft (where the original Takahashi EM11 encoders go)... has anyone gave it a go? These seem pretty convenient as they also have an "Index"