Did someone already cover or type up how to integrate PHD2 with OnStep? I want to use it and a guide scope for tracking. Thanks David Mikesell San Jose, CA

I am on 4 other forums that are supposed to be about all things ATM.....yet there does not seem to be anyone in the thousands of members who know anything about any fork mount plans. I can wing it, pr

Thanks for the info George

Thanks Otto, got it done already playing in config.h file. Now looking how to compensate and error correction for tracking David Mikesell San Jose, CA

Ok, after playing around in the config.h I got it figured out. Thanks Kevin for the info. Since decimals aren't allowed in steps per degree, what area in onstep do you go to to put correction data to

200 steps, 32 microsteps, 1 to o e stepper to gearbox and gearbox is a wormgear box at 80 Revolutions input to 1 revolution output.

Oops, mistyped " but it is giving what should be 80 Revolutions of the stepper per degree 300 + rotations which is wrong.". What it should say is instead of giving me 360 degrees per 80 motor 360 degr

I used the calculation spreadsheet I use the configuration program. I am not trying to limit my slews because of crashing. My stepper to gearbox is 1 to 1 my gearbox is 80 to 1. Yes all that is entere

Did that, in my post I even said that. It is still not working out correctly

Is there a way to tell onstep to give me x number of steps? I am trying to configure my steppers and worm gear box. it is an 80:1 When i put the info in the configure spreadsheet and then inter it int

ok, now Khalid i never ever said that the boards have a short coming. I don't know why you keep arguing that point. #2 I never said that you could not use an external driver, in fact I did state that

The 6 to 15 deg/minute is only a ruff estimate using nema 17 steppers which are limited by the need for more torque (low rpms and torque small stepper need alot of reduction) to start and the mass of

External stepper drivers and paired with the right stepper has such a huge speed range. A good example is a nema 34 motor and driver on my router table. I can run at Cutting speeds as slow as .125 inc

Yes external drivers, no not like the one you linked. That is a servo driver, anything servo either ac or dc servo is a bit more expensive. LV8729 - Amazon $7, Ebay $8. Limited to 0.8 amps cont, peak

I breadboarded a new design for the OnStep design. It will have all the functions of the MaxSTM but no stepper drivers and using a standard wall 5VDC adapter. When you start looking at the prices for

the stepper drivers i use have micro stepping. cnc mills lathes use micro stepping. in fact its micro stepping choices are dip switched or input controlled with atleast 30 different micro steps availa

Here the problem of the cell phone presented it self, this was the slowest shutter rate I could run on the phone, but Jupiter still is as bright as a star. Got 3 moons in the picture too....I think.

Oh and the pictures of the moon along with some videos I have shot were taken thru the eyepiece with a cell phone mount. I am working on making a camera to remote viewing thru a laptop that will also

OK now I am new to astronomy and telescopes. My 3 year old knows more about the solar system, star clusters, galaxies all by name or number, more than I learned in two semester of stellar astronomy la

thank.you fir the link. i had not known this page existed. Dacid