TAG Robofocus
focuser direction swap
http://www.lazyfocus.com/docs/EasyFocus/EasyFocus_Manual.htm hold the “in” button (one closest to DB9) during bootup.
Re: focusmax + maxim 5.03 + binning
Art Morton wrote: > > On Jan 31, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Jimbo S. Harris wrote: > >> Let me screw around with that and see if I can get MaxIm and […]
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Re: temperature comp in the focuser?
Art Morton wrote: > > On Jan 27, 2009, at 12:50 PM, Jimbo S. Harris wrote: > >> >> Art Morton wrote: >>> I am using CCD commander. Once I got FocusMax […]
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temperature comp in the focuser?
A, Do you use Temperature Compensation in your robofocus setup? I noticed that my images from last night (in addition to being crappy in terms of guiding) seemed a little blobby in […]
Re: Gemini
Art Morton wrote: > http://www.lazyfocus.com/docs/GSI/GSI_Manual.htm I bought one of these from James L. last year. He doesn’t actively sell them, so I had to wait a bit for him to get around […]
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Re: Gemini Stepper Interface
Well, answer is I don’t know. It depends on a lot of things, not the least of which is the step angle of the motor that Moonlite uses, and the gearing of […]
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Re: Gemini Stepper Interface
Oh. Yes. It should just plug right to your existing motor. James —– Original Message —– From: “Jimbo S. Harris” <jimbo@jimbo.net> To: “James Lacey” <james.lacey@lazyfocus.com> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:27 AM […]
Re: Auto Guiding
At 09:33 AM 3/17/2008 -0700, you wrote: >On Mar 17, 2008, at 8:51 AM, Jimbo S. Harris wrote: >>>My money, if I had any, would have burst into flame by now at […]
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Re: Question/Idea
It’s the same box with different USB identifiers. There controller (DC motor controller) talks USB directly. Since you have to use two different USB-2-RS232 to talk to two EasyFocus controller, there should […]
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RE: Focus depth: Canon vs. Nikon
Hi Jimbo – Glad to hear from you again! It sounds like you are now tinkering into deeper waters. 🙂 Here are the backfocus distances: SBIG ST-4 1.16mm Meade DSI 7.43 Canon […]
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