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Cobble an Autostar??

Started by bobguz, 05/16/2004 03:34AM
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Robert Guzauskas
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I have a (new) Meade 493 kit that contains two motors, gears, mounts, and, a Meade 497 Autostar hand held computer - all apparently intended for some Meade Alt-Az ETX mount.

But can this hardware be used on a GEM mount? Or, can a GEM mount be fooled into thinking it's an Alt-Az mount? ...Help!

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Posted 05/16/2004 05:30AM #1
David Simper
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Yes. Read
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RoboScope

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Harold Sarber
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Hi Robert,

You can use a 497 with DS-motors in Alt/Az mode or Polar mode. I have only used them in Alt/Az mode so far. See http://homepage.myeastern.com/~hfs/ for details.

Your best bet is to join the Yahoo Roboscope newsgroup. Great bunch of people that will be able to answer all your questions.

What do you plan to use them on?

Thanks,
Harry
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