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LXD 75 Creep after beep and no download

Started by starwind 96, 01/28/2008 12:48AM
Posted 01/28/2008 12:48AM Opening Post
smile smile smile I have been trying to fix a problem. Maybe you have some ideas. The
mount seems to creep after doing a star align. I took the dec motor
assy. off and cleaned the encoder wheel. this got rid of about 75 % of
the creep its alot slower now. I have the zip code 96743 entered for site. Is this ok. The
autostar wont let me upload any info yet.I have gone to weasners site and done all I can w/ no avail. Perhaps you might have an idea/ Thanks and Aloha
Dan
Posted 01/29/2008 06:51PM #1
Have you done:

1. Calibrate motors.

2. Train Drives.

Unless the software load in this Autostar is very old, upgrading it won't help.

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Posted 01/29/2008 07:02PM #2
First make sure your Autostar is set for sideral tracking. When the target starts to drift use the arrow keys to recenter using a slow slew speed. After two or three times of recentering Autostar will track the target better. You can also "Sync." I don't remember off-hand how to do this but it's simple and is described in the manual.

David E