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SGT500
Post Laureate

Reged: 10/03/06

Loc: Sarasota, Florida

Atlas Motor failure. HELP!
#2985963 - 03/15/09 07:55 PM

Hello,
I took my atlas out for a normal night of astrophotography.
i did everything the same. however when the mount started to slew i heard a click. and it didnt even start to slew. I tried to do it manually but still the mount wouldnt slew. I turned it on and off only to find the same results. If i turn on the handset and try to just slew the scope without an alignment the motors will click for a split second. then they will stop and the handset light will blink. After this the blink the motors wont respond at all to the handsets commands.
Please Help me
Thanks
Sal

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SGT500
Post Laureate

Reged: 10/03/06

Loc: Sarasota, Florida

Re: Atlas Motor failure. HELP! new

[Re: SGT500]
#2986059 - 03/15/09 09:12 PM

Nevermind. I figured it out. I was making a dumb mistake

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Skylook123
Postmaster

Reged: 04/30/05

Loc: Tucson, AZ

Re: Atlas Motor failure. HELP! new

[Re: SGT500]
#2986102 - 03/15/09 09:40 PM

Is it worth telling us so we don't make the same mistake, or would you then have to change your user name?

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David Pavlich
Transmographied

Reged: 05/18/05

Loc: Mandeville, LA USA

Re: Atlas Motor failure. HELP! new

[Re: SGT500]
#2986138 - 03/15/09 10:01 PM

It's ok...we all do dumb things. When I got my first CGE, I crossed the RA and Dec cables. I was not a happy person....until I realized, in my haste to get the thing going, I had the cables wrong.

David

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SGT500
Post Laureate

Reged: 10/03/06

Loc: Sarasota, Florida

Re: Atlas Motor failure. HELP! new

[Re: David Pavlich]
#2986165 - 03/15/09 10:21 PM

David,
Hahaha thats exactly what i did. I used the wrong power cable. I was upset because i thought my mount was broken. I was relieved to find out it was just a stupid mistake.
Although i wish i could have gotten a nice image tonight

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Skylook123
Postmaster

Reged: 04/30/05

Loc: Tucson, AZ

Re: Atlas Motor failure. HELP! new

[Re: SGT500]
#2986471 - 03/16/09 02:12 AM

I've swapped the AZ and EL cables on my DSCs so doggone many times! Really gets dicey at a public outreach where a crowd is waiting to be shown eye candy.