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RobVG
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Reged: 01/09/06
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CG-5 Problem
08/05/08 04:46 PM

Last week I finally got around to aligning my scope and putting it in hibernate mode. The other night I "woke" it up with no problems- Slewed to Vega using "named stars".

I went back into the house to get something and when I came back to the scope, Vega was displayed on the controller but I couldn't input anything new or use the directional buttons.

I decided to 'reboot' and when I did, I noticed the sound of the RA drive motor idling- It had been off.

I don't understand what happened here?- there wasn't a power outage. And how can the controller be 'on' and the drive 'off'?

Thanks,
Rob

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
CG-5 Problem	RobVG	08/05/08 04:46 PM
Re: CG-5 Problem	Patrick	08/06/08 01:21 PM
Re: CG-5 Problem	GeorgeDuke	08/06/08 02:22 PM
Re: CG-5 Problem	GeorgeDuke	08/06/08 01:11 PM
Re: CG-5 Problem	RobVG	08/06/08 08:33 PM
Re: CG-5 Problem	Patrick	08/06/08 09:28 PM

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