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[GRWP]

When I turn everything on I am stuck with the Autostar not going past the "SPEED = 8x or MODE for menu"

Any advice will be appreciated.

 

George Paterson

[OzAndrewJ]

Gday George

What type of mount,

handset type,

firmware loaded??

 

Something odd is going on ( possibly a stuck '1' key )

as the screen should have "align or mode for menu"

The "Speed =" prompt is only shown if you have pressed the speed key

 

Andrew Johansen Melbourne Australia

Edited by OzAndrewJ, 06 February 2025 - 04:56 PM.

[GRWP]

Meade ETX125PE

Autostar #497

[43Eg]

Edited by GRWP, 06 February 2025 - 05:03 PM.

[OzAndrewJ]

Gday George

OK, as its a 497, it sounds like the "3" key is stuck down

as the "speed = 8x " prompt is tied to that key being down

 

Andrew Johansen Melbourne Australia

[deSitter]

Gday George

OK, as its a 497, it sounds like the "3" key is stuck down

as the "speed = 8x " prompt is tied to that key being down

 

Andrew Johansen Melbourne Australia

I thought the PE ETX needed a later firmware. 43E is fine for the AT and EC editions.

 

-drl

[OzAndrewJ]

Gday DeSitter

The only original thing with the PE was its fancy stencils on the OTA.

Other than that, "functionally", its just a bog std ETX with LNT module built in

( vs added with an external curly cord supply )

To my mind, the only reason to use anything greater than 43Eg is

1) Support for later models

   ie 43E does not support LX65,70,80,85,VM,LT or StarNavigators )

2) Support for PPEC in the LX85

( But for this, you stil need to patch the firmware or it wont work :-(   )

 

Andrew Johansen Melbourne Australia

Edited by OzAndrewJ, 06 February 2025 - 09:28 PM.