>Because part of the Magellan installation involves adjusting the RA gear
mesh
>as part of installing the encoder, there may be some problem there -
perhaps friction,
>as noted.

The RA encoder gears look fine. There seems to be no binding at all.

>I also note that (according to Meade) Magellan expects a specific RA
Motor/firmware
>combination. In my case, Magellan completely refused to function. It is
possible that
>you need a motor and/or firmware update to solve the problem. I suggest
you >communicate with Mike Lee at Meade...

For my case, the firmware is fine. 1k motor and 6.0 chip. Mike told me
that these are compatible with the Magellan (v2.1). But, it looks as if
I'll have to contact Mike about this.

>One simple test Mike suggested. When you plug in Magellan, and turn the
system on, >you should get at least 4 blinks of the power LED. If less,
there is almost certainly some
>mismatch.

Do you mean the slew indicator or the actual LED on the control panel?
Since I've owned the Telescope, the only time the LED on the control panel
blinks is when the power is weakening.

I did have one question that some of you might be able to answer. At what
frequency is sidereal rate? 60.1 or 60 hurtz? It seems that if my motors
are moving faster than sidereal, it would explain the drift to the east.

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