Alan, thanks for the advice, those articles are very informative and useful.
I actually did have a semi-clear night last night and dragged out the beast
to play with the autoguider. I didn't try it with the OAG yet, just through
the diagonal. Focusing was certainly a challenge, but I seemed to get
through that OK, but then I couldn't get the thing to calibrate. It would
fail part way through the calibration sequence. I was using the default
times for the calibration moves (2 seconds). After about an hour of trying
and cussing, I changed the times for the calibration moves to 1 second in
each axis, and it calibrated right away. So I guess the star was moving off
the chip during the calibration moves with 2 seconds. I was getting the star
as centered as possible (4,4 or thereabouts) before starting the calibration
in all cases.

By this time I had lost all the feeling in my extremities (it was about 15 F
out), so it was time to pack it in.

So my next step will be to try it with the OAG, that should be even more
interesting I would imagine.

Thanks again for the advice,
Kevin

> Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 12:18:01 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: RE: [M]: PICTOR 201XT: Power Up
>
> Hey Kevin,
>
> Hello and welcome. I don't know, but I leave mine connected all the time
> anyway.
>
> I've given this advice a few times: before you get frustrated with the
201,
> look up articles in the archives by Guido Pasi and Michael Hart. These may
> keep you from becoming '201XT Slayer II'.
>
> Good luck,
> Alan
>
> >>>NOT to power it up until it's connected to the LX200 control panel
> or there could be damage to the autoguider. Is this really true?<<<
>

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