Perfectly normal, you just weren't paying attention for the past four years
;)
I think it's actually done deliberately, to add some hi tech gee whiz effect
to the start up process. I also use a Meade Starfinder Newtonian with
Magellan II, which is a basic version of the LX200 controller, and the
lights on the speed setting buttons blink sequentially a few times over,
much flashier than the LX200 controller!

-John


>
>This problem just started with my 4 year-old classic LX200 (10" f/6.3).
>Turning it on, the lights on the hand paddle will flash 4 times. I know
>that this is not a welcome sign, but the software then goes on to boot up
>and I can slew, go to, etc quite normally.
>
>Any ideas what is wrong that makes the lights flash, but (fortunately)
>allows the device to continue to work?
>
>
>Mike DeSantis

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