http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/ RCX400 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:55:32 GMT Peter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15784 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15784 Sorry for the fat fingers in my post but I think yo can get the gist.... Pete Tue, 21 May 2013 19:55:30 GMT Peter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15783 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15783 Sorry for the fat fingers in my post but I think yo can get the gist.... Pete Tue, 21 May 2013 17:21:39 GMT tracking_geos http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15782 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15782 Scope at Meade. Hopefully they will find the problem and fix. Then on to checking the optics. I still think this scope is worth the repair value. Tue, 21 May 2013 17:20:47 GMT Peter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15781 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15781 Sorry for the fat fingers in my post but I think yo can get the gist.... Pete Tue, 21 May 2013 01:38:01 GMT Bob http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15780 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15780 Hi all: After several days of troubleshooting, I finally got my scope working with Windows 8. I figured I'd post my expierience here for anyone who is Mon, 20 May 2013 16:06:45 GMT Peter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15779 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15779 Lawrence, I was commenting on the repeatability relating auto focus routines the mechanism is not precise enough for those. I do use presets I have one setup Sun, 19 May 2013 19:37:17 GMT ldjhandm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15778 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15778 Peter ... I'm not sure how accurate your comment is about the focus facility not being repeatable. Mine is. Agreed its a touch complex. What you do is Sun, 19 May 2013 19:24:33 GMT ldjhandm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15777 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15777 Hello Gary ... Two of you are needed for safety. ... I don't know how anyone could know the answer to some of these questions! Maybe next time. best wishes Sun, 19 May 2013 15:30:51 GMT Peter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15776 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15776 Gary, 1. I have the 10' and its has been permanently mounted for about 5 years. Prior to that it was portable and hefty to mount on my own but I could Sun, 19 May 2013 15:23:29 GMT Bob http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15775 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15775 That worked. Thanks Dick. You're the best!!! - Bob ... which is where properly-written programs look for it. ... MSSTDFMT in it, nor do i see that file Sun, 19 May 2013 14:42:37 GMT autostaretx http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15774 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15774 Merely copying a file to the system32 directory does not "install" it. "Installation" includes writing information into the Windows Registry, which is where Sun, 19 May 2013 14:09:59 GMT Bob http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15773 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15773 Has anyone gotten the MeadeRCXSetupV4212RC2 ASCOM driver to work with Windows 7 or 8? My new computer has Windows 8 (64bit) and when I try to select the Sun, 19 May 2013 04:30:21 GMT autostaretx http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15772 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15772 Ooookay.... Calibrate Home (and worse, Align on Home) in a Polar scope is a complex operation. The scope does hunt back and forth and go through a number of Sun, 19 May 2013 03:02:20 GMT Rick Bromley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15771 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15771 Dick It Polar. Rick From: RCX400@yahoogroups.com [mailto:RCX400@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of autostaretx Sent: 19 May 2013 00:48 To: RCX400@yahoogroups.com Sun, 19 May 2013 03:01:29 GMT autostaretx http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15770 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCX400/message/15770 ... The serial number doesn't key to the date ... On the scope's original packing boxes was a "work order number" which had the date as the first six digits in