I have had two UPBV2s and they both had backlash controls on their focus output. I upgraded to the UPBV3 and it does not seem to have one.

thanks in advance....

You don't need to - The NUCs work down to 12 volts - I have had 5 NUCs over the years and they all work off my observatory power supply, which I set to 13.5V, which allows for voltage drops and guarantees minimum 12 volts. This has been with UPBV2s and 3s. Just use the always on power output. You wi...

It was in the UPBV2 controls, but I cannot find it in the focus tab of the UPBV3 in unity.

Has it been implemented?

I’m not entirely sure whether this is a Falcon or a Nina issue, but I occasionally get an instance where the falcon rotator does not move after a Nina move command. Nina does not have a timeout, and the sequence hangs. If I go into the Unity driver and change the angle to the desired Value, it frees...

I have two Falcon rotators, which I have named rotator1 and rotator2, for a dual-camera NINA installation using the sync plugin. My problem is that I cannot auto-connect the rotators to NINA. When I do, it does not remember which NINA instance is connected to which rotator. In fact, I can get both N...

Does anyone know if you can have a dual camera system, each with a Falcon rotator using NINA sync plugin and ASCOM/Unity?

The Unity program is a UI. The ASCOM drivers load automatically. I get this error message,... but then it connects and works normally. It seems to be one of those little things.

I set to understanding the guiding performance on my new mount after the latest firmware update. That update improves DEC slew accuracy and permits a sensible TheSkyX TPoint model. That 50-point model confirmed the polar alignment error measured by SharpCapPro and gave me a pointing accuracy of 26&q...

I might be seeing something related to this. If you take off the scope, disable refraction correction and put a dovetail plate in the saddle. If you slew directly E or W using the N/S slew buttons, is the plate horizontal when the readout in Unity is zero degrees? I noticed something strange when I ...

On my mount, there is still something strange with DEC slew accuracy. Even with refraction disabled, pointing E or W at zero altitude does not give me a horizontal scope. It points upwards by about a degree in both cases. I have raised a ticket. Not sure if it is just my scope or something more gene...

I discovered that the home position on my mount was not too well set and in particular, my DEC pointing was several degrees off. The markings on the mount body are a guide and I initially set the home position using these. They are not too far off but on the RA axis, both pairs of markings do not al...

There are probably more polar alignment tools out there than anything else. I spent an entire night trying out different techniques. These are my conclusions so far and may be useful to others. My mount has a sinusoidal PE of ±21", very similar to that of my Rainbow RST135, just a little smooth...

I had the same question - glad I found this. The readout is rather misleading and I'm not even sure what one would use it for.

Unity release today (May 18) gives me an unhandled exception for every ? help button.

Just bought the Pegasus carbon fiber tripod. Mine does not have the spreader plate or central bolt (as in mount instruction manual and the web illustrations). I'm wondering if it is missing on purpose, or accidentally.

Anyone else had this?

[updated] It was missing and was subsequently sent to me.

I sold my Rainbow to buy this mount. I note that both mounts force a common guide rate for both axes. On my Rainbow it was usually the case that the RMS guide error was worse on DEC. I could improve DEC RMS by lowering the rate but then the common guide rate was too slow to keep with the rapidly cha...

I have my mount on order, along with a universal EQ6 adaptor. I need to get an adaptor made up for my portable pier. I have looked at the mechanical drawings but they are missing the distance of the 5 x M10 holes from the center. What diameter are they on?

bumping this request, I do not want a third replacement - the external sensor used for the UPBV2 is its weakest link - there are so many other devices that share their data through ASCOMObservingConditions that it would be preferable to discard this sensor altogether. What are your thoughts?

Mine has seemingly come up blank too - but the server is running and I can connect through ASCOM still.

When I look at Task Manager, only the server is running.

The sensor on the UPBV2 is not the best, and I'm on my second one. All my others sensors agree closely but are different to the one supplied with the UPBV2. Please would you consider permitting an ASCOM connection to a 3rd party environmental sensor as an option? It might be something you want to al...