Pavel autofocus 2

[Bottletopburly 799]

Pavel has released firmware and ascom updates for AF1 , I also see AF2 has WiFi connectivity too that will be a handy feature for some also INDI support in the update https://deepskydad.com/autofocuser2

[red dwalf 302]

i`m interested in an AF1 for my William optics GT 81, the thing that concerns me is that the rubber timing belt connects to the fine focus knob of the focuser, this spindl on the fine focus knob is very thin and small diameter and i`m worried it will put undue stress on the shaft, anyone had any experience with this or am i being over concerned ?

[Ron Clarke 865]

Thanks for the heads up Dave, I'll upgrade my AF1 this week..

 

Ron

[Bottletopburly 799]

7 hours ago, red dwalf said:

i`m interested in an AF1 for my William optics GT 81, the thing that concerns me is that the rubber timing belt connects to the fine focus knob of the focuser, this spindl on the fine focus knob is very thin and small diameter and i`m worried it will put undue stress on the shaft, anyone had any experience with this or am i being over concerned ?

Mine run on the fine focus on both my scopes the belt is not overly taught and there is a bit of flex in the bracket Pavel supplies so it should be fine, any questions though drop Pavel an email he will be more than helpful to you .

[Ron Clarke 865]

Mine also runs on the fine focus, no problems so far..

 

  

Edited February 11 by Ron Clarke

[Tweedledee 2,806]

To save me emailing Pavel, am I correct in thinking that the only connection I would really need on the wifi AF2 is the power lead, nothing else? Do we know what voltage it will need?

Cheers.

Edited February 11 by Tweedledee

[Bottletopburly 799]

 12volts Correct Pete ?

Edited February 11 by Bottletopburly

[Tweedledee 2,806]

Thanks David. ?

[Tweedledee 2,806]

Do we know if it can be wifi controlled from a laptop?

[Bottletopburly 799]

 Pavels words-

46 minutes ago, Tweedledee said:

Do we know if it can be wifi controlled from a laptop?

 Both - you can control it from any device that has Wifi connectivity via web browser. I will soon prepare a demonstration with a field test results on YT  ? 

[Tweedledee 2,806]

Excellent thanks. ?

 

I presume Pavel has written some software for pc then.

Edited February 11 by Tweedledee

[Bottletopburly 799]

On 11/02/2019 at 22:07, Tweedledee said:

Excellent thanks. ?

 

I presume Pavel has written some software for pc then.

i assume so pete