To be safe I ordered the exact same model hand controller. I plugged it in and it doesn't want to power on. There is power to the mount (the red light comes on). The HC does not power up. The mount is under warranty so I waiting to hear back from Celestron but it sounds like I will need to ship them the whole mount which is prohibitively expensive right now. Does anyone in the SL/UT county area have a Celestron CGEM mount I can test the new HC on? I want to rule that out as the point of failure. On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Larry Holmes <larry@kijoda.com> wrote:
I would caution that you get a hand control that is upgradeable as the older ones are not. 73
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From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Date: November 27, 2015 at 10:12:33 AM EST To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Replacement for nexstar+ handcontrol Reply-To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com>
It's not an immediate solution, but I believe you can find a replacement hand controller on eBay for very little money, the market seems saturated with them.
I bought a couple of the smaller Celestron GoTo mounts on eBay last year, complete with hand controller, for pennies on the dollar. They work well, and the controller seems identical to the one on my own CGEM.
On 11/26/15, Jeff Smith <utah-astronomy@unbiasedgeek.com> wrote: Recently the hand controller took some damage and is no longer operational. Does anyone know of a way to calibrate a Celestron CGEM without a nexstar+ hand controller? Is it possible to hook a laptop directly up to it to calibrate and slew?
Thanks for your suggestions.
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