From: "KirkusMcGurkus" <kirk@stenvall.net>

Date: October 1, 2008 1:17:23 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: Custom drive ratios disrupt tracking?

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Milton Aupperle <milton@...> wrote:

As a possible suggestion If you were going on upgrading to Version 4  

anyhow, why not upgrade (it's $35 USD)

http://www.outcastsoft.com/UpgradingToAstroIIDC4.html

now and see if that works before you un-spend all the time changing  

it back to where it was?

We did make changes in Version 4 to only issue a "stop command" in  

the direction it's moving when guiding for LX 200  type mounts too,  

which might have been part of the issue. And version 4 can optionally  

issue 2 commands to guide on both axis at the same time too, so it's  

responds and corrects faster too.

Laslty, because Astro IIDC 4.01.00 is still in Alpha - maybe we can  

fix the issue your having if it's not too "weird" a behavior with the  

new motors.

If I upgrade now, can I go back to my older version in the future if

necessary? As a rule I don't usually use Alpha or Beta software, but

as long as I have the option to revert without too much hassle, I'll

go ahead and upgrade now. I'm going to eventually anyway.

PS - What's HTH?

HTH..

Milton J. Aupperle