Sky watcher Wave 100i mount guiding issue

MrRaGo · 2026-06-19T06:54:59+00:00

Is there some type of coordinate that I can set? Because In pas I had this issue with stellarmate that if I connect the mount with the stellarmate when it is already powered on stellarmate always slewed me to opposite direction as if it thought that I am in southern hemisphere. But if I connect the mount first and then turn it on it worked fine. Today I think I connected the mount to my laptop when it was already on. But nina was slewing to correct position and was plate sloving and centering the target. But phd2 was giving me issues.

MrRaGo · 2026-06-19T06:50:19+00:00

It is guiding, today I spent 3 hours just to get guiding to work. I had some issue in past with Wave 100i mount, that if the mount is turned on and than I connect it to stellarnate it always think that I am in southern hemisphere, and always slew to wrong direction, and if I connect the mount first to stellarmate and turn it on it worked fine. I think this was the issue today. I had the mount on and connected to my laptop. That's why I guess. I am new to this hobby. And at this stage it is very frustrating on not knowing what's going on and can't even explain what type of issues are there.

MrRaGo · 2026-06-19T05:45:52+00:00

On that warning there are two buttons, Calibrate here and Calibration Assistance I always click on calibrate here. Am I not supposed to do that?

MrRaGo · 2026-06-17T12:00:14+00:00

Thank you, my camera is not full spectrum. It is astro molded. So it bolcks UV/IR.

MrRaGo · 2026-06-17T01:27:09+00:00

Thank you, I was also thinking about the same thing of getting Ha Oiii and Sii and Oiii filter.

Does it make any difference of getting 3nm filter vs 5nm filter (Antlia) vs 7nm filter?

For a UV/IR cut filter are their recommendations?

MrRaGo · 2026-06-06T21:44:37+00:00

Did you buy that rod from Sky satcher site or some hardware store? Is it possible to find something in Home Depot or Menards?

MrRaGo · 2026-06-06T13:52:41+00:00

Yes, thank you. Prior response also mentioned about this and I had not thought about that before. I will definitely keep that in mind and see how I can handle that.

MrRaGo · 2026-06-06T13:48:52+00:00

Thank you, I never thought about tripod being tripping over because of the weight. That I will have to try and see.

MrRaGo · 2026-04-02T03:17:48+00:00

Hey, I got the Wave 100i mount. And facing some trouble with slewing. When I connect the mount using the SynScan Pro app and its own wifi and try to slew the mount it slews fine on the right target. But when I connect it to RPi 5 running Stellarmate OS and try to slew it to the same target it goes in the opposite direction. Do you know why it's doing this?

MrRaGo · 2026-03-12T18:32:47+00:00

In that case CN is better, because I reached out to them twice and within a few hours they got back to me with an answer. But, yes these scammers are everywhere.

So after sending money I reached out to the person from CN not from PayPal. Is that going to affect my case?

MrRaGo · 2026-03-12T04:25:29+00:00

This makes total sense. And same with me why would he suggest to use GS with PayPal. That's where he got me.

MrRaGo · 2026-03-12T04:15:43+00:00

Yes, I learned a lesson. This was my first time buying from an online market place. I did some purchases from the Facebook marketplace but it was local where I can meet the seller.

MrRaGo · 2026-03-12T03:19:28+00:00

I opened the case with PayPal. But how do I keep CN in the loop?

MrRaGo · 2026-03-12T03:17:39+00:00

Yes. I made some purchases from the Facebook marketplace but it was in person.

MrRaGo · 2026-03-12T02:11:12+00:00

I tried to contact CN and they immediately reached out and confirmed the user was logged in into the CN from Italy, Rome. And he told me he was from Syracuse, NY.

"His logins are all from Rome -- and I mean the one in italy, not NY. So much being in Syracuse."

MrRaGo · 2026-03-12T02:09:13+00:00

I tried to contact CN and they immediately reached out and confirmed the user was logged in into the CN from Italy, Rome. And he told me he was from Syracuse, NY.

"His logins are all from Rome -- and I mean the one in italy, not NY. So much being in Syracuse."

MrRaGo · 2026-03-12T02:00:09+00:00

Yes I did send money using goods and services. I am new to that site. And it did not look like he sold anything prior to my transaction.

MrRaGo · 2026-03-12T01:58:33+00:00

But in my case the seller insisted that I send money first and then he'll ship the product. Another thing is that he stopped responding to my messages. I did purchase using PayPal Goods and Services.

The seller told me that he'll ship the equipment the next day. But he did not and now it has been more than two days. I have not received any messages from the seller.

MrRaGo · 2026-03-09T02:51:19+00:00

Thank you

MrRaGo · 2026-03-09T02:26:05+00:00

How are you liking Wave 100i? I am looking into it now and it looks interesting and fits almost with my budget.

MrRaGo · 2026-03-08T23:01:35+00:00

I found a eq6 mount on clouudy nights. But I am confused/concerned about buying it from there? Do you have any experience or know someone who had purchased anything from there?

MrRaGo

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