Submitted by Michael J. Cook on Sat, 2010-02-20 00:00
I connected the cables between the RA and DEC motors and the A-P control box. The connection layout is not clear nor documented. I hooked up the power supply and turned on the mount. The cable connections are wrong because I've got a yellow overload protection light on the control box and the keypad does not get to the main menu. I turned off the mount, swapped the RA and DEC connections, and tried again. Keypad shows main menu. Using N-S-E-W keypad keys, I can move mount in RA but nothing happens in DEC. Getting a mount status through keypad indicates "stalled motor". Turned off th