Yikes... what a poor design decision! I'll see how mine is configured (or just replace it with a home brew one). I appreciate the heads-up.
Thanks for the thought Doug. May be even more reason to throw appropriate filtering caps in my setup. I'll certainly have a closer look at this.
Hi Colin - Many thanks for your feedback and interest in this - it is much appreciated! I'm not by my laptop at the moment, but I will check the...
Hi Colin - This is the first I've posted on a forum about it, but I'm not surprised to hear there are other conversations. Ground loops have...
Thanks for the quick response Doug. I may give this a go, and will report back here if I have any notable findings.
Hi all - In my endless quest to optimize my system, I'm looking for some information to help me devise a solution to fully eliminate ground loops...
Hi Wally - I haven't been on the forums in a while, but just saw your message. When I bought my STF-8300M 2nd hand, I had huge frustration with...
Hello all - Thank you again for everyone's suggestions here. After 2 consecutive nights in the field, I'm happy to report that the error appears...
Thank you again for your message, Doug! I appreciate you sticking with this. At the suggestion of another SBIG user, I tried running CCDOps in...
Hello again - I've thought about this further this morning. Hopefully you don't mind fielding my troubleshooting thoughts. Is it not curious...
Hi Doug - thank you for your reply! I suspected the board as well, until I saw that the EEPROM setting is retained through power up. Everything...
Well, I declared victory too early unfortunately. But I have more information. The "Set USB Offset" function clearly worked with my last post....
I've performed the USB Offset analysis at -10C and have written EEPROM. The results are as follows: Img. CCD Offset = 130 in EE for 996 ADU I...
Thanks Tim! I wondered about the need to re-evaluate the USB offset. I will give this a shot in a few hours and give the results when I have...
Hello all - I'm curious if this is being actively investigated, if there is something else I can try to resolve this issue, or some other action...
Hi Colin - Thank you for your message and suggestion! I did try CCDOps before posting, and unfortunately had received the same results. As you...
Of course - attached.
Hello all - I recently updated to 2.57 on my STF-8300M during a stretch of poor weather. I was one of those affected by the drifting offset...
Thanks for the follow up Doug. Makes sense about the PC -- I guess you never do know what folks are able pull along on life support. I would...
Thank you very much again for your reply Tim, and Doug as well. The unit will be shipping to Bill in CA today, and as before, I really appreciate...
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