controller mounted

Inspired by Guy and Scott, after seeing their iOptron presentation to the RASC last Wednesday, I went to work at finally mounting my Vixen SD-1 hand controller to the tripod. It's only been 2 years...

I simply stapled white strips of Velcro hook tape to the top of the tripod legs. I put some self-adhesive black Velcro loop tape on the back of the controller. Now I can stick the controller any where that is convenient.

While working on this, I decided to attach a cable holding hook to the side of the controller. Hopefully this will hold the power cord securely and prevent disconnects. Once I had the connector jiggle loose. I also hope it will be faster. Previously, I was unwrapping and wrapping a twist tie around the data and power cables...

I rejigged the North/South switch. Previously, I had a piece of Magic Tape over it to prevent accidental activation. Today, I jammed some plastic into the well of the switch and then put black electrical tape over top the hole. That switch can't move.

Another overdue item: I replaced the black twist ties on the power and data cords with orange Velcro One-Wraps (couldn't find my red ones).

Finally, with some red electrical tape, I attached the power connector and male adapter. Hopefully this will prevent disconnects. Never had an issue with this. I just want to avoid polarity problems...