On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 08:51 PM, Frank Wielgus wrote:
Interesting results.
Once the troubleshooter started recording, I went to a bright star via the HC and synched.? During this time, error messages were flashing rather quickly with time out, com errors etc. After syncing I slewed just passed the meridian and tried to flip - which it did not.? The error messages never stopped. I then stopped everything. I did not get these messages before.? File is attached.
Thanks, Frank.? The logs show all the settings and configuration, and I'm still unable to see anything that would cause the no flip behavior.
Maybe Ren¨¦?can take a look. The comm errors you saw were related to the troubleshooter and Gemini.NET driver trying to poll the mount simultaneously while running in the 'record activity' mode. I've made a fix for this for a future version of the driver, but it shouldn't affect anything other than the occasional popup messages.
I do see your tests to flip the mount, and as before, Gemini reports success but doesn't flip, HA=0.1826:
Tracking=True
Nudge from Safety=True
Eastern Safety Limit=094d00
Western Safety Limit=094d00
Goto Limit=002d30
AtHome=False
AtPark=False
Status Byte=5
At Safety Limit=False
Side of Pier=W
####### HA=0.189758 before flip request, mount is tracking #########08:40:17.184: ENQ 0 Macro=557783;389867;6.265307;+31.833485;+0.189758;195.535668;+80.937333;T;T;N;W;6.455065;0;0;276.106358;5;00090B10;-1;0;5;0;
####### Sent flip request, received 0 => OK #########
08:40:17.184: TRANSMITED=:Mf#
08:40:17.184: RECEIVED=:Mf#=0
####### Mount continues to track towards the safety limit, no flip has occurred #########
08:40:17.685: ENQ 0 Macro=557769;389867;6.265302;+31.833485;+0.189902;195.547123;+80.936885;T;T;N;W;6.455205;0;0;275.582792;5;00090B10;-1;0;6;0;
08:40:18.187: ENQ 0 Macro=557756;389867;6.265306;+31.833485;+0.190038;195.557759;+80.936475;T;T;N;W;6.455344;0;0;275.096623;5;00090B10;-1;0;5;0;
08:40:18.688: ENQ 0 Macro=557742;389867;6.265300;+31.833485;+0.190185;195.569213;+80.936029;T;T;N;W;6.455485;0;0;274.573057;5;00090B10;-1;0;13;0;
Paul Kanevsky