I have a GM811 and recently upgraded to Level 6 with the LM L6 kit. Thanks to all for the hard work and careful instructions! Everything seemed to go well, and I have since had a couple of successful nights of imaging, complete with meridian flips.?
In exploring the Gemini Driver (version 1.1.23.0) and its interplay with my NINA settings, I am pondering a variation between them that seems to occur if I change my equipment. I am running an ES 127 with an ASI2600MC for AP, and am using NINA for acquisition. I occasionally set it up with an added reducer. I may add or remove that reducer in the middle of a session without rebooting my telescope & computer.
When I startup for the night, it looks to me like NINA draws my focal length and focal ration from the Gemini driver settings. Correct?
But in my workflow, when I have added a reducer to my optics, I would usually go to the NINA panel (Options>Equipment>Telescope) and adjust the Focal Length and Focal Ratio settings. I have thought that this was all I needed to do.
But I notice that if I look at my Gemini Telescope.net (Setup>Configure Telescope>Optics), the lower Focal Length does not automatically come over. I also see in that panel that I can set a separate option for my scope with the reducer with the new focal length.?
What is the proper workflow for adding or subtracting a reducer (or changing a camera or changing the OTA)? Should I manually reset both my NINA settings and my?Gemini Telescope.net settings? ?If I do not reset the??Gemini Telescope.net setting (as I have not done for months before), will it affect the performance of guiding or tracking in any way??
Two other Q's on the Gemini Driver:
? * In Setup>Advanced Gemini Settings>Controller Settings, is the "Gemini Expects J2000 coordinates" to be checked or unchecked? Leaving it unchecked seems to have been ok so far...
? *?NINA gives me the option to use??Gemini Telescope.Net 2, though it does not work if I try it. ?What is this driver?
Thanks for the help...
Geoff
