Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
Yes - It stopped moving.? I lost RA tracking and PHD2 went crazy.? There were no Beeps warning of the stall.? The RA motor and section of the Mini Gemini-2 were too hot to touch...? I stopped
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Jim Waters <jimwaters@...>
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Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
Are you sure it was a motor stall? a stall would stop the motor from moving -- Brian Brian Valente astro portfolio https://www.brianvalentephotography.com/astrophotography/ portfolio
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Brian Valente
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Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
The Motor Stall wasn't included in the first beta.? I had an RA stall and the Gemini-2 and motor over heated. ----------------------- Jim W Phoenix, AZ USA
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Jim Waters <jimwaters@...>
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Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
HI Jim Safety limits and motor stalls are and will always be a part of the Gemini system. -- Brian Brian Valente astro portfolio https://www.brianvalentephotography.com/astrophotography/ portfolio
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Brian Valente
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Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
Are the *Motor Stall* and *Safety Limits* warnings (Beeping) included in this Beta?? I think there's a message about Heavy Load or something but I don't remember the wording. -----------------------
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Jim Waters <jimwaters@...>
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Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
Thanks, good question: the video is not public, remember the first beta was closed It is available from within the L6 beta group that we will open up to everyone [email protected]> wrote: -- Brian
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Brian Valente
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Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
I assume the Youtube video for the updates will be released on the 1 Feb?? I ask because I'm not seeing it on Youtube right now.
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Russ
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Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
YMMV, but I wouldn't characterize the improvement as merely "modest at best". Of course, it really depends on the characteristics of your entire system. I had never been in the .3 to .5 arc-sec RMS
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Greg Moxness
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Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
sandisk is a solid safe choice -- Brian Brian Valente astro portfolio https://www.brianvalentephotography.com/astrophotography/ portfolio brianvalentephotography.com
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Brian Valente
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Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
Brian, Another long story - I noticed some of the videos on my current card wouldn't play via the web interface so I compared them to ones in combined.zip and they were
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Oberon510
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Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
We already have a youtube video on how to do the updates. The forum (when it opens) has a lot of other content describing how to set things up I hope to make additional ones including based on
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Brian Valente
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Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
Brian - Will there be a YouTube video too? ----------------------- Jim W Phoenix, AZ USA
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Jim Waters <jimwaters@...>
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Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
Dale and all, We're jumping the gun a little bit here. The beta group with all the files and documentation will be open for business on Feb 1. Until then, the purpose of providing the document was to
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Brian Valente
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Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
Look in the GeminiL6Beta group files section: /g/GeminiL6Beta/files/LATEST%20VERSIONS Servo code is: Gemini_New.X.production.hex HC FW code is gemhc.zip which was last updated on 12
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David C. Partridge
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Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
I see the servo frimware RA 3 DEC 3 file may be in the MPLAB download based on the instructions. Is this correct? Also, how do we acquire the HC 1.5 April 11 2022 and Gem2 firmware L6 May 16 2022
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astro-smart2016
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Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
I personally found the differences in tracking/guiding to be modest at best.? I never did see anyone in the beta testing show data supporting improved performance - it may exist, it just wasn't
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Keith <keithdnak@...>
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Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
Brian I will be attending the WSP in the Keys with my 811 and 11. I would love to get better tracking and be able to brag about the update. I leave on the 11th of February so I believe I have plenty
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Neal Kleinman
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Re: Compensate for refraction on GoTos
Oh -- and to address this issue of refract being set to "on" in the Gemini: I don't see how that could happen. Before my change the indi driver did not have the ability to read or change the
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Jamie Amendolagine
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Re: Compensate for refraction on GoTos
The change has landed in the main development branch. It will be available in the nightly builds: https://github.com/indilib/indi/pull/1824
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Jamie Amendolagine
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Re: Announcement: Open Customer Beta for Level 6 firmware starts Feb 1
Hi Ken That¡¯s more than enough space. Why are you getting new SD cards? Thanks Brian Brian Valente Losmandy Astronomical Losmandy.com Tutorials and vids at <https://www.youtube.com/losmandy>
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Brian Valente <brian@...>
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