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Re: PDEC out of range errors
It's sounding as if your power supply is intermittent, or low voltage, or has a loose connection.
By Michael A. Covington · #28072 ·
Re: PDEC out of range errors
Well it is weird. Tonight it failed going to a star and I had to initiate park at CWD twice to get it to park. The error in the status page is " Powerfail detected! Off Counter: 496199 Stall in RA!"
By Oberon510 · #28071 ·
Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
thank you everyone for your help, I did a cold start today, the time zone was off for some reason but I have fixed that now. So far I am having no issues tonight. The first real test will be Tuesday
By Ryan · #28070 ·
Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
I believe the authors expected most users to accept their default position.? The user slews near, on one side or the other, and just presses the SLEW button, nothing complicated. But if your scope
By WayBack · #28069 ·
Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
That is very interesting Doug, I will try this tonight to see. Althought I don't understand why it gives you the option to choose West side or East side. Doesn't really make sense to me, but will give
By Ryan · #28068 ·
Re: PDEC out of range errors
But what actually resolved the problem?? I think you said the battery was good.? Changing the power outlet in your house won't make any difference unless your house has a serious wiring problem.
By Chip Louie · #28067 ·
Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
Looking at the documentation for the Calibration Assistant (CA) are you sure about this movement error.? Reading the top of the CA panel the states "Use the slew buttons to move the telescope within
By WayBack · #28066 ·
Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
Ryan, you are jumping from one issue to the next, without a clear explanation as to what you're doing or why. When you issue slew commands to near the meridian, like you're doing in the video, you
By Paul Kanevsky · #28065 ·
Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
Well unfortunately I was wrong it definitely still isn't going where it should. As you can see the scope is on the east side of the pier pointing west. It should be on the opposite side with the
By Ryan · #28064 ·
Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
Ryan, Being off that amount, for an initial slew, is nothing to be concerned about - just centre the object and synchronise the mount. In order to get any closer you would need to be perfectly polar
By Paul Homer · #28063 ·
Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
since my hc is on 1.6 I don't have those boxes to check. Fortunately now it has been slewing to the correct side of the pier, but when I slew to a target it is off by about 30-40 arcmin, I have tried
By Ryan · #28062 ·
Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
HC is a required piece for seeing the gear reversal checkboxes ;) Although you could also check this through the Gemini webpages or the latest ASCOM driver.
By Paul Kanevsky · #28061 ·
Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
well interesting, it did not update the HC thought it went through every step. But would that cause an issue? I'm under the impression the HC is not a required piece for imaging
By Ryan · #28060 ·
Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
Hi Ryan, What does the screen show when you go from the diamond screen >> MENU >> HC >> INFO ?? This should show you something like this: HC firmware version 1.63 Mainboard Firmware 6.1 Servo Drive
By Chip Louie · #28059 ·
Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
thank you I am in Arkansas if I can't get this to work i'll take you up on that.
By Ryan · #28058 ·
Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
Paul, I sent it into Losmandy for them to do it, so I did not do the L6 upgrade. Today I have updated the firmware to 6.1 However, When I go to the mount-gear on my HC there is no reverese dec/RA
By Ryan · #28057 ·
Re: PDEC out of range errors
Last installment. I went nuclear - changed Gemini-2 battery and? reset/reconfig, changed power outlet, power board, G11 power adapter and cable. Last night went without a hitch so fingers crossed all
By Oberon510 · #28056 ·
Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
Ryan, I have been using the Gemini 2 L6.1 firmware with v1.6.3 HC firmware since it was released without issue.? It sounds like you have some sort of data corruption and a reflash with the current
By Chip Louie · #28055 ·
Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
Ryan, did you do the upgrade to L6 yourself, or was this done by Losmandy? You may want to try to redo firmware flashing for both, Gemini and PIC servo controllers if reflashing just Gemini doesn't
By Paul Kanevsky · #28054 ·
Re: Error Gemini2
If you're going to go to the trouble of replacing components on the PCB, I'd recommend trying to switch to the Ethernet port, instead.
By Paul Kanevsky · #28053 ·