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Re: Serial connection to G2
开云体育Paul, the entire log file was in the attachment to the earlier message.? The Firmware was 6.05 ? D. ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Kanevsky
Sent: 25 October 2024 21:10 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Gemini-II_io] Serial connection to G2 ? What's the firmware version of your G2? Can you upload more of the log file? |
Spontaneous reboot of L6 Gemini 2
I recently had my Gemini 2 upgraded to L6 by Losmandy.
Set it up yesterday. Had the scope parked but on for an hour or two. Walked away from it. When I came back, the hand controller was in a boot loop. I powered the mount off and on. It booted fine and stayed on.?
unfortunately my usb hub died, so I shut everything down for the night after the unit was running 40 minutes. Today, I powered up and connected to Nina. While I was working on the computer, Nina said it couldn’t communicate with the Gemini. The driver had disconnected. Hit the button and it connected.
?I’m using a mini pc and using a usb cable from mount to pc. No hub. I did update the ascom driver.
Anyone see stability issues with L6 or the new Gemini. Net drivers?
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Re: Beta-test of new HC firmware v1.62
开云体育I've decided for the HC reboot mechanism intentionally, it is the best method to reset all these internals of the ARM processor to a well defined state, of course after trying every other possible error handling I'm aware of. Please don't call it a bug, it is not really a feature I really like, but the least of the evils ;)A missing LAN connection delays the startup, I could add a LAN deactivation checkbox to avoid this, but I consider the HC reboot to be the better solution, just in case. It may take even more time if DHCP usage is enabled, especially with a long waiting period selected. Checking for a DHCP reply is part of the initialization loop. What are your DHCP settings? The serial cable G2 to HC is not visible in the video. Could you please describe it? Coiled or flat, length, standard or special serial settings? I'd like to reproduce your findings and fine tune the timeout settings, if possible. Thanks, 搁别苍é Am 25.10.24 um 21:58 schrieb WayBack:
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Re: Serial connection to G2
开云体育There’s a pattern in the behaviour, just before the timeout in each case we see the identical message sequence: 16:59:28.121 Serial wait for response? TID:15 [0]: :GR 16:59:28.163 Serial received:????????? TID:15 [0]: :GR, 12.295757 16:59:28.164 Serial wait for response? TID:15 [0]: :GD 16:59:28.174 Serial received:????????? TID:15 [0]: :GD, +90.000000 16:59:28.175 Serial wait for response? TID:15 [0]: :GA 16:59:28.186 Serial received:????????? TID:15 [0]: :GA, +52.125278 16:59:28.186 Serial wait for response? TID:15 [0]: :GZ 16:59:28.197 Serial received:????????? TID:15 [0]: :GZ, 360.000000 16:59:28.197 Serial wait for response? TID:15 [0]: :Gv 16:59:28.198 Serial received:????????? TID:15 [0]: :Gv, T 16:59:28.198 UpdatePolledVariables???? TID:15 [Exit] 16:59:28.198 UpdatePolledVariables5??? TID:15 [Exit] True 16:59:28.199 Transmitting commands???? TID:15 [2]: :Sc10/25/24# 16:59:28.199 Serial Transmit?????????? TID:15 [0]: :Sc10/25/24# 16:59:28.200 Done transmitting???????? TID:15 [2]: 16:59:28.200 Serial wait for response? TID:15 [0]: :Sc10/25/24 ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of David C. Partridge
Sent: 25 October 2024 18:41 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Gemini-II_io] Serial connection to G2 ? I tried with the other G2 – that was the last log of the set you received in the zip file ? The BT serial adapter works perfectly with my G1, and the cable tests clean for continuity ? ? D. ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Kanevsky ? Looks like it's working... but not every time. Something's wrong with the connection, serial converter, or the serial port. ? On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 12:08 PM, David C. Partridge wrote:
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Re: Beta-test of new HC firmware v1.62
I see a HC startup failure at times in the field with no LAN.? The starting sequence displays on the HC starts, waits, switches to connecting to Gemini pauses and then fails to connect.? The screen flashes grey (reboot) and the HC restarts, on the second attempt it connects.
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When connected to the LAN in the office it does not behave this way when able to connect to the Ethernet LAN.
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Re: Allow speeding up
开云体育That’s what I am complaining about – on the G1 you could accelerate from G to C to S ? David ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Kanevsky
Sent: 25 October 2024 18:04 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Gemini-II_io] Allow speeding up ? On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 12:55 PM, Paul Kanevsky wrote:
The tactile buttons always work for me (you must be on the screen with diamond buttons on the touch screen). They also allow acceleration to the next higher speed, but not beyond. I can't accelerate twice, only one acceleration works to the next higher level.? |
Re: Serial connection to G2
开云体育I tried with the other G2 – that was the last log of the set you received in the zip file ? The BT serial adapter works perfectly with my G1, and the cable tests clean for continuity ? ? D. ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Kanevsky
Sent: 25 October 2024 17:53 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Gemini-II_io] Serial connection to G2 ? Looks like it's working... but not every time. Something's wrong with the connection, serial converter, or the serial port. ? On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 12:08 PM, David C. Partridge wrote:
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Re: Allow speeding up
On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 12:55 PM, Paul Kanevsky wrote:
The tactile buttons always work for me (you must be on the screen with diamond buttons on the touch screen). They also allow acceleration to the next higher speed, but not beyond. I can't accelerate twice, only one acceleration works to the next higher level.?
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Re: Allow speeding up
Hmm. I didn't have that issue after the restart. I'll try a few more times to see if there's some sequence that leads to this state. Anything in particular that you do before you try to use the buttons?
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On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 11:15 AM, David C. Partridge wrote:
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Re: Serial connection to G2
Looks like it's working... but not every time. Something's wrong with the connection, serial converter, or the serial port.
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On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 12:08 PM, David C. Partridge wrote:
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Re: Serial connection to G2
开云体育Here’s the Diagnostics which seem (to me) to suggest the coms is sort of working but (for example): 16:57:14.964 Serial received:????????? TID:11 [0]: :GA, +52.125278 16:57:14.964 Serial wait for response? TID:11 [0]: :GZ 16:57:14.973 Serial received:????????? TID:11 [0]: :GZ, 360.000000 16:57:14.973 Serial wait for response? TID:11 [0]: :Gv 16:57:14.973 Serial received:????????? TID:11 [0]: :Gv, T 16:57:14.973 UpdatePolledVariables???? TID:11 [Exit] 16:57:14.973 UpdatePolledVariables5??? TID:11 [Exit] True 16:57:14.973 Transmitting commands???? TID:11 [2]: :Sc10/25/24# 16:57:14.973 Serial Transmit?????????? TID:11 [0]: :Sc10/25/24# 16:57:14.973 Done transmitting???????? TID:11 [2]: 16:57:14.973 Serial wait for response? TID:11 [0]: :Sc10/25/24 16:57:26.047 Exception???????????????? TID:11 [Error]: System.TimeoutException: ReadTo[0D][0A]?? at ASCOM.GeminiTelescope.GeminiHardwareBase.ReadTo(Char terminate) in C:\Users\ypa\Documents\Ascom.Gemini.Telescope\GeminiTelescope\Connection.cs:line 961[0D][0A]?? at ASCOM.GeminiTelescope.GeminiHardwareBase.GetCommandResultSerial(CommandItem command, Boolean bResyncOnError, Boolean& bReturn) in C:\Users\ypa\Documents\Ascom.Gemini.Telescope\GeminiTelescope\Connection.cs:line 741 ? David ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of David C. Partridge
Sent: 25 October 2024 16:32 To: [email protected] Subject: [Gemini-II_io] Serial connection to G2 ? I haven’t tried to use the serial port on the G2 I have so it’s possible that it’s broken as the G2 wasn’t new when Tanya sent it to me for developing the Servo firmware. ? Here’s what I had with my G1? (with serial port modified to supply 5V on pin 1) ? ?????????????? Bluetooth??????????? G1 ?????????????? 1 ????????????????????????????????????????? NC ?????????????? 2???????????? ->?????????? 1???????????? 5V ?????????????? 3???????????? ->?????????? 2???????????? GND ??????? TX? 4 ??????????? ->?????????? 3???????????? RX ??????? RX? 5???????????? ->?????????? 4???????????? TX ?????????????? 6?????????????????????????????????????????? NC ? I made up a new lead to connect to the G2 ? ?????????????? Bluetooth??????????? G2 ?????????????? 1 ????????????????????????????????????????? NC ?????????????? 2???????????? ->?????????? 1???????????? 5V ?????????????? 3???????????? ->?????????? 3???????????? GND ??????? TX? 4 ??????????? ->?????????? 2???????????? RX ??????? RX? 5???????????? ->?????????? 5???????????? TX ?????????????? 6?????????????????????????????????????????? NC ? Which I am pretty sure is correct (please tell me if I’ve got it wrong – it would be easy to do). I’ve checked the cable for continuity ? Baud rate is set to 9600 in Gemini.net and the lead is plugged into the Serial/GPS port on the G2. The web pages tell me that is also set to 9600 (unlike the HC port which is set to 57600). ? Gemini.net says connected, and then times out and gives up after a couple of attempts. ? Have goofed this up or? ? Cheers, David ? |
Serial connection to G2
开云体育I haven’t tried to use the serial port on the G2 I have so it’s possible that it’s broken as the G2 wasn’t new when Tanya sent it to me for developing the Servo firmware. ? Here’s what I had with my G1? (with serial port modified to supply 5V on pin 1) ? ?????????????? Bluetooth??????????? G1 ?????????????? 1 ????????????????????????????????????????? NC ?????????????? 2???????????? ->?????????? 1???????????? 5V ?????????????? 3???????????? ->?????????? 2???????????? GND ??????? TX? 4 ??????????? ->?????????? 3???????????? RX ??????? RX? 5???????????? ->?????????? 4???????????? TX ?????????????? 6?????????????????????????????????????????? NC ? I made up a new lead to connect to the G2 ? ?????????????? Bluetooth??????????? G2 ?????????????? 1 ????????????????????????????????????????? NC ?????????????? 2???????????? ->?????????? 1???????????? 5V ?????????????? 3???????????? ->?????????? 3???????????? GND ??????? TX? 4 ??????????? ->?????????? 2???????????? RX ??????? RX? 5???????????? ->?????????? 5???????????? TX ?????????????? 6?????????????????????????????????????????? NC ? Which I am pretty sure is correct (please tell me if I’ve got it wrong – it would be easy to do). I’ve checked the cable for continuity ? Baud rate is set to 9600 in Gemini.net and the lead is plugged into the Serial/GPS port on the G2. The web pages tell me that is also set to 9600 (unlike the HC port which is set to 57600). ? Gemini.net says connected, and then times out and gives up after a couple of attempts. ? Have goofed this up or? ? Cheers, David ? |
Re: Allow speeding up
开云体育Yes, I did restart – several times in fact as I’m trying to get serial coms working (but that’s for another thread). ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Kanevsky
Sent: 25 October 2024 15:28 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Gemini-II_io] Allow speeding up ? Hi David, ? Did you restart Gemini after the new HC firmware was uploaded to the HC? I had a similar experience, and it all cleared up after restarting Gemini. ? Regards, ? ? ?-Paul ? On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 10:22 AM, David C. Partridge wrote:
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Re: Allow speeding up
Hi David,
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Did you restart Gemini after the new HC firmware was uploaded to the HC? I had a similar experience, and it all cleared up after restarting Gemini.
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Regards,
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On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 10:22 AM, David C. Partridge wrote:
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