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Re: Tracking stops
On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 01:40 PM, Edward Plumer wrote:
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That's what settle time is for. It doesn't stop or start tracking. It simply delays the next set of commands by a few seconds after a slew.
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Re: Tracking stops
On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM, Jim Magill wrote:
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So what happens when the tracking stops? How do you know that it stopped? The fact that you need to "stop and then start" tracking again to make it work tells me that Gemini is reporting that it is already tracking (or at least Gemini thinks that it is). The Gemini.NET tracking checkbox reflects the status that Gemini is reporting, so if it remains checked, Gemini believes it is tracking.
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"settle time" doesn't do anything about stopping or starting tracking. All it does is delay the reported completion of a slew to other apps, like NINA. In effect, even though Gemini.NET knows the slew has already completed, it will wait a few extra seconds to tell NINA. As far as NINA is concerned, Gemini is taking a few seconds longer to complete the slew, so it waits a few seconds longer before issuing new commands. I assume if you also set settle time in NINA, it will just add a few extra seconds of wait time on top of the end of slew delay that Gemini.NET added. Again, no effect on tracking or not tracking.
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Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 07:04 PM, Ryan wrote:
Don¡¯t know what or how the combination of touch screen button and physical buttons is designed to work. I generally use one or the other, not both simultaneously. I¡¯m also not sure that in years of using Gemini I¡¯ve noticed the behavior you¡¯re describing, but perhaps I¡¯ve never tried the key combinations that you are using.
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Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 02:32 PM, Paul Kanevsky wrote:
The physical buttons are, you can also use the touch screen for one axis? and a physical button for the other. But the physical buttons you can also push both axis simultaneously. |
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Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 02:11 PM, Ryan wrote:
What will make this happen more often than not is when I try to manually slew the RA and Dec axis simultaneously. It happens far more often in the Dec axis than the RA.? ?
Ryan, the touch screen is not multi-touch, so press only one button at a time.? |
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Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
This may need to be a different thread, but something else that has been happening at L5 and L6 even with updating the firmware.?
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When i click the DEC or RA button on the touch screen OR the bottom physical buttons it will occasionally slew the wrong direction. If I press the opposite button for each direction it continues along the same pathway.?
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So for example if the if I am trying to slew the RA motor to the west I would click the appropriate button. I will press the touch screen or physical button to slew to the west. However rather than slewing west it will slew to the east. I will release, and when I hit the button again it will continue slewing in the same, wrong, direction. when I go back to the opposite directional button. It will continue to slew east. It is not until I repark at counterwieght down, unpark and try to slew again that this will fix.?
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This same issue will occur with the Dec axis.?
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It is not everytime but does happen consistently.?
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What will make this happen more often than not is when I try to manually slew the RA and Dec axis simultaneously. It happens far more often in the Dec axis than the RA.?
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Any thoughts here?
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I don't think this is related to my initial problem as there usually is a clear fix by re-parking the mount.? |
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Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
I did have the problem before and turned off the NINA to mount sync which helped. I ran it last night with 0 problems. Guiding RMS was 0.3 total, performed the meridian flip perfectly. So Hopefully this will be fixed. I am now connecting via ethernet port which may also be a contributing factor.?
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I also checked the battery voltage which was fine.?
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I do appreciate everyones help this has been a frustrating experience made easier by ya'lls help.
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On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 04:11 PM, Chip Louie wrote:
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Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
Ryan,
When first starting out with my GM811G HD I did quite a few "Factory Resets" To make sure I had not screwed up one of the settings.
It takes you back to reset anything we, as humans, may have mistakenly messed up in the settings.
It is a blanket fix, and you will have to walk through everything again. But it is well worth the efforts.
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Worked for me, even when experiencing the exact thing you started this thread with.
As you gain experience with your mount (or as I did with mine) the oddities got fewer and fewer.
Now, no problems for a long, long time.
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I always suspect that guy in the mirror first when odd things crop up. ;^)
But Paul K has always helped me find my way. Especially with settings hidden behind settings. LOL!
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Something else that is often not discussed, when you build your aiming model, after a good Polar Alignment, I like to do 10 stars East, and 10 stars West.
This gives a lot of fine tuning to the mounts aiming. And it aids tremendously the Pointing Accuracy. Rene` agreed with my strategy years ago. More Stars are better.
I'm all about accuracy in my setting up. I figure that the better I setup, and the more I help my mount learn, the better it is going to be able to work for me.
Good basics help speed things up with plate solving too.
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I haven't done a "Factory Reset" for years now. No reason to.
But I did a bunch when learning my new mount.
You'll get around this Pointing the Wrong Way confusion. But don't be afraid of doing a Factory Reset.
It also helps YOU learn your mount. ;^)
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The more accuracy we put in in our initial setting up, the more joy we'll find down the line.
I start at making sure my Tripod is as level as I can get it. I spent my whole life working in Heavy Industry and Utility fields.
Accuracy in installation is what keeps machines happy for decades. Works for my Losmandy Mount, too.
But first I had to get the junk from my first mount out of my head, too.
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You'll get there.
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Re: Gemini will point in the complete wrong direction
If your time zone changed then you might want to look for other settings that changed.? Verify the new time and SAVE it.? Power down wait 20 seconds and.thwn reboot Gemini 2 and verify your time is correct.? Next.connect your PC and start / load.the apps and verify the apps are not pushing the app data up to the Gemini 2.? Others have had this problem with NINA and Gemini-2.??
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Re: Gemini Telescope and Firecapture question
Gary,
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It sounds like you don¡¯t have FireCapture set up correctly for your mount¡
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Sometimes I¡¯ll do the same thing as JB.
Other times I¡¯ll build a small 3-4 point model on whatever side of the meridian I¡¯m working on, using plate solving in NINA to center, then when I disconnect NINA and open FireCapture and it connects to the mount, I use the ASCOM controlller that pops up to search for/go-to/track whatever it is I¡¯m looking for¡ because of the model the object usually shows up centered or at least in the field of view.?
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Re: Gemini Telescope and Firecapture question
Although I have used Firecapture for years, and think it's a great piece of software, I have recently switched to Sharpcap with outstanding results. The image quality is noticeably better, and you can easily control Gemini from within the SC controls, including a spiral function. It also has a great guiding function called "Feature Tracking" which stays on the target, spot on! I highly recommend it. Art Trail Broken Arrow, OK, USA attrail1@cox,net
On Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 10:27:13 AM CST, gmartin@... <gmartin@...> wrote:
[Edited Message Follows] Been using my G11/C11 setup for DSO with NINA for a couple years. A few months ago I changed com from USB to Ethernet to connect to the G11. Works great.?
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Now I'm doing planetary with FireCapture. As you all know it is difficult to get a planet centered for imaging. I can't seem to open the Gemini Telescope software control while FireCapture is open. It errors. If I close FC, Gemini Telescope will connect right up.?
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Note: Once the planet is centered, FC can center and track it just fine.?
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I'd like to be able to Find and Center the planet with the Gemini software control. Is it possible to do this ? I'm trying to do as much of this remotely from in the house, as the temp is in the teens here at night.??
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Also I have seen on some YouTube videos that EQMOD has a Spiral Search feature for finding an object, like a planet. Does Gemini Telescope have anything like this ??
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