On 27 Oct 2017, at 1:02:42 am, jfev5mnsvqiyzpq756wvokt55jve7sbg2esr5mip@... [Losmandy_users] <Losmandy_users@...> wrote:

Hi all!

Thanks for all suggestions on this issue! I've now tried a lot, but unfortunately, the problem is still there.?

I measure the voltage from the battery: 3.09 V.?

I checked and checked and triple checked lat and long - correct. So is UTC time.?

I set the safety limits, first to default, then to how I'd like them. Checked and checked.?

And it is still there. Very systematically (which leads me to think not HC issue). Yesterday night, I did a cold start, Go To Bright star to Albireo and sync (first point in model). Then I tried Go To Bright Star Dubhe - and get Interrrupted. I tries Deneb - works OK! Sync - second point in model. Tried Dubhe - Interrupted. Tried Mirfak (which means a meridian flip) - Interrupted. Tried Vega - OK! Sync - third point.?

Then I used the HC to manually slew to Mizar in Ursa Major, did a sync there, and then tried Go To Bright Star Dubhe again. Interrupted.?

Then (only then) did I attach the RS232 cable and the computer. That is, shut the mount down and did a warm restart. I tried slewing with the computer (not ASCOM, but Ekos/Indi). And i works with the same stars, but refuses to slew to anything in Andromeda or Perseus. When using the computer to slew to Perseus, the HC reports Interrupted, and the computer says "Slew complete" (well...).?

I was going to image M33. So I used the HC to manually slew to somewhere around M33 (I could not use HC nor computer to GoTo M33). Then I used the computer to plate solve and "sync". I am not sure how that sync interacts with the point model in Losmandy though. Now I used the computer to slew to M33 - and it worked!! And I could plate solve and have it adjust postion to center om M33.?

So: first nothing in Andromeda is allowed for a GoTo. But after having the computer (Ekos/indi) plate solve very close to my intended target, it worked.?

It feels to me like there is something wrong with th e point model. But if I cold start, do I not build it from scratch? Could there be someting corrupting the point model, that I am not aware of?

Or is my G1 more severely ill.....?

Big problem with this, is that I cannot trust the scope to work automatically. That is, I'd like to use a scheduler and have it start in the middle of the night and image until dawn, for instance with M33. As it is now, I need to manually manipualte it to be able to reach the intended target. So it is a practical problem.?

Magnus