Re: Permanent Pier Parking... behavior seems wrong
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Russ, I think I followed your steps.?? Is this listing of the steps right? You have a Gemini-2.? (G-1 has no option for Warm Restart) Put mount at CWD. G-2 is off. You power on G-2 the first time. Boot as Warm Start (requires mount start at CWD). Mount behaved normally Slew to a new desired park position.? Tell Gemini this is Home position? Slew somewhere else. Tell mount to Park at Home. It did move to Home and Parked (tracking off). You turned off the G-2 You turned on the G-2 the second time. Then you ran Warm Start again and the mount pointing is wrong. _______ Is that list of steps above correct? If not correct, please correct the steps I wrote. _______ If my steps above are correctly written:? ? ? Warm Reboot If you did a Warm Boot instead of the required Warm Reboot:? Then according to what Brian wrote,? when the mount was actually Parked at Home (not CWD required by a? Warm Boot), the Gemini thought you were actually at CWD position.? But it was not at CWD.? So it went way out of expected pointing.?? If I am guessing right, based on what Brian explained, wherever you Park? (Home or CWD)? use Warm Restart (forget Warm Start unless you are always parked at CWD).? Warm Restart should always recall where it was actually Parked and I park properly knowing where you left it.? I'd like you to verify this behavior works right.?? On a Gemini-1, this is easier.? There is no Warm Restart option.? A G-1 always knows where it was Parked, and always unparks with the correct knowledge of where it was Parked using it's Warm Boot option.?? Stay well, and keep testing these Park and unpark options.? Then let's document the correct Park and Start operations once we figure it out!?? Best, Michael On Sat, Jan 23, 2021, 5:37 PM Russ via <njrusty=[email protected]> wrote: Problem:? I used Warm Start tonight and as usual had my scope parked at CWD.? I can slew the scope anywhere and when I say park at CWD, it does.? |
Michael Herman