On 5/4/2021 7:27 AM, Paul Kanevsky wrote:
On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 05:01 PM, Paul Goelz wrote:
I've asked before and I forget the answer.... if I track into the
western limit and the mount stops, what is the easiest way to wake it
back up so that it is responsive to slew commands and buttons without
losing alignment? Or is alignment lost when tracking stops?
Alignment is not lost after safety limit stop. You can use the HC buttons at centering or slew speeds to back the mount out of the safety limit stop. In Gemini.NET driver you can also ask the driver to do this for you, automatically. Set near the bottom of safety limit configuration screen:
Thanks for the explanation of the "nudge" checkbox. I assume with that checked, a slew will function normally even if the mount has hit the safety limit? So if I track an object until the western safety limit is reached and the mount stops, a subsequent slew to the same object will cause a flip and complete normally?
But FWIW, the last time I tracked into the safety limit after a failed NINA meridian flip, the HC buttons DID NOT work at slew speed. The only way I could get the mount responsive again was to initiate a PARK and then abort it after the mount started slewing. Did I miss something?
Paul
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