Hi Thomas, let me be the first to welcome you to the groups. Just FYI, there’s another group tailored more specifically for the Gemini 1 controller. Most of the people who hang there also hang here so this post should do fine here but, if you have more questions relating to the controller, you may want to join that group as well :)
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As for this post, you will need to provide a better description of what’s going on for us to try and help. When you say the mount is not tracking well, what does that actually mean? What are the symptoms you see??
For now I can think of a couple of possibilities:
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1.- Make sure you have the correct settings in the controller, like your location coordinates, time zone, mount type, etc.
2.- make sure your motors are connected correctly and not reversed. Trust me, everyone has made that mistake once or twice lol. Somewhat related, make sure both motors are working when power is applied.
3.- make sure you are properly polar aligned. A gross misalignment will make objects drift off the field of view fairly quickly.
4.- if using a computer, make sure the settings are also correct.
5.- make sure tracking is active in your mount and not set to terrestrial, which basically stops tracking altogether.
There are also physical reasons for the mount to not track well, like a misaligned worm creating a large periodic error or bad bearings causing stiction, but let’s leave those options for last as they tend to be more involved in solving.
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I’m sure others will have more suggestions but, in the mean time try and give a more descriptive explanation of the symptoms.
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Good luck
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Jonathan
