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Formatted. Now I'm really messed up, I think.

Sonny Edmonds
 

So being one to fly through the asteroids instead of around, I decided to try the Format SD Card in the Gemini 2 hand controller.
And as you could imagine, I think I did some irreparable damage. Well, not irreparable, but slightly above my pay grade.
So I need the web address to the software downloads to the Catalog Objects, for one. And any other thing I royally messed up.

I tried doing a Losmandy Polar Alignment last night, and went between Capella and Spica forever, adjusting each with the Atl and Az physical adjusters, as instructed.
The mount just kept going back and forth until I gave up and went on with what time I had left.

So on top of all else, I have now managed to FUBAR my hand controller, or it's SD memory, I think.

If you see this post Brian, I need that web address for the Gemini downloads, Please. So I can start there.

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SonnyE


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Try this site and restore your software in both the Gemini 2 and the HC.



Hope it helps,

Please stay safe and healthy,
Chao
Sonny Edmonds
 

I WIN!

But then, I usually do....
My MAJOR stumbling block was Ethernet. I finally realized my router has Ethernet sockets, so I unplugged a 50' cable that went to a Niece's room when she stayed with us to finish her college semester. I just hard wired her into my Internet.
So I dug out an unused cable, hooked it up and Woo-Hoo! ;^)

I've always had a wired connection between my inside computer and the Router. So connecting the Ethernet to my Router was the trick.
So I got my Format Foul up straightened out.
And now I have the method learned, and back to Normal (whatever Normal is).

Just in time for a cloudy night....
Winner, winner, Pork Chop Dinner!

(This should be a lot easier than requiring Ethernet. But maybe USB can't transfer as fast. (?) Anyway, I rescued my mount. )
Format and F. Up, both start with F.
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SonnyE


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nice job Sonny


On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 02:32 PM, Sonny Edmonds wrote:
(This should be a lot easier than requiring Ethernet. But maybe USB can't transfer as fast. (?) Anyway, I rescued my mount. )

Actually only the GFU requires an ethernet connection - you can manually update the card, but it requires you to pull the card out.
Sonny Edmonds
 

Thanks Brian.
And while I am fully competent in dabbling in the innards of my GM811G's electronics, I don't want to tread there.
When my new Mango gets here, I should have an alternative to using my main router. ;^)
But the goal is to never do that formatting again.
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SonnyE


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Sonny Edmonds
 

On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 02:47 PM, Teddy Wang wrote:
Try this site and restore your software in both the Gemini 2 and the HC.



Hope it helps,

Please stay safe and healthy,
Chao
Thank You, Teddy!
That certainly did the trick once I found a way to Ethernet my mount and computer together.
Seems to me there should be a USB alternative, since many use USB for computer hook up.
?
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SonnyE


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Sonny Edmonds
 

Last night I had clear skies, but glare from the moon's first quarter, and my wonderful neighbors Light Pollution.
Not to be deterred, I forged ahead with my very fresh re-flashed and reloaded Gemini 2 and GM811G mount.
I was pleased to find the mount behaving very well, and after the first star in my model building the rest came in fine.
The weren't centered, but I never expect them to be. That's what Center, and Align do, teach the Gemini 2 where things are currently.
So I went through a 3 West, and a 3 East model building. Focusing. And all the prep work to get things up and running.
Things were looking good! The Mount and Gemini 2 were doing well. Until it did a 180 on me.... 8^0 !
And it got crazier as the evening wore on. Sending the to Park, Counterweight Down, resulted in my telescope seemingly perfectly parked, but 180¡ã from Polaris and the NCP.
I laughed at it's antics. Then observed it slewing as if that was the correct park position, but came close to harness wrap up.
So I started in again, at square zero. And wound up packing things in much earlier than expected because I was not making headway.

Since my mount, with it's fresh install of core software can perform Modeling I don't have any reasons yet to suspect the Gemini 2 of being wonky. So my idea today is to clean up and clean out the many programs I've been testing in my little mount computer. I'm thinking I have some irregularities coming from it, and affecting the Gemini 2's performance and making it confuse Down ¨‹, for Up ¡ø.

Life is a laugh a minute at the Sleepy Dog Observatory.

If anybody has any ideas, I'm all ears.
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SonnyE


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Hi Sonny,?

( Paul K: please see my question below about the correctness of the tiny arrow icon?upload/download?behavior in the Model? operation.)

You are not alone (only I am!).

I have seen similar nutty behavior too from my Gemini1.? I then park at CWD and cold boot.? I have no knowledge of the software inside, though I wish I did, so I can't fathom what exactly is driving the Gemini to behave like.. evil twins sometimes.?

I do suspect a bad model, though.? And it's easy to check the quality of the model.? Next time my system goes haywire, I'll look?into it.??

To examine the model, open Gemini.net, then go to the Setup/Advanced page, and look at Model Parameters.? [You might need to use the Download from Gemini to the PC to see them.? (See if the From Gemini and To Gemini little arrow button? ?works properly ... I'm not sure: it's a question I've been meaning to ask Paul K!).? For sure the big Apply button on the bottom right of that page does send your PC data from Gemini.net to the Gemini unit.?

Anyway look at the numbers in the model.? A good model those numbers will be small.? A bad model one more of the values will be large.? ?Thus means the Gemini has not computer a good model...maybe you selected the wrong bright star for alignment...or your polar alignment is out if whack.? Anyway if your model params are flaky, your GoTos will be flaky too.

Be sure too that the checkbox in that panel top right (says "Synch performs Additional Align") is Un-checked after you make your model (complete after 3 stars East +3 stars West).? More stars should make a better model, but instead this software seems to go haywire with too many Align points.??

[This is also why the EQMOD system, written by amateurs for the Synta EQ6 mount,? interpolates between 3 stars in a triangle.? When you align that system to N stars like as many as you want, it only looks for your target at the region between 3 stars.? It does not try to model the entire sky.? It does not go crazy with a lot if alignment stars, because it only uses (up to) any 3 of them.? {It used to go crazy if you align to the same star twice with different close positions!} ]

Good luck to you and me too...

Michael


On Fri, May 1, 2020, 7:39 AM Sonny Edmonds <sonnyedmonds@...> wrote:
Last night I had clear skies, but glare from the moon's first quarter, and my wonderful neighbors Light Pollution.
Not to be deterred, I forged ahead with my very fresh re-flashed and reloaded Gemini 2 and GM811G mount.
I was pleased to find the mount behaving very well, and after the first star in my model building the rest came in fine.
The weren't centered, but I never expect them to be. That's what Center, and Align do, teach the Gemini 2 where things are currently.
So I went through a 3 West, and a 3 East model building. Focusing. And all the prep work to get things up and running.
Things were looking good! The Mount and Gemini 2 were doing well. Until it did a 180 on me.... 8^0 !
And it got crazier as the evening wore on. Sending the to Park, Counterweight Down, resulted in my telescope seemingly perfectly parked, but 180¡ã from Polaris and the NCP.
I laughed at it's antics. Then observed it slewing as if that was the correct park position, but came close to harness wrap up.
So I started in again, at square zero. And wound up packing things in much earlier than expected because I was not making headway.

Since my mount, with it's fresh install of core software can perform Modeling I don't have any reasons yet to suspect the Gemini 2 of being wonky. So my idea today is to clean up and clean out the many programs I've been testing in my little mount computer. I'm thinking I have some irregularities coming from it, and affecting the Gemini 2's performance and making it confuse Down ¨‹, for Up ¡ø.

Life is a laugh a minute at the Sleepy Dog Observatory.

If anybody has any ideas, I'm all ears.
--
SonnyE


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Sonny Edmonds
 

When we had things come up in our electrical stuff in Wyoming, one of the guys blamed it on a square electron.
Made perfect sense to me. LOL!

I did try to Polar Align with the Gemini 2 Polar Alignment and it just ping-ponged between two stars. (Both Westerly stars, Capella and another one.) It goes to the first, dial in the Alt-Az to center the star. Interpolate slews it to the second star, and it tells me to use the Alt-Az to dial that one in. Interpolate slews it back to the first star and use the Alt-Az again....
One night I entertained it for ~12 of these. No changes, just flip-flop back and forth, wearing out the Alt-Az manual adjusters. No Polar Alignment. :^(? ?:^p

I think I need to gut my Baby Dell of all the different programs I was trying. I think maybe the "hash" of programs may be affecting my mount.
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SonnyE


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