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Safety limits

Tony Gabriele
 

I need to change my safety limits as the telescope does not slew to a given point in Carte du Ciel given the "Invalid DEC coordinate" error which I understand is a gemini ascot error message. There is a Losmandy video on how to change the values but its not clear what I would change them to.
Suggestions?
 

Hi Tony

To change the safety limits for your setup, you want to be at the scope. you slew?your telescope to one side of the pier with your camera pointing towards the earth, and get it to within 1-2" (25-50mm) of the tripod/pier and then choose Menu->Mount->Limits->Set Limit Here

slew to opposite side of pier, same position as your camera and repeat. The Gemini will know which side of the pier you're on and applies the limit accordingly

hth

Brian

On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 5:41 PM Tony Gabriele via <tgabriele73=[email protected]> wrote:
I need to change my safety limits as the telescope does not slew to a given point in Carte du Ciel given the "Invalid DEC coordinate" error which I understand is a gemini ascot error message. There is a Losmandy video on how to change the values but its not clear what I would change them to.
Suggestions?



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Sonny Edmonds
 

One night I was testing my mount doing a No Meridian Flip imaging session. (Something Scott Losmandy mentions about the RAEXT)
As the mount came upon the warning beep, I reset the limit. I did that 3 times watching my telescope did not crash into my EX12 extension.
Finally, at 03:00 Hrs. I stopped as crashing was eminent.

So not only did I learn I don't have to do Meridian Flips anymore, I I also learned how to set limits on the fly, without disturbing my imaging run.

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