-----Original Message-----
From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...] On Behalf
Of aaeejmh
Sent: 01 March 2006 02:28
To: ap-gto@...
Subject: [ap-gto] Re: AP1200 tracking

Hi Adrian,

The symptoms you describe do not sound like the PEM waveform merely got
out of sync
with the actual worm position as this would not explain the stopped or
2x tracking.
"Clobberring" a few data points on your curve would not explain it
either as each point
represents much less than a (time) second. If PEC record got turned on
without you
realizing it, the symptoms are explainable. Use of the N-S-E-W buttons
to manually
navigate without realizing the mount is trying to record a PEM waveform
can result in the
behavior you describe when the resulting rogue waveform is later played
back.

If you are unable to re-record and properly play back a new PEM
waveform, then there is
something more going on.

-Mike Hanson


--- In ap-gto@..., "mogulskier_groups"
<mogulskier_groups@...> wrote:

Perhaps double-check the North/South hemisphere switch

Dave

--- In ap-gto@..., "Adrian Catterall" <adrian@> wrote:

I appreciate its not in the handset, but thought that the re-

booting of

the handset could send a signal to the control box. I know this is
unlikely as that is what we do when powering down the mount, but I

am at

a loss to explain the alteration to PE.

Any way looks like I need to re-do PEMPro. It was great having a

total

PE of 0.5 arc secs!

Adrian Catterall
Amateur Astronomer
Herts UK
http://www.acatterall.com


-----Original Message-----
From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...] On

Behalf

Of chris1011@
Sent: 28 February 2006 22:40
To: ap-gto@...
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] AP1200 tracking

In a message dated 2/28/2006 4:20:10 PM Central Standard Time,
adrian@ writes:

Its odd that PEMPro has worked flawlessly for over a year and all

of a

sudden it is playing back a huge PE of probably 10 - 20 arc

minutes

and

that's without any know intervention on my behalf. Have you any

ideas

as

to why this might have happened? I do occasionally get the handset
re-setting problem that is due to faulty connections within the

handset

(I did clean them about 2 years ago) and wonder if this could in

any

way

contribute?

PEM is not in the handset. If anything is amiss, it would be in the

main

servo box. I will check with Mike to see if there is something in

the

software
that would allow the PEM to get out of whack over time. It would

most

likely be
in the PIC chip where the main software program resides.

Roland Christen






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