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To: ap-gto <ap-gto@...>
Sent: Mon, Apr 16, 2018 4:27 pm
Subject: Re: [External] Fwd: [ap-gto] How to set correct mount position in V2 driver



Hi Rolando,

I thought location (as well as clock) was used for the first slew to a known object or star after unparking from one of four park positions. So, I normally set the mount to Park 4, power up the mount, unpark from Park 4, and slew to a star or object. So location data (as well as clock) is irrelevant for this case?

I know that subsequent slews after RCAL, clock and location are irrelevant. But isn't the very first slew after unparking from a known park position is dependent on clock and location?

Peter


---In ap-gto@... mailto:gto@..., <chris1011@...> wrote :

It has absolutely no significance. GoTos are not regulated by observer location. Never has been. You can tell it that you're in Bangalore and as long as you tell it that it's 8pm daylight savings (if that's what time it is where you are) and center/r ecal on the first star, the mount servo will happily slew exactly to the next object and the next, etc. It won't care where you told it that you are located. The meridian flips are based on hour angle, same as the horizon limits east and west.


I'm not sure what the implications are of this slightly wrong longitude, so what if anything will that affect. Presumably my GOTOs and meridian flip times will be very slightly out,
Rolando





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From: Geof Lewis geoflewis@... [ap-gto] <ap-gto@... mailto:gto@...>
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Sent: Mon, Apr 16, 2018 2:09 pm
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Hi Rolando,
That is one of the first things I checked, but only locations 1 and 2 are set and both have the identical correct settings. Locations 3-9 are all 0000's. So far I have not found anywhere that holds the reported wrong longitude, so its very curious. I will try your suggestion to start with autoconnect NO and specify the correct location to see if that fixes it. I'm not sure what the implications are of this slightly wrong longitude, so what if anything will that affect. Presumably my GOTOs and meridian flip times will be very slightly out, which is not much of an issue, but is there anything else I should be aware off?
Regards,


Geof

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Sent: 16 April 2018 18:37
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Subject: Re: [External] Fwd: [ap-gto] How to set correct mount position in V2 driver

You may have set the bogus setting in another location (Location2 perhaps?) When you set your keypad to YES, it used the last location that you had set, the bogus one. You might want to check your location number and start your keypad with Autoconnect NO for the first time and specify the proper location. Then you can set it to YES and have the keypad automatically start from that proper location.

Rolando







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Thanks Rolando,
As per the images that I uploaded to my Dropbox folder the site settings in the V2 driver and the HC are the same, but when I have the HC connected as well as the V2 driver the V2 driver reports a different Mount Actual position. See images at link below...
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/afk6cnx2nv0kiq4/AAAdXJQumAfsdx0i3dtURSwwa?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/afk6cnx2nv0kiq4/AAAdXJQumAfsdx0i3dtURSwwa?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/afk6cnx2nv0kiq4/AAAdXJQumAfsdx0i3dtURSwwa?dl=0

AP1200 Site Settings https://www.dropbox.com/sh/afk6cnx2nv0kiq4/AAAdXJQumAfsdx0i3dtURSwwa?dl=0
www.dropbox.com http://www.dropbox.com
Shared with Dropbox


V2 site set up and HC site both show correct longitude as E 01 06 13.0, BUT with the HC connected the Mount Actual is being reported in the V2 driver as E 00 53 02.0, which is in the middle of a farm some 10 miles away, where I have never been....!!
Regards,

Geof
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Sent: 16 April 2018 17:42
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Subject: Fwd: [External] Fwd: [ap-gto] How to set correct mount position in V2 driver


Here is the answer from our software engineer:

Sent: Mon, Apr 16, 2018 11:40 am
Subject: RE: [External] Fwd: [ap-gto] How to set correct mount position in V2 driver

I cannot explain. Is the setting in the HC correct for the site he is at, and is the correct site chosen?

I have never heard of a case where the HC sent something different to the mount than what HC site setting says to send.


Mike can you explain why the HC sets the longitude differently?

Roland

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Sent: Mon, Apr 16, 2018 9:24 am
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] How to set correct mount position in V2 driver

Thanks Ray,

Ok so I powered everything down including the laptop, disconnected the HC then powered everything up and connected the V2 driver using the PHD2 client. As you advised the V2 driver then reported the correct Mount Actual and Site settings both the same. So I powered everything off again, reconnected the HC and powered up again, then reconnected the V2 driver via PHD2 and am back where I was was with the same incorrect Mount Actual longitude setting, so I still have no idea how/where that is being set in the mount.

Hi George,

If you are following this please could explain how I can get the correct longitude settting in the mount via the HC. I have no idea how it became wrong in the first place.

Regards,

Geof

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Sent: 16 April 2018 15:06
To: ap-gto@... mailto:gto@...
Subject: RE: [ap-gto] How to set correct mount position in V2 driver

Geof,

> Please explain 'initialize mount' more fully. Is this just turning on the power supply?

After turning on the mount, you can initialize it with the AP V2 driver by starting any ASCOM client application that uses the
driver. When the driver connects to the mount it will initialize it, but you might want to be wary of the park/unpark settings.
Typically you want to unpark from last parked position, and park to one of the AP park positions.

You can find information about how to set the driver's initialization values in the help file, and also online here:

http://www.gralak.com/apdriver/help/index.html?telescope_setup.htm http://www.gralak.com/apdriver/help/index.html?telescope_setup.htm

> Also what if I just want to use the HC not connect to a laptop at all?

That's something that maybe George, Howard, or Roland might be better at describing as I very rarely use the hand controller.

Best regards,

-Ray Gralak
Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center): http://www.astro-physics.com/index.htm?products/accessories/software/apcc/apcc
Author of PEMPro V3: http://www.ccdware.com
Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: http://www.gralak.com/apdriver
Author of PulseGuide: http://www.pulseguide.com
Author of Sigma: http://www.gralak.com/sigma

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ap-gto@... mailto:gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@... mailto:ap-gto@...?]
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 6:47 AM
> To: ap-gto@... mailto:gto@...
> Subject: Re: [ap-gto] How to set correct mount position in V2 driver
>
>
>
> Thanks Ray,
>
> Please explain 'initialize mount' more fully. Is this just turning on the power supply? I can't connect my laptop to the
> mount via the driver before it is turned on, so I don't understand how to initialise it via the driver. Also what if I just
> want to use the HC not connect to a laptop at all? Surely there must be a way to set the correct Lat/Long via the
> HC..? I've checked the Driver set up and the site details are correct as they were yesterday and as reported in the
> V2 driver as site settings.
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
>
> Geof
>
>
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>
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> Sent: 16 April 2018 13:51
> To: ap-gto@... mailto:gto@...
> Subject: RE: [ap-gto] How to set correct mount position in V2 driver
>
>
>
> > I'll try that, but how do I get the correct setting in the V2 driver in the first place?
>
> You can configure it in the driver's Setup window.
>
> -Ray Gralak
> Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center): http://www.astro-
> physics.com/index.htm?products/accessories/software/apcc/apcc
> Author of PEMPro V3: http://www.ccdware.com
> Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: http://www.gralak.com/apdriver
> Author of PulseGuide: http://www.pulseguide.com
> Author of Sigma: http://www.gralak.com/sigma
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ap-gto@... mailto:gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@... mailto:ap-gto@...?]
> > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 5:20 AM
> > To: ap-gto@... mailto:gto@...
> > Subject: Re: [ap-gto] How to set correct mount position in V2 driver
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks Ray,
> > I'll try that, but how do I get the correct setting in the V2 driver in the first place? I've never run the mount without
> the
> > HC connected, yet it is reporting my correct latitude, so it clearly got that from somewhere....!!
> > Regards,
> >
> > Geof
> >
> > Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> https://aka.ms/o0ukef%3E;;
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> >
> > From: ap-gto@... mailto:gto@... <ap-gto@... mailto:gto@...> on behalf of 'Ray Gralak (Groups)'
> > groups3@... mailto:groups3@... [ap-gto] <ap-gto@... mailto:gto@...>
> > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 1:07:41 PM
> > To: ap-gto@... mailto:gto@...
> > Subject: RE: [ap-gto] How to set correct mount position in V2 driver
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Geof,
> >
> > > I'm clearly not understanding the 'initialize mount' procedure. I power the mount ON with just the HC and nothing
> > > else connected. I checked the 'Get Time/Loc from Mount' Option 3 setting which shows the correct longtitude
> and
> > > latitude. I also checked the Site Location Data Option 1 (Site 1), which has the correct longtitude and latitude,
> but I
> > > saved that again anyway. Next I connected my laptop via USB and opened the V2 driver (v5.10.02) which still
> > > reports the wrong 'Mount Actual' longtitude (NB the latitude is correct). If I refresh the Mount Actual Lat/Long
> that
> > > updates the Site Setting in the driver with the wrong Longtitude, so whilst they are then both reporting the same,
> > > they are both wrong. I've provided a link below to my Dropbox where there are pictures of my HC settings and
> > > screenshot of the driver site info.
> >
> > Have you tried letting the AP V2 driver initialize the mount instead of the hand controller? That is, disconnect the
> > hand controller completely to take it out of the loop. It seems like something had previously initialized the mount
> with
> > the Lat/Long values displayed by the driver. It could be that what you were looking at in the hand controller was
> one
> > of the saved settings in the hand controller and not what the mount actually had set.
> >
> > -Ray Gralak
> > Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center): http://www.astro-
> > physics.com/index.htm?products/accessories/software/apcc/apcc
> > Author of PEMPro V3: http://www.ccdware.com
> > Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: http://www.gralak.com/apdriver
> > Author of PulseGuide: http://www.pulseguide.com
> > Author of Sigma: http://www.gralak.com/sigma
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ap-gto@... mailto:gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@... mailto:ap-gto@...?]
> > > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 4:52 AM
> > > To: ap-gto@... mailto:gto@...
> > > Subject: RE: [ap-gto] How to set correct mount position in V2 driver
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Ray,
> > > I'm clearly not understanding the 'initialize mount' procedure. I power the mount ON with just the HC and nothing
> > > else connected. I checked the 'Get Time/Loc from Mount' Option 3 setting which shows the correct longtitude
> and
> > > latitude. I also checked the Site Location Data Option 1 (Site 1), which has the correct longtitude and latitude,
> but I
> > > saved that again anyway. Next I connected my laptop via USB and opened the V2 driver (v5.10.02) which still
> > > reports the wrong 'Mount Actual' longtitude (NB the latitude is correct). If I refresh the Mount Actual Lat/Long
> that
> > > updates the Site Setting in the driver with the wrong Longtitude, so whilst they are then both reporting the same,
> > > they are both wrong. I've provided a link below to my Dropbox where there are pictures of my HC settings and
> > > screenshot of the driver site info.
> > > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/afk6cnx2nv0kiq4/AAAdXJQumAfsdx0i3dtURSwwa?dl=0
> > > <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/afk6cnx2nv0kiq4/AAAdXJQumAfsdx0i3dtURSwwa?dl https://www.dropbox.com/sh/afk6cnx2nv0kiq4/AAAdXJQumAfsdx0i3dtURSwwa?dl =0>
> > > Sorry for being dumb, but what am I doing wrong please?
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Geof
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>

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