Re: Mount Status Not Updating in MaxIm DL Observatory Control Window
Roland Christen
It probably won't show anything in APCC logs. I have exactly the same problem with MaximDL hooked directly to the mount via the ASCOM driver without APCC.
Roland
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From: Ray Gralak <iogroups@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Tue, Nov 9, 2021 8:56 am Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Mount Status Not Updating in MaxIm DL Observatory Control Window > Tonight, after connecting my cameras and mount to MaxIm I gave the first GoTo command to the mount from
> MaxIm and it executed it correctly, but afterwards the mount would accept no more GoTo or any other > commands through the MaxIm observatory control window. Note that when I gave the mount commands > through APCC it behaved normally. We're going to need to see your APCC logs to understand what happened. -Ray > -----Original Message----- > From: main@ap-gto.groups.io [mailto:main@ap-gto.groups.io] On Behalf Of M Hambrick > Sent: Monday, November 8, 2021 9:07 PM > To: main@ap-gto.groups.io > Subject: [ap-gto] Mount Status Not Updating in MaxIm DL Observatory Control Window > > I am not sure if this is an APCC or MaxIm DL problem so I am putting this in both forums. > > I have just started running my Astro-Physics 1100 GTO mount through Astro-Physics Command Center (APCC > Pro Version 1.9.0.11) and the Observatory control window in MaxIm DL Pro (currently on V 6.29), and until > tonight there have been no issues other than the normal learning curve. > > I am using the AP ASCOM V2 Telescope Driver (version 5.30.10) > > Tonight, after connecting my cameras and mount to MaxIm I gave the first GoTo command to the mount from > MaxIm and it executed it correctly, but afterwards the mount would accept no more GoTo or any other > commands through the MaxIm observatory control window. Note that when I gave the mount commands > through APCC it behaved normally. > > What I have observed is that after the mount finished slewing to the GoTo object, The mount status in MaxIm > thought the mount was still slewing. Clicking the Abort button made no difference. > > I shut down and restarted the mount, MaxIm, and APCC several times but always got the same result after the > first GoTo command was executed. > > Until tonight I had been using a Cat 5e .ethernet cable to connect from the mount controller to my computer. > Tonight I started out with a new Cat 6a cable, but switching back to the original Cat 5e cable made no > difference. > > Mike > > > -- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
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