And it would be great to be able to set all that including APPM stuff in just one site/telescope config screen for each setup that a portable user can just switch too depending on gear an location in stead of having to remember every configuration each time you set up.
You can save or load all of your settings to a file with each site's name from APCC's File menu.
However you probably will have to do an APPM run if you are portable.
-Ray
-----Original Message----- From: main@ap-gto.groups.io [mailto:main@ap-gto.groups.io] On Behalf Of Greg McCall Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2022 4:14 PM To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Subject: Re: [ap-gto] A note on the video of the SGP and APCC settings for the meridian flip
And it would be great to be able to set all that including APPM stuff in just one site/telescope config screen for each setup that a portable user can just switch too depending on gear an location in stead of having to remember every configuration each time you set up.
On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 at 8:38 am, Ray Gralak <iogroups@...> wrote:
Hi Marcelo,
>>> More importantly, you have not defined the actual meridian limits of the telescope >>> on your mount and set a Flip Offset. > > Fortunately I have a very clear view of the sky and don't need specific limits,
You might be confusing Meridian limits with Horizon Limits.
Horizon limits are used to define the area of the sky the telescope can view.
Meridian limits define how far you can, or want, to allow the mount to slew or track from the meridian,. The limit is usually set to be just before a counterweight-up pier collision would occur.
The set of Meridian Limits can, and likely will, be different between different telescopes on the same mount because each telescope and its accessories have different dimensions. It is a set of limits instead of a single limit because the meridian limit at each declination can change.
-Ray
> -----Original Message----- > From: main@ap-gto.groups.io [mailto:main@ap-gto.groups.io] On Behalf Of Marcelo Figueroa via groups.io > Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2022 1:48 PM > To: main@ap-gto.groups.io > Subject: Re: [ap-gto] A note on the video of the SGP and APCC settings for the meridian flip > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 07:40 AM, Ray Gralak wrote: > > > Hi Marcelo, > > > > First, you can easily avoid this by changing “Stop Tracking” to “Just Warn”. > > > > More importantly, you have not defined the actual meridian limits of the telescope on your mount and set a > Flip Offset. > > > > Thank you Ray. > > Fortunately I have a very clear view of the sky and don't need specific limits, I was just trying to make sure that in > case something goes wrong during the flip the mount doesn't continue tracking and the scope hits the pillar. >
