Yves,

The button values are determined by the personality of the controller. Also, make sure you have the latest firmware loaded as that can make a difference.

-Ray

> -----Original Message-----
> From: main@ap-gto.groups.io [mailto:main@ap-gto.groups.io] On Behalf Of Yves Laroche
> Sent: Friday, November 4, 2022 1:21 PM
> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io
> Subject: Re : Re: [ap-gto] APCC Button rates behaviors
>
> George,
>
>
> No swapped controllers here.  This is related to APCC, it's a software problem not hardware.  Same behaviour on
> two Windows 10 machines.
>
>
> Regards,
> Yves
>
>
> Le 04/11/22 16:09, George <george@...> a écrit :
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> Yves,
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> Have you swapped control boxes between mounts?     If so, then their personalities will need to be changed.
>
> Regards,
>
> George
>
> George Whitney
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> From: main@ap-gto.groups.io <main@ap-gto.groups.io> On Behalf Of Yves Laroche
> Sent: Friday, November 4, 2022 3:06 PM
> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io
> Subject: [ap-gto] APCC Button rates behaviours
>
>
>
> Hi Ray,
>
>
>
> I found something unusual related to button rate drop box value...
>
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> Many times in the past, when pressing a button rate, the mount slewed at 1200X even if it was set to 255X or
> lower.  I never set it over 255X.
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> This afternoon, I decided to take a look even deeper to see what was happening.  I found something...
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> When changing button value to 0.25X, 0,50x and 1.00X there is no problem.  Problems only happened after
> selecting 4X and over.  YES 4X.  Sometime 4X is part of the drop down menu sometime is not.
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> To reproduce the behaviour, APCC must be closed and reopened to see the real problem.
>
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> - When selecting 4X, disconnecting mount, closing APCC, opening APCC and connect to the mount, the 4X
> value will change to 32X
>
>
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> - When selecting 12X, disconnecting mount, closing APCC, opening APCC and connect to the mount, the 12X
> value will change to 32X
>
>
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> - When selecting 32X, disconnecting mount, closing APCC, opening APCC and connect to the mount, the 32X
> value will change to 64X
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> - When selecting 64X, disconnecting mount, closing APCC, opening APCC and connect to the mount, the 64X
> value will change to 128X
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>
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> - When selecting 128X, disconnecting mount, closing APCC, opening APCC and connect to the mount, the 128X
> value will change to 255X
>
>
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> - When selecting 255X, disconnecting mount, closing APCC, opening APCC and connect to the mount, the 255X
> value will change to 1200X
>
>
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> - When selecting 600X, disconnecting mount, closing APCC, opening APCC and connect to the mount, the 600X
> value will change to 1200X
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> It seems that selected values are multiply by 2 the next time APCC is opened and connected to the mount except
> from 255X who change from 255X to 1200X (multiply by 4 instead).
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> So from time to time, if I choose, let say 64X, it could takes 3 times  (disconnecting the mount and reopening
> APCC) to get a button value of 1200X.  A user could experience the whole pattern in the same night if he's
> experimenting things in using APCC button rates.  It could be catastrophic if the telescope in near the meridian
> line.
>
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> As a workaround, when opening APCC, please check the button rate value after connecting to the mount and
> readjust if necessary.
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> Regards,
>
> Yves
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