Re: Bad X scale?
Ray Gralak
Thanks Bryan! I think I'll bump my tolerance by a percent and see what happens. :)Morris, raising the tolerance might be okay if you don't know image scale exactly, but not if the image scale is already known. When you see "Bad X-scale" that means even though the plate solve was successful, the image scale (and RA/Dec coordinates) were probably wrong. That is, it was a bad solution and should not be included in the model. -Ray Gralak Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center): https://www.astro-physics.com/apcc-pro Author of PEMPro V3: https://www.ccdware.com Author of Astro-Physics V2 ASCOM Driver: https://www.siriusimaging.com/apdriver -----Original Message-----
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Re: Messier 8: TEC160FL + A-P QUADTCC-TEC160 n+ Mach2Gto Modeling
jypeng@...
Terri, Eckhard.
I am glad to hear your comments it. Thank you. Jian Yuan Peng
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Re: Some open cluster goodness.
Thanks Terri.
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Re: Bad X scale?
Thanks Bryan! I think I'll bump my tolerance by a percent and see
what happens. :)
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On 7/11/2020 10:17 PM, Worsel via
groups.io wrote:
Mojo
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Re: Bad X scale?
Worsel
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Bad X scale?
After having good luck with APPM, the Mach1, and the Traveler, I've
moved on this week to trying it with the 1100GTO and AP180.
The longer focal length and long moment arms certainly make it less forgiving. I'm doing a small point map of 23 points. I'm accustomed to them all succeeding with the Mach1/Traveler. This is my second night to make a point map with the AP180/1100GTO, and two plates failed with a timeout. I'm wondering if these might be explained by being dense Milky Way points, while trying to solve on a somewhat slow and old PC. I'm using the ANSRV local astronomy.net solver. But two other points didn't exactly "fail," that is, they weren't logged as having failed by APPM. But they did record "Bad X Scale" in the point log, and left yellow in the point diagram, and had no RA/Dec deltas. I'm still getting pretty good results with pointing and tracking. Mojo
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Re: Mach1 and GTOCP4 Yellow Light
Mikko Viljamaa
No lose wires that I can see.
- Mikko
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Re: Mach1 and GTOCP4 Yellow Light
Mikko Viljamaa
OK, plugged the RA to Dec (cannot plug Dec to RA as it’s too short) and nothing happens. When I open the gearbox cover I see the gears turning about 180 degrees and that’s all.
Mikko
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Re: Messier 8: TEC160FL + A-P QUADTCC-TEC160 n+ Mach2Gto Modeling
Terri Zittritsch
That is really beautiful Jian Yuan.
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Re: Some open cluster goodness.
Terri Zittritsch
Great shot Dean.
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Re: Mach1 and GTOCP4 Yellow Light
Roland Christen
try what we suggested - plug the RA cable into the Dec motor.
Rolando
-----Original Message-----
From: Mikko Viljamaa <mikko.viljamaa@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Sat, Jul 11, 2020 6:14 am Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Mach1 and GTOCP4 Yellow Light I already tried the second Y cable which I ordered. I can’t believe the cable is the issue unless the brand new Y cable is faulty also.
- Mikko
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Re: Mach1 and GTOCP4 Yellow Light
Mikko Viljamaa
I already tried the second Y cable which I ordered. I can’t believe the cable is the issue unless the brand new Y cable is faulty also.
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Re: Mach1 and GTOCP4 Yellow Light
Roland Christen
You have a bad connection to the motor encoder. Could be in the Y cable, could be inside the gearbox, could be a loose wire or broken wire on one of the connectors on the RA part of the cable.
First thing I would do is to connect the RA cable to the Dec gearbox and see if it acts the same way. If so, then the fault is in the cable. If the Dec does not run away using the RA cable, but the RA does, then the fault would be inside the gearbox.
If all else fails and you can't figure anything out then call AP support tomorrow and they will help you do some tests.
Rolando
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From: Mikko Viljamaa <mikko.viljamaa@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Fri, Jul 10, 2020 10:24 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Mach1 and GTOCP4 Yellow Light Well I changed the power unit first yesterday and that didn’t help. Neither did the power cord and actually at this point the mount even refused to connect. So I had not high hopes when I changed the Y cable but miracles happen and with the new Y cable everything worked fine last night.
This until an hour ago when I tried to start a sequence again only to run into the same problem again. When the mount is connected, the RA axes immediately slews about 20 degrees after which it stops and the yellow light is on.
If I try to open the RA gearbox tomorrow, what exactly should I look for?
- Mikko
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Re: Mach1 and GTOCP4 Yellow Light
Swap the two Y-cable motor connectors on the motors with each other and see if the problem switches to the DEC motor. Then report back.
On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 5:49 PM Mikko Viljamaa <mikko.viljamaa@...> wrote:
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Re: Mach1 and GTOCP4 Yellow Light
Mikko Viljamaa
Yes previously the slew took longer and was more random. So long that a couple of times I had to cut the power so that the scope won’t hit the tripod. No encoders in Mach1, not at least in mine. If by a connector you mean the Y cable I already tried another cable. I’m not sure how I could check the connector itself. Thanks,
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Re: Mach1 and GTOCP4 Yellow Light
"...the RA axes immediately slews about 20 degrees after which it stops and the yellow light is on." New information! (at least to me?) Sounds like the encoder on the back of the RA motor or a damaged motor cable connector or a bad driver or encoder interface chip in the CP4. Swap the motor connectors and see if the problem swaps motors.
On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 5:24 PM Mikko Viljamaa <mikko.viljamaa@...> wrote:
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Re: Mach1 and GTOCP4 Yellow Light
Mikko Viljamaa
Well I changed the power unit first yesterday and that didn’t help. Neither did the power cord and actually at this point the mount even refused to connect. So I had not high hopes when I changed the Y cable but miracles happen and with the new Y cable everything worked fine last night. This until an hour ago when I tried to start a sequence again only to run into the same problem again. When the mount is connected, the RA axes immediately slews about 20 degrees after which it stops and the yellow light is on. If I try to open the RA gearbox tomorrow, what exactly should I look for?
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Re: Some open cluster goodness.
Thanks for taking a look guys.
-- Dean Jacobsen http://astrophoto.net/wp/ Image Gallery - http://astrophoto.net/wp/image-gallery/ Astrobin - https://www.astrobin.com/users/deanjacobsen/
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Re: Some open cluster goodness.
diogenes ofsinope
Beautiful exploration of a "quiet" corner of the night sky.
Michael
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Re: Some open cluster goodness.
Stuart <stuart.j.heggie@...>
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On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 at 18:07, Dean Jacobsen <deanjacobsen@...> wrote: It has been a little quiet around here lately... probably because of that darn moon. --
Stuart http://www.astrofoto.ca/stuartheggie/
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