Thanks Ray...btw...that delay you put into APPM for dome slewing is still working like a charm for the APPM run :)

I started an APPM run and realized I didn't get the sharpest focus...its not bad but it could be a bit better. Will that be detrimental? Should I just stop the APPM run and focus as best as possible o

Thanks Ray, I appreciate your patience in this thread. I know its a small niggly thing. Appreciate everything you've done. Cheers

Think I'm slowly getting a grip on the main issue here. If I'm slewing the scope from within SGP then there is no delay - the scope and dome move together in beautiful harmony. But once an outside par

So heres what the dome looks like now with the new APPM ver. It all works and probably won't get any fails. What I would really, really like is to find out who/how can get the dome to move in time wit

Ray, Is my understanding on this whole process more or less correct?: as soon as I hit "Start" for the APPM run that first RA/Dec (Zenith) is sent to SGP (assuming I'm using SGP for dome movement); SG

Thanks Ray, I put it in Passive Mode and it does work fine. The only thing being that the scope will finish its slew before the dome moves at all...but at least it moves in the right direction when it

Okay, so heres whats happening. When the Dark Frame was enabled it froze. So I disabled that feature. Now, when I run APPM the scope goes to Zenith as per normal and the status remains "Settling" but

Hi Ray, Gave it a go but it basically failed when it started to take the dark frame. I will try it without the dark frame enabled.

I have tried active dome control with the same issue...the camera starts taking an image while the dome is still slewing. I always have the Nexdome driver selected...but IOT slave the mount to the dom

Hi Ray, I did use the Hour Angle strategy. I think the issue is solely with SGP and the way it implements dome/scope slaving. I've brought this issue up with Jared (and the developer of the Nexdome AS

One of the few times I wish I wasn't in a dome....doing a large APPM modei :)

The model I ran was only a "small" one at 109 pts - but having to build in delays so that the dome has time to travel made that model take close to 2 hrs to do. I'm not sure whats up with SGP wrt dome

IIRC its stated somewhere that a 2 sec settling time is ample for the AP mounts - but like you I find I need more time (especially when dithering). I've moved up to 6 sec at the moment and will see ho

I am using "Passive" mode. Here are the settings I've put into the dome because of the dome rotation issue I get. I've up the settling time to try and allow the dome to have time to finish rotating as

Is it possible that a feature such as redoing a failed point in a new model - on the same night - can be put into APPM? Usually a failed point for me is that APPM decides to start taking an image even

No, haven't asked the question about redoing a point that has failed - can it be redone for that model or not? I'm trying to use SGP (forgot about POTH) :). SGP does not seem to be the best wrt moving

If a point fails during the mapping run - is there a way to redo it at that time or do you need to redo a complete new run? Also, sometimes it seems that the dome is still slewing when the camera star

Thanks. I'll set 30 degrees as a compromise.

I find that its a waste of time in my area to image anything below 45 degrees due to pollution/refraction. Is it okay to limit APPM to above 45 degrees or will the model be improved by modelling below