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Fine tuning PHD2 settings for 1100 with Encoders 25 #Guiding

Just a quick follow up. Roland was nice enough to annotate one of my unguided PHD2 graphs to illustrate how he measures Seeing. He explained that he uses this measurement to help determine the initial

By Andrew J ·

#Guiding

Dec Arc Tracking in APCC in our Wiki 5 #APCC #Guiding

Thanks for the info Ray.

By Dean Jacobsen ·

#APCC #Guiding

Sudden run-away during imaging run 11 #APCC #Guiding

Brian, Thank you very much for the analysis. I'll definitely set the minimum star HFD to avoid guiding on hot pixels. I was on bin2 since when I first set up this image train several months ago I was

By Endymion ·

#APCC #Guiding

Changing the mount motion rate... 2 #Guiding

There is not a way to do it with the CP3. Roland

By Roland Christen ·

#Guiding

1100GTO AE PHD2 Settings 16 #Guiding #Absolute_Encoders

Thanks for the links for the docs Brian. I will go thru those to see if anything has changed in recent years. I have used PHD for the last 10yrs (I think) but I am always learning new things. More jus

By Pete Mumbower ·

#Guiding #Absolute_Encoders

Spikes in DEC #guiding 20 #Guiding

For some time, yes. I put it back at some point when winds went away (maybe an hour or two after I started), which should have restored balance, but possibly sent PA farther off at the same time. Targ

By Sébastien Doré ·

#Guiding

Spikes in DEC 2 #Guiding

This indicates a severe unbalance in Dec which puts a lot of pressure on the gear teeth and causes high friction. Check your Dec balance by sending the mount to Park1 or 4 or 5 and loosening all 4 clu

By Roland Christen ·

#Guiding

Strange behavior with Mach 2 and MaximDL auto pier flip 5 #ASCOM_V2_Driver #Mach2GTO #Guiding

Hi Brad, I can't help much on the Maxim side, but regarding the AP V2 driver, I'll mention two things: I'm sure you are aware, but just in case, the pier side is displayed on the driver's window just

By Howard Hedlund ·

#ASCOM_V2_Driver #Mach2GTO #Guiding

Pier for 1100GTO 22 #Guiding

"It looks like the sides were rolled to produce the shape." Don, yes/no. I had a boiler-maker make it but there was no roller. A press was used to progressively make small bends to form the shape. I m

By Len Fulham ·

#Guiding

Best guiding practices with the Mach2 and PHD2? 4 #Mach2GTO #Guiding

Thank you Roland. I'll try it next time. — Marcelo Figueroa

By Marcelo Figueroa ·

#Mach2GTO #Guiding

PEMPro vs PHD2 56 #Guiding

Most of the time it doesn't. That was unusual. I haven't been able to repeat the low number or the spread between runs. Remeshing the gears hasn't made much difference. I've considered swapping the DE

By CurtisC ·

#Guiding

Weird issues - ASCOM driver (5.30.10) - Mach1 - APCC and PHD2 16 #ASCOM_V2_Driver #Guiding #APCC

Ray, I will recheck the network parameters, in case the router filters out some protocols. Thanks again for the advice. Rodolphe

By Rodolphe ·

#ASCOM_V2_Driver #Guiding #APCC