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Mach2 making strange sounds when moving to home position
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Harold
My Mach2 to it’s making some strange sounds (vibration) when moving to the Home position. It happens in the dec axis moving counter clockwise (north) for the last 15-20 degrees. It will happen with different slew rates I’ve tried both 1200 and 600. It does not happen when I move the dec axis using the Apcc direction arrows. Only when Apcc is sending the mount to home position.
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Roland Christen
Are you using 12 volt supply or 24?
Rolando
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From: Harold <hfm5022@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Wed, Sep 15, 2021 3:51 pm Subject: [ap-gto] Mach2 making strange sounds when moving to home position My Mach2 to it’s making some strange sounds (vibration) when moving to the Home position. It happens in the dec axis moving counter clockwise (north) for the last 15-20 degrees. It will happen with different slew rates I’ve tried both 1200 and 600. It does not happen when I move the dec axis using the Apcc direction arrows. Only when Apcc is sending the mount to home position.
-- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
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Roland Christen
In case you didn't see my previous e-mail: What is your power source?
The button rates (xand 1200x) are not the same as the slew rate. The slew rate during a move to Home or to any sky position is normally 1800x when you use a 24 volt supply. Your supply might have insufficient power for that speed. Try setting the slew rate to 1000x and see if the noise goes away.
Roland Christen
Astro-Physics Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Harold <hfm5022@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Wed, Sep 15, 2021 3:51 pm Subject: [ap-gto] Mach2 making strange sounds when moving to home position My Mach2 to it’s making some strange sounds (vibration) when moving to the Home position. It happens in the dec axis moving counter clockwise (north) for the last 15-20 degrees. It will happen with different slew rates I’ve tried both 1200 and 600. It does not happen when I move the dec axis using the Apcc direction arrows. Only when Apcc is sending the mount to home position.
-- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
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Harold
Roland, I’m using 24v
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Harold
I’m using your 24 V power supply, I redid the test using 600, 1000 and 1800. It is no longer making the noise. If it happens again I’ll contact you.
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Roland Christen
The problem may be unbalance in Dec. If not that, then we may have you slightly back off the Dec motor belt tension. That will fix it for sure, but is a bit more involved for you to do. Shoot me an e-mail if you need to.
Roland
-----Original Message-----
From: Harold <hfm5022@...> To: main@ap-gto.groups.io Sent: Wed, Sep 15, 2021 6:59 pm Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Mach2 making strange sounds when moving to home position I’m using your 24 V power supply, I redid the test using 600, 1000 and 1800. It is no longer making the noise. If it happens again I’ll contact you.
-- Roland Christen Astro-Physics
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