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PHD2 ASCOM mount error with new AP ASCOM driver v5.60.03
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Peter Gottstein
i just installed qhy 5iii 200 guide camera using OAG. I followed the AP VIDEO of how to set up PHD2 With absolute encoders az I own a Mach 2. Connections for mount is AP GTO V2 Ascom and camera is QHYCCD Guider Ascom I’m running NINA and have all the latest ASCOM mount drivers and lasted version APCC PRO. I ran my sequence in NINA and for first sub and everything looked perfect including guiding. In the second sub I received following error
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Hi Peter I can't read the screens, but i think this is the option you are looking for in the ascom driver (not the setup screen)  On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 8:15 PM Peter Gottstein <peetyg1@...> wrote:
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Peter Gottstein
Thanks Brian. I noticed that your screen shot that you have GTOCP4. I have GTOCP5. I can not find where you would go. If I go to settings on top of APCC and go down to edit Ascom. I do not see the same menu settings as you see. Is there somewhere else to edit Ascom driver?
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Dale Ghent
The photo with the actual error in it unfortunately has the full text of the error cut off, but it seems like you ran into a dither settle time exceeded warning? This indicates that PHD2 was not able to detect a sufficiently-settled mount following a dither operation. After executing a dither operation that was requested by NINA, PHD2 will wait until the mount settles down from any excess movement that the act of dithering may have caused. There are some parameters that influences how long PHD2 waits to say the dither is fully completed and this warning will be produced if the prescribed time limit is exceeded.
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Please refer to the "Dither Settle Pixel Tolerance and Settle Time" part of the NINA documentation on PHD2 settings. Exceeding the settle time can indicate an unbalanced load or other unstable aspect that dithering can perturb. https://nighttime-imaging.eu/docs/master/site/advanced/dithering/#settings-for-phd2 On Jan 22, 2023, at 23:15, Peter Gottstein <peetyg1@...> wrote: |
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hmmm... I also see the edge of this guiding graph that seems to indicate guiding went off the rails. Can you post a guidelog for this? i'm wondering if the calibration did not work correctly, or perhaps you calibrated on one side of the pier and imaged on opposite. the guidelog will tell  On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 6:52 AM Dale Ghent <daleg@...> wrote:
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>>> If I go to settings on top of APCC and go down to edit Ascom. I do not see the same menu settings as you see. Is there somewhere else to edit Ascom driver? Best Peter you are in the edit ascom settings. The screen I showed is in the ascom driver itself. You need to have a client app connected and then open the ascom software How to get to the ascom software is shown at this point in the video: https://youtu.be/7r2qujy8BkM?t=357 On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 11:22 PM Peter Gottstein <peetyg1@...> wrote: Thanks Brian. I noticed that your screen shot that you have GTOCP4. I have GTOCP5. I can not find where you would go. If I go to settings on top of APCC and go down to edit Ascom. I do not see the same menu settings as you see. Is there somewhere else to edit Ascom driver? --
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message within PHD2 In regards to mounts Synchronous pulse guide option. Which I don’t see. Please see picture below. I lost my guide star, with error message. I can’t figure how to disable it in AP ASCOM mount driver. Any suggestions would be appreciated. 
message within PHD2 In regards to mounts Synchronous pulse guide option. Which I don’t see. Please see picture below. I lost my guide star, with error message. I can’t figure how to disable it in AP ASCOM mount driver. Any suggestions would be appreciated.