I would really appreciate help on this. I have tried posting this to a few different forums, but to no avail.
Below is the full explanation, but basically whenever I connect my telescope (lx200gps) to the computer for guiding, West motion (Hitting the west button from the computer) does not work properly. (N, S and E does) The hand paddle works too, the problem is just from software, just the west button. (or when RA reversed, the East button) Whe I hit it, I get the motion, then it immediately 'rubber bands' back to close to the old position. I get similar problems with computer guiding ending up with run away motion.
Anyone got some ideas...?
Thanks
-Geoff
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Hi All, I would really appreciate any help and pointers to the
problem I am having... I think it is driving me insane... :-<
I have a 10" lx200 gps (polar aligned) with the 1.6b firmware. I am
using a long exposure modified toucam and either AstroSnap or
GuideDog. I have problems with both of them. Everything seems to
work fine when using the hand paddle to self guide, (at guide rate or
speed 1) but I can not get either progam to auto guide.
When i use the telescope control buttons in the program to move or
nudge the scope in any direction, it works just like the hand paddle
EXCEPT for west. North South and East movement are just like the
hand paddle. With West, the move starts correct, then 'rubber bands'
back in an 'east' motion. Reversing the RA directions does not seem
to help. The bad motion is always after the correct motion is
done. With GuideDog it goes back to almost the same position it
started from. (With anyplace between a 500 and 2000 ms nudge) With
AstroSnap it seems to jump by the same amount (15 arcsec or so) no
matter how long i hold the west button down.
When I try and use the autoguiding sofware to control motion it gets
out of control and the star always moves off like i was hitting the
east button when it tries a correction that would be a west motion.
Again reversing the RA direction does not help.
I have tried re-training my drives a couple times, turning PEC on and
off rebooting the computer, various backlash (0% 60% 100% 130%)
pulling my hair, ....
Anyone seen this problem before?
Is there a setting on either the telescope or the software to
compensate for this?
DO I need a different version of the firmware? IF so then what?
Woud this be a problem with the telescope that needs to be sent to
Meade?
Thanks for the help.
Below is the full explanation, but basically whenever I connect my telescope (lx200gps) to the computer for guiding, West motion (Hitting the west button from the computer) does not work properly. (N, S and E does) The hand paddle works too, the problem is just from software, just the west button. (or when RA reversed, the East button) Whe I hit it, I get the motion, then it immediately 'rubber bands' back to close to the old position. I get similar problems with computer guiding ending up with run away motion.
Anyone got some ideas...?
Thanks
-Geoff
>>>
Hi All, I would really appreciate any help and pointers to the
problem I am having... I think it is driving me insane... :-<
I have a 10" lx200 gps (polar aligned) with the 1.6b firmware. I am
using a long exposure modified toucam and either AstroSnap or
GuideDog. I have problems with both of them. Everything seems to
work fine when using the hand paddle to self guide, (at guide rate or
speed 1) but I can not get either progam to auto guide.
When i use the telescope control buttons in the program to move or
nudge the scope in any direction, it works just like the hand paddle
EXCEPT for west. North South and East movement are just like the
hand paddle. With West, the move starts correct, then 'rubber bands'
back in an 'east' motion. Reversing the RA directions does not seem
to help. The bad motion is always after the correct motion is
done. With GuideDog it goes back to almost the same position it
started from. (With anyplace between a 500 and 2000 ms nudge) With
AstroSnap it seems to jump by the same amount (15 arcsec or so) no
matter how long i hold the west button down.
When I try and use the autoguiding sofware to control motion it gets
out of control and the star always moves off like i was hitting the
east button when it tries a correction that would be a west motion.
Again reversing the RA direction does not help.
I have tried re-training my drives a couple times, turning PEC on and
off rebooting the computer, various backlash (0% 60% 100% 130%)
pulling my hair, ....
Anyone seen this problem before?
Is there a setting on either the telescope or the software to
compensate for this?
DO I need a different version of the firmware? IF so then what?
Woud this be a problem with the telescope that needs to be sent to
Meade?
Thanks for the help.
