I've been trying to record the PE of my EQ8, generate a PEC curve, and apply it. I'm using PHD, EQMOD and PECPrep. Basic process has been:
- Record guide log in PHD (guide output disabled)
- Stop guiding / hit timestamp button in EQMOD as close to simultaneously as I could
- Park mount to defined position
- Load guide log into PECPrep with appropriate details, including the application of the EQMOD timestamp
- Change worm cycle length to 199 in PECPrep
- Manipulate PEC by disabling the first, second, and last worm cycles, all of which seemed to deviate a reasonable amount from the other 6 cycles captured, especially the first
- Save PEC
- Unpark mount
- Open/play PEC in EQMOD - Gain is defaulting to 0x - is this right?
As soon as I apply PEC, the guide star seems to move a fair amount, as might be expected, but then it continues to move, as though the PEC is worsening the PE rather than improving it. Do I need to let it run for a full worm cycle before it'll sync up or something?
Was disabling the last cycle in PECPrep a bad idea, maybe causing it to be out of sync with the timestamp? Maybe I should drop its weighting to 0 rather than disabling it.
I've noticed that playback of the PEC in EQMOD always seems to start from the beginning of the curve (at least that's what the line slowly moving across the PEC curve display seems to suggest) -- if this is the case how can it ever be in sync with the worm?