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If any folk have got the SkyX with dome working for MaxDome II I would love to hear what you did and if you know the signs for parameters in our Hemisphere!
I just tried it all again - using mm for all measurement, and tried swapping signs +/- in case documentation is wrong. Still no joy - occassionally the dome slot in the SkyX even shows the scope isn't inside the dome position - don't know why that ever occurs!
All the slews were immediate - they just ended up in the wrong position nearly every time. When I switched the dome connection off in the SkyX and simply slewed the scope using MaximDL to slave the dome to a SkyX controlled OTA - all dome slews were once again perfect - aggravating - as I am trying to get entirely onto the SkyX and I guess the geometry positions are all still askew for my Hemisphere.
So Location is set to Sydney Australia - at my local GPS H M S according to Google Maps for my house and Time looks right - from my PC's internet updated clock. Home position is the park position = 119 degrees.
For all slews the Dome's reported position was absolutely correct - I have all bearings on the compass in 10 degree increments noted around the base of my Dome.
Offsets are now entered:
Xm = +108 (Mount Pivot point East of Dome centre 4,25")
Ym = -216 (Mount Pivot point South of Dome centre by 8.5")
Radius = 1140 (44.9")
Xt = -330 (Scope mounted on top of Mount pivot point so optical axis is 13.25" above the pivot point)
Zm = -673 (Mount pivot point 26.5" below dome centre of rotation
Slot = 610 (Dome slot is 24" wide)
Angle from Slot to OTA set to 5.00 degrees.
So from my data (using mm rather than inches now) are the signs right on these variable for my hemisphere?
What's the next thing to try given in cases TSX complete a slew but shows the Dome is left of the OTA? Is there a testing methodology to optimise how to find the trouble?
I will be estatic once the SkyX can control the dome as well as the Sky6 + MaximDL can!
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