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Old 06-11-2016, 09:41 AM
mikeyjames (Mick)
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Hi all,
They asked me to re-flash the firmware of the hand controller and the motor controller on the mount - this made no difference.

Cheers
Mick
Well, I was wrong. Ever since I re-flashed the hand controller and updated the mount's motor controller there has been some really odd behaviour.

Sometimes I will select a target, the hand controller will give the coordinates correctly but then point at the ground. For example, yesterday afternoon I asked it to point at the sun, it gave coordinates of around 267 degrees (near west) and altitude of 40 degrees but it pointed at the ground.

I had Stellarium running last night with the mount. The few times it did it Stellarium showed that the mount was indeed pointing at the ground.

If I then park the scope and try again, it works fine.

Cheers
Mick
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