Thread: PHD and CG5
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Old 24-04-2007, 05:29 AM
Dennis
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Originally Posted by Harpspitfire View Post
i think if your all connected (it tells you at the bottom) you need to push 'guide' to start the calibation- then it automatically kicks in-- another question here though- while its calibrating- do you lose your alignment?
I would hazard a guess that when calibrating, with PHD electronically “pressing” the RA+ RA- Dec+ and Dec- motor movement buttons, it should be no different to the operator manually pressing the buttons on the hand controller, so the telescope pointing system should “remember” where it is as I assume it receives positional information feedback from the encoders?

I only lose positional information and void the pointing alignment if I manually undo the clutches on my Vixen and Tak mounts and move the scope.

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Dennis
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