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Hi Guys,
Ok, made a bit of progress on why the first guide star is so far off. I'm not sure what is causing this, but I noticed when I parked the scope it goes to +90 DEC. This is Polaris is the Northern Hemisphere! Parking down under should be -90 DEC. Now I can 100% confirm that I have the correct Lat and Long set (151 37 E, 32 45 S), date / time etc. I'm also running v3.12 of the firmware. What do other people's scopes report when they park them?
When I first powered on the scope I double checked the settings and told it to go to Alpha Centauri. It pointed towards the ground. I slewed it to Alpha Centauri and aligned. I then selected Acrux as the second alignment star. This time it was within 2 degrees of it! I obtained a successful alignment and from then on all goto's and tracking where spot on.
I still however noticed that if I park the scope it still says +90DEC on the hand controller which doesn't seem right. I powered the scope on and off a few times and went through the same procedure. Two times in a row it pointed towards the ground for the initial Alpha Centauri alignment star.
Any thoughts on what might be going on here? My initial opinion is a software issue with the v3.12 in the southern hemisphere, but I've seen no other posts with this issue. The scope shows southern hemisphere alignment stars, tracks in the right direction and gotos are fine after the initial alignment issues. I'll try and speak with Skywatcher Australia on Monday.
Regards,
Stephen
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