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Old 05-09-2007, 12:05 PM
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In theory yes but in practise...... the type of system you have will determine how and what you record and how it is played back. Some systems are prescriptive and you don't get a choice (without a lot of hacking). Other systems are flexible and you can do what you like.

An added problem is the quality of your hardware. ie you can record an average of PE over a short arc of your RA gear then when you play back it has no bearing on the actual arc for which your RA gear is engaged at (ie PE is not just about the motor speed/performance or the worm).

In your case do you have the ability to manually upload PEC? If not then if you re-run the PEC "Training" does it replace or 'average' the PEC? How does the drive PE perform on the UP (East to Meridian) as compared to the down (Meridian to West) ie how well is the scope balanced.

Ideally you want to try record PE as at as high a magnification as possible and I would recommend doing that through the main scope and not some guide/piggybacked scope.

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