Gday Erick
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If I just do the training as directed, it saves away the ratios it calculates? I don't have to enter anything in those fields??
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The ratios tell the motor what the geartrain "ratio" is.
It is a value that represents the arcsecs of OTA movement per tick of the encoder ( mounted on the motor ), and the direction of that move.
This ratio is specific to the geartrain, and doesnt change with training.
What training does is determine how much slop there is in the geartrain when reversing.
The correct procedure to setup is
1) Start scope
2) Enter correct ratio (incl sign) for your specific setup.
This only has to be done once
3) Calibrate "motors" This sets the encoder illumination and should be
run on each remote setup, as it tweaks the encoder lightsources to
suit the current power supply voltage
4) Train Drives. This only has to be done once every six months or so,
and after any bumps/work done on the gearboxes or their mountings.
After that, and correct date/time entry, it should just work.
Andrew