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Gday Erick
How are you training RA????
Where/what is your target??
The numbers should be repeatable within +/-25 or so
Again, what Firmware rev have you got loaded.
( as some bugs/comments are specific to ver )
Synching on Saturn isnt good as it only uses a rough calculation
( Autostar is only an 8 bit processor ) to get planet positions.
Only synch on stars if you can, ( or use high precision mode,
which does that for you )
Just for info, drive train numbers are represented as arcsec of "OTA slop" caused by the slop in the gears.
When the scope reverses direction, the gears take up this amount
at nearly double guide speed, but only when the motor needs to reverse to start retracking.
So lets say scope tracks west and you slew west, it will just resume tracking.
If you slewed East the scope will forcibly slew back WEST by the drive train amount "BEFORE" it thinks the OTA is moving and hence resume tracking. If you are way "overtrained" ie have very high nos
the OTA starts moving quickly, but the scope still thinks its taking up gearslop.
This is why getting drive train numbers right is important.
Andrew
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