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Old 17-10-2011, 01:08 PM
AndrewJ
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Gday Jennifer

Different thread as part of this is ASCOM based, not all Meade

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I've redone the progs recently and it's running with Ascom 6
Do you have the driver set to synch the time on connect?
Do you allow the driver to set the date/time after booting???
Why i ask is
a) There is a bug in the :SC command (which sets the date).
This is totally screwed and will give a totally wrong date if used.
b) The driver can change the site timezone when DST is in place,
vs use the correct functions. This screws up the internal variables used to determine what the real LST is.
c) Changing the date/time after aligning or unparking
( other than via the correct screens ) WILL result in corrupted LST data,
Its not something you can see directly via the handbox, but if you have the patches installed, my PEC editor has a diagnostics page that will read out all the internal variables and you can see if the internal clocks have desynchronised.

Andrew
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