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Originally Posted by multiweb
Thanks guys. Did that. The star selection in the AO defaults back to MAXIM selection as soon as any start button is clicked.
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I use an SX AO with MaximDL and, like Rick, find the same thing. Clicking on the tracking image
will set the tracking star correctly, though. From a user perspective, I'd definitely call it a bug.
I find that a dark library for my guider (Lodestar) is absolutely critical in order to calibrate the drive and AO correctly. In MaximDL's SX AO interface, you have to first set the dark frames in the calibration library, and then manually enable dark subtraction in the Setup pane. I almost tore my hair out in frustration until I figured that out
However, I track without calibration frames (as per the manual's recommendation) and find that it gives me about 2 Hz faster guiding.
Alternatively, I've sometimes found success by slewing to a bright star very close by and using that to calibrate.