TheSkySearchers

Got a chance to look into what happened. It turns out the Spindle is WAY up in the trees and does not come out until like 4 AM.

So somehow it got a couple of frames through holes in the trees!

Nothing wrong with the equipment, it's operator error again

After having another failed sequence Friday night I checked and sure enough I had started a target slightly too early and it too was in the trees.

I went ahead and addressed a few other things. Made sure the HC and mount firmware were up to date. Checked the slew limits and set them to -15 degrees past meridian. Also replaced the USB cable for the guide camera and re-dressed the wiring harness.

Finally got a full nights sequence dusk to dawn last night, no errors, and landed in the proper park position and quit tracking!

That's more like it!

Its tge updates. I updated the firmware iver the last couple of days and its noisy and I get both Dec Switch Fail and RA switch fail. Just trying a factory reset and tgen a firmware update.

Guys. Did a factory reset and then updated again and it MAY have solved it.

Richieb wrote: ↑Sun Feb 21, 2021 8:32 pm Guys. Did a factory reset and then updated again and it MAY have solved it.

Did the factory reset fix your Dec Switch Fail and RA switch fail?

Welcome to the forum.

Regards

Graeme

Hi...and thanks.

It seems to have. Cloudy skies now so I will check it next time and let you all know.