gfaillace

OK ASA has fixed the problem using remote support. By mistake I did a ''set new home position'' on an object in the planetarium program below my southern horizon. Hence, the scope interpreted its nearly vertical position as that southern object so all the DEC readings in Autoslew were wrong. To avoid using a planetarium program for syncronizing in such a case, its possible to set new home position by using Autoslew's internal data base or using the zenith Park 1 position and synchronizing on that then clicking on ''set new home position''. Of course, for accuracy later you must synchronize using a planetarium software by slewing to a visible star, centering it manually, synchronizing it with the planetarium software and clicking ''set new home position'' and clicking OK when Autoslew asks. Problem solved.

So far no news from ASA on this. but I will post solution to the problem (hopefully) when I have it for future reference to others. Cheers. George

Thanks Michael, I appreciate your suggestions. Yes I checked again and The Sky is using the computer clock and the location is correct both for Autoslew and The Sky. I have sent a message to ASA for help on this. Thanks again, George

Thanks Bernard, I have powered down and rebooted and still wrong DEC. I think the problem may be with the mount. I will contact ASA on this. George

My DDM85 mount has been working OK for years and tonight even after "homefind" it is giving a completely wrong altitude and declination values which means I cannot sync with The Sky. I have rebooted several times and still the DEC readings in Autoslew are incorrect although the RA readings are correct. Any ideas how to fix this problem?