Dirk

Hi Thomas, thanks for the settings. I'll update to AS 5.2.4.0 and test your settings. Are you also using CCDAutoPilot 5 ? Best regards from Bad Schwartau, Dirk

Hello, do you found a solution ? I have the same problem for over two years. I find out that AutoSlew (5.2.1.9) is not supporting the reverseX or reverseY options within MaximDL. By testing the AutoSlew option "Flip Guide Directions after Meridan Flip" the other axis moves wrong after the flip. Is there something changed in AutoSlew 5.2.4.0 ? My current solution is to select the Adaptive option within the MaximDL guider settings. But it's not perfect because during the first seconds when MaximDL is checking the correct guide direction the stars in the image can drift. Regards, Dirk

I checked my setup a few more times but the problem was persists. After this, I set the park position a few degrees obove the horizont in the west. With the new park position in the west, I tested the park command in CCDAP and TheSkyX several times and all works fine. It's curious why it's in the west ok and in the east sometimes faulty. So I simply use the park position in the west and all is ok for me. Best regards, Dirk

Hello, I'm using AutoSlew (5.2.1.9) and TheSkyX (10.3). The system runs on a win 10 64-Bit PC. Within TheSkyX I use the Ascom2XMount adapter (6.1) to connect to AutoSlew. Within AutoSlew and TheSkyX I have set a park position in the east a few degrees above the horizont. Parking the mount with AutoSlew is working fine. But if I try to park the mount by using the park command within TheSkyX, it's sometimes faulty. In case of fault, the mount first moves to the correct park position in the east, but after reaching the correct park position, the mount moves the DEC-axle, so that the scope points a few degrees above the west horizont. So the DEC-axle makes nearly a 180° faulty move. Does anybody have an idea where the problem is ? Regards, Dirk

Thanks a lot ! Dirk

Hello, I would like to replace my old Win XP PC by a new PC with Win 10 64Bit in my observatory. Is it possible to copy all AutoSlew ini and configuration files to the new PC ? Which ini and configuration files do I have to copy and where are this files ? Best regrds, Dirk

Hello, in the meantime I tested the MaximDL flip options "Reverse X, Reverse Y and Reverse X and Y". To make these options active, I also enabled "Auto Pier Flip" within MaximDL. Because after the pier flip the guiding moves wrong in the X-axis I used the Reverse X option. But now the guiding moves wrong in the Y-axis. So I tried Reverse Y but now the X-axis moves wrong. So I tried Reverse X and Y. This time the guider moves wrong in X-axis and Y-axis. It's curios, but the guiding moves always wrong. Has anyone an idea why it's not possible to achive correct guiding with Reverse X, Reverse Y or Revers X and Y ? Don't know if it's important for the behavier, I'm living on the northern hemisphere. Regards, Dirk

Hi Max, within AutoSlew I can only find the Option -Flip guide directions after Meridianflip- But I can't find somthing like "only Reverse X" or "only Reverse Y" Best regards, Dirk

Sorry, I mean different "Reverse (X/Y) on Pier Flip" options within MaximDL....

@ maxmirot: I have tested with enabling the option -Flip guide directions after Meridianflip- within AutoSlew. But the result was similar. After the flip the X-axis guide direction was ok but the Y-axis moves in the wrong way. Here the lines from the CCDAP Log: 19:10:00 Telescope RA: 06 07 46.4, Dec: +18 38 28 19:10:00 Meridian Flip completed. 19:10:00 Flip Time: 225.2 sec. 19:10:00 Telescope RA: 06 07 46.4, Dec: +18 38 28 19:10:00 RevX, RevY: True, False 19:10:00 Refreshing guide star location... 19:10:04 Guide star measurement 1 19:10:10 Peak guide star ADU: 14712, measured at 3.00 sec. 19:10:10 Guider x: 235.0, y: 64.0, Array: 324x243 19:10:10 Guide star measurement 2 19:10:16 Peak guide star ADU: 15414, measured at 3.00 sec. 19:10:16 Guider x: 235.0, y: 64.0, Array: 324x243 19:10:16 Guide star measurement 3 19:10:22 Peak guide star ADU: 14310, measured at 3.00 sec. 19:10:22 Guider x: 235.0, y: 64.0, Array: 324x243 19:10:27 Guider x: 235.0, y: 64.0 19:10:27 Guider stopped. 19:10:27 Dither: 2.0, 0.0 19:10:44 Guide Error X: 2.22, Y: 0.79 19:10:50 Guide Error X: 0.30, Y: 1.62 19:10:57 Guide Error X: 0.32, Y: 2.77 19:11:03 Guide Error X: 0.22, Y: 7.11 19:11:10 Guide Error X: 1.27, Y: 14.75 19:11:18 Guider stopped. 19:11:24 Guide Star Fade (nm) If I start with this settings a session on the west side, the guider moves in X- and Y-axis in the wrong way. 19:13:18 Peak guide star ADU: 4589, measured at 3.00 sec. 19:13:18 Guider x: 235.0, y: 66.0, Array: 324x243 19:13:26 Guider x: 235.0, y: 67.0 19:13:26 Guider stopped. 19:13:26 Dither: 0.0, 0.0 19:13:43 Guide Error X: 0.87, Y: 1.36 19:13:49 Guide Error X: 2.07, Y: 3.49 19:13:56 Guide Error X: 3.26, Y: 5.69 19:14:02 Guide Error X: 5.61, Y: 9.16 19:14:06 Guider stopped. 19:14:09 No guide error reported 19:14:09 Altitude: 54.7° @ prefetch: You mean I have to enable the "Auto Pier Flip" option within MaximDL and try the different "Reverse (X/Y) on Pier Flip" options within CCDAP ? Best regards, Dirk

Hello maxmirot, you mean the autoguider setting within AutoSlew ? I'll test it as soon as the weather is ok. Best regards, Dirk

Hello Luis, in AutoSlew I have selected "prefer west" and the limits for crossing meridian are set to "0". The flip is working with no problems but the following guiding moves in the wrong way. Here is also the CCDAP Log. Best regards, Dirk ccdap20160307_194255.zip

Hello Group, I'm using AutoSlew, CCDAP 5, MaximDL 5, TheSky X and DDW for my dome. After updating to the latest AutoSlew version I have the problem, that during a CCDAP controled image session, the guider moves after the meridan flip in the wrong direction. It seems that only the X-axis is wrong. Flip guide directions after flip within AutoSlew is not checked. Attached my MaximDL guider settings. Has anyone an idea where the problem is or what I have to change ? Thanks and best regards, Dirk