Adamo Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Hi Please write mi how do it? step by step. Instructions from ASA is not clear. Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 RamaSpaceShip Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Hi Adam, You need to: - do the polar alignment with a precision less than 1 arc-minute - create a pointing model with more than 40 stars and use it - point to a star, center it, and sync - click the button "set the new home position" The name of the button is confusing as the home position cannot be set: it corresponds to hardware marks. In fact, as far as I understood, the button associates the home position with the corresponding RA and DEC values in the current pointing model so that, once you have found the home position after startup, your mount is ready to point precisely to any position in the sky. Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Adamo Posted May 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 (edited) Hi Bernard ok If click the button "set the new home position" then info: Is that all? New home position is writed? Adam Edited May 14, 2015 by Adamo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 whyzzi Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Hello Adam, yes thats it. but bernhard forgot one important step. autoslew needs to know where the hardware reference marks are. so before you sync to a star you need to put RA and DEC axis close to the reference marks and click "find home position" (i think this is the correct name of the function. or you just klick the house symbol). after that you sync to a star and klick "set the new home position" Hermann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Adamo Posted May 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Hi ok, I understand Thanks Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 RamaSpaceShip Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Hi Adam, Hermann is right, I forgot the "home find" step, probably because I always do it at startup. So the steps are: - put RA and DEC axis close to the reference marks (zenith for a DDM85, I don't know for a DDM60) and click the home symbol - do the polar alignment with a precision less than 1 arc-minute - create a pointing model with more than 40 stars and use it - point to a star, center it, and sync - click the button "set the new home position" And that's done. Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Adamo Posted May 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Hi Bernard Yes, I know. First "home find" button is priority. This statement after "set the new home position" is misleading. Now I understand Best regards Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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