Hi Geoff,
yes, looks like something has gone wrong with those buttons - I will investigate. The main movement buttons seem to work fine.
You can test this sort of thing with 'Test Camera 1 (Deep Sky)'. Just open the camera and then load into it a saved image of the area around the pole - that will let the polar align get past the 'stage 1' and on to the rotation stage.
I have attached two such images taken of the area around the north celestial pole, just in case you don't have any to hand. By changing from one image to the other at stage 2 of alignment, you can actually proceed to the adjustment phase and see what the polar align error of my mount was when those images were taken
cheers,
Robin
Polar Align - Auto-rotation of RA axis
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Re: Polar Align - Auto-rotation of RA axis
Thanks for the pictures. I've just had a go standing by the scope and operating the controller laptop directly.
What *seems* to be happening is that when either of the rotate W/E buttons is pressed and held down, SharpCap isn't registering that the button is being held down. I press and hold a button, the mount makes a loud whining sound - evident of a high slew rate - but stops almost immediately.
Hope this helps.
Geoff
What *seems* to be happening is that when either of the rotate W/E buttons is pressed and held down, SharpCap isn't registering that the button is being held down. I press and hold a button, the mount makes a loud whining sound - evident of a high slew rate - but stops almost immediately.
Hope this helps.
Geoff
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Re: Polar Align - Auto-rotation of RA axis
Hi Geoff,
yes, I tested the movement buttons myself and found the same thing. I made a global change to the code to try to ensure that buttons became disabled while they were doing whatever action they did. That was all well and good for most buttons, but for those movement buttons it stopped the 'repeat' action that they relied on. I have a fix for that and will be uploading a new version later today.
cheers,
Robin
yes, I tested the movement buttons myself and found the same thing. I made a global change to the code to try to ensure that buttons became disabled while they were doing whatever action they did. That was all well and good for most buttons, but for those movement buttons it stopped the 'repeat' action that they relied on. I have a fix for that and will be uploading a new version later today.
cheers,
Robin
Re: Polar Align - Auto-rotation of RA axis
Morning Robin
Had the scope out last night, Polar Align took forever - but that's the fault of the hazy clouds, not SharpCap!
The Rotate East/West are now working as expected, so thank you for sorting this out.
Geoff
Had the scope out last night, Polar Align took forever - but that's the fault of the hazy clouds, not SharpCap!
The Rotate East/West are now working as expected, so thank you for sorting this out.
Geoff
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Hi Geoff,
thanks for letting me know it worked - let's hope for clearer skies next time
cheers,
Robin
thanks for letting me know it worked - let's hope for clearer skies next time
cheers,
Robin