wemartin Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 I have a DDM85/16N system that I am commissioning. A serious control issue between ACP and AutoSlew has emerged with respect to the Telescope.Park method used in ACP. AutoSlew apparently sets the AtPark property to True when the tracking is turned off even if the scope is not parked. This means that ACP does cannot park the telescope first during a shutdown (since it says it is parked after the tracking is stopped) which means I cannot close the roll-off roof - it does not clear the telescope unless it is parked. I have had a remote session with Bob Denny that demonstrates this behaviour of AutoSlew. Mr Keller please advise. Bill Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Keller Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 I checked and can conform this behaviour. Maybe it did not show because tracking is usually turned off in Park. We will correct this with the next release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wemartin Posted May 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Hi Philipp, Bob Denny came with a work-around which turns the tracking back on before ACP tries to Park the scope during shutdown. This will work until the next release however, another little twist has emerged: When ACP Parks the scope from shutdown with the tracking on it now goes to Park 2 rather than Park 1. What is the ASCOM Telescope.Park method supposed to do with Park 1 and Park 2. I had always assumed that an external Park command to AutoSlew only works with Park 1. This is not a serious problem for my remote observatory since I have now set Park 1 and 2 to be the same but it is very curious. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalelieb Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Hi Bill, The issue mentioned in your first post must have been introduced in later versions of ACP and/or AS. Until last year, I was also using a roll-off roof where my scope had to park and pier had to drop before the roof could close. There were no issues with this at that stage. I now have installed a dome and usually keep the roof open and pier up - so I have not noticed the problems you mention. Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wemartin Posted June 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Hi Dale, Mostly cloudy here since the 1st of June so no chance to thoroughly test the work-around from Bob Denny. It seems to work ok but I am learning not to trust anything when operating remotely. Are you using ACP Scheduler? Happy? Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukepower Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Hi Bill, during a test run of Scheduler last night I had the exact same issue you described. Did the workaround work for you? This is quite an annoying thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wemartin Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Hi Luke, Yes, the ACP workaround works ok and I have not been able to reproduce the Park 1, Park 2 issue. This may have been finger trouble on my part but my mount is at ASA for a USB hub upgrade so I am not able to check this at the present time. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukepower Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Hi Bill, alright, I left the system run last night without issues, so the workaround seems to work reasonably well. FInally, after nearly 9 months of work, it seems like the obs is working now as hoped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalelieb Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Hi Bill, Sorry for the delay, have been away. Yes, I do use ACP Scheduler and it is a great piece of software. In theory, once everything is set up nicely, I don't even have to put my foot in my observatory - with Windows remote simply plug in my targets and on completion do the processing. In practice I don't like keeping my camera powered up all the time, so I switch off power during the day to the pier that supplies all the equipment. I can also confirm the issue with the mount not parking after shut down. As I now have a dome, it is not a problem for me. Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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