so i've recently moved my DDM85 into an observatory, and it's creating a lot of re-learning and new challenges for me.
[EDIT: k, forget the home find markings - i got that figured out.]
here's what i did:
1) factory reset on autoslew.
2) set my location
3) manually slewed to zenith, pier on east side
4) synched that to park position 1
5) did a homefind
these steps are just what the autoslew manual tells you to do when you first get the DDM85 (except for the factory reset.)
so...
this is what happens next. i try to set my 2nd parking position and then things get weird.
i try to manually slew to the correct location for my setup to close the observatory (the skylight) and, well, a picture is worth 1,000 words:
everything looks fine, right?
well, i keep slewing to get the scope to fit under the skylight and...PierSide changes!!??
seems like as soon as i pass about 41 degrees altitude (which is where polaris is for me) then the system decides that it's on the west side, which is obviously incorrect.
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so i've recently moved my DDM85 into an observatory, and it's creating a lot of re-learning and new challenges for me.
[EDIT: k, forget the home find markings - i got that figured out.]
here's what i did:
1) factory reset on autoslew.
2) set my location
3) manually slewed to zenith, pier on east side
4) synched that to park position 1
5) did a homefind
these steps are just what the autoslew manual tells you to do when you first get the DDM85 (except for the factory reset.)
so...
this is what happens next. i try to set my 2nd parking position and then things get weird.
i try to manually slew to the correct location for my setup to close the observatory (the skylight) and, well, a picture is worth 1,000 words:
everything looks fine, right?
well, i keep slewing to get the scope to fit under the skylight and...PierSide changes!!??
seems like as soon as i pass about 41 degrees altitude (which is where polaris is for me) then the system decides that it's on the west side, which is obviously incorrect.
any ideas what's going on here?
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