Last Night the Dome behave normal, but after turn Off the motor it erase my settings of 774 steps/degree and start at default 163 steps/degree. How can I made this settings permanent? "Apply config" doesn't work.
I do see every time restarting the computer motor settings are back to default 163 steps/degree, Mines work with 774 steps/degree. I press "apply config" but get back to default after computer restart or shutting down the software.
180/60 = 3, so you should see 3 rotations for 1 , but 4.75 !! . It's a rough estimation, I hasn't measure exactly, but for having an idea of what I'm experiencing.
"Measure all" rotate to opposite direction don't even reach 180 degrees and then fail
When I do "measure all" the dome always rotate to the opposite direction of the home sensor. It Turn like "just to estimate" almost 1/2 dome rotation and then fail.
And just to be sure, you are not entering these parameters in more than one place. If you have them in the device hub and in the application that controls the dome, you would apply twice the rotation/translation matrix that convert the telescope pointing to dome azimuth therefore sending the dome in the wrong location.
Is your dome slit far off the telescope line of sight or is it just slightly off ?
As said, the offsets should be only in one place. Here it sounds like they are applied twice. So I wuold remove all values from Maxim DL if it uses the Device Hub to control the dome. Also all units should be the same everywhere to be consistent, not really an issue here as they need to be removed, but just for reference.
the motor values are fine (they are the default as far as I can tell).
The issue is most probably with your geometry values in the device hub.
All measurement need to be in relation to the Ra/Dec intersection of your mount in relation to the dome sphere center.
If the values are incorrect, then the calculated dome Azimuth from the telescope pointing position will be off and you'll be pointing to the inside of the dome instead of the shutter.
it found the sensor and measure it with no problem. I recalculate the shutter angle to 14 degree as a home position. When I perform measure all it go clock wise or counter clock wise, by the time it fail the dome turn about 90 degrees only either way. as you can see in the video the measurements turns very fast.
Good news! I multiplied the value calculated in Maxim dl 4.75 x 163 steps/ degree =774. Now the dome rotation behave correctly as expected. Placed shutter door in front of parked scope at ~ 0 degree toward polaris, calculate home sensor at 27 degrees, sync at 27 degrees. At least scopepoint 0,90,180 and 270 very close. Using Ascom hub. Tonight if weather permit will perform a full test to close this case.
As said this is not normal si there might be somethign wrong with the hardware. You should contact nexdome and get it replaced.
Last Night the Dome behave normal, but after turn Off the motor it erase my settings of 774 steps/degree and start at default 163 steps/degree. How can I made this settings permanent? "Apply config" doesn't work.
I do see every time restarting the computer motor settings are back to default 163 steps/degree, Mines work with 774 steps/degree. I press "apply config" but get back to default after computer restart or shutting down the software.
This is clearly not normal.
Can you try a "Factory reset" and then try "Measure all" ?
180/60 = 3, so you should see 3 rotations for 1 , but 4.75 !! . It's a rough estimation, I hasn't measure exactly, but for having an idea of what I'm experiencing.
"Measure all" rotate to opposite direction don't even reach 180 degrees and then fail
When I do "measure all" the dome always rotate to the opposite direction of the home sensor. It Turn like "just to estimate" almost 1/2 dome rotation and then fail.
And just to be sure, you are not entering these parameters in more than one place. If you have them in the device hub and in the application that controls the dome, you would apply twice the rotation/translation matrix that convert the telescope pointing to dome azimuth therefore sending the dome in the wrong location.
Is your dome slit far off the telescope line of sight or is it just slightly off ?
the motor values are fine (they are the default as far as I can tell).
The issue is most probably with your geometry values in the device hub.
All measurement need to be in relation to the Ra/Dec intersection of your mount in relation to the dome sphere center.
If the values are incorrect, then the calculated dome Azimuth from the telescope pointing position will be off and you'll be pointing to the inside of the dome instead of the shutter.