The Dome not not seeking telescope correctly. I'm wondering if this settings are correct? I can see the degrees that turn doesn't match.
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Edited:Â Feb 13, 2023
DOME NOT SEEKING TELESCOPE CORRECTLY
DOME NOT SEEKING TELESCOPE CORRECTLY
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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.