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Polar alignment with SkyGuider Pro - FAILS!

AstroDude42

Hi Marco,

sorry to hear it still does not work for you! I can confirm about the extra steps i forgot to mention (ASIAir wants confirmation that mount can not be detected) – it's the same over here, just forgot to write it down from memory in my last post. And yes, before starting to loop in the guiding view, i make sure that it's RA only and DEC is off, too. For aggressiveness, i still use the default values (never touched those).

As noted in the edit of my last post, I use the the ASIAir app versioned 1.5-6.76 and Firmware 1.5, both are the latest official release from last month. Actually, i don't know which firmware my SGP has installed. I bought it in 2019 and never updated it, because i thought it would be the latest firmware as the last release from iOptron was in 2017.

Best, Oliver

jaymanr

AstroDude42 and Marco,
I'm going to give this a try tomorrow night if it's not too cold. Supposed to be in the upper 20's. I emailed my retailer and they indicated ZWO would like a copy of my "Auto Run Log" but I'm not sure how to retrieve it for uploading. I checked my iphone from my last attempt and the auto run log is blank so I'm guessing it's something that has to be saved before shutting down the app. Has anyone done that before?
JaymanR

AstroDude42

Hi JaymanR,

the log files are saved in the log folder of your imaging session near the image files. According to the latest release notes, you can upload them directly during an imaging session using the „issue feedback channel on the about page“. I never used it though.

Good luck with your next session. Clear skies!

Best, Oliver

beshanoe

Did you make sure that it plate solves correctly in the preview mode? For me it was a source of the issue at the beginning. I had a wrong focal length set for the telescope, so I had to set it to 0 first and then let asiair pro figure it out with first plate solving in a preview mode. After that PA started working flawlessly. I don't turn off my SGP at all.

I also had an issue when ASIAIR would say that it cant detect the mount and wouldn't start guiding. I changed OnCameraST4 to virtual mount and back and it got solved.

You can also check my video on SGP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfKsMCz-lak but I didn't get into very specific details. I'll probably soon try to make a more detailed video on my process.

marco

beshanoe These are good tips. And I must say I haven't tried either of them. But I'll do so at the next available opportunity and will report back. Fingers crossed! Tx.
Marco

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