I think I run into some issues with meridian flip and would appreciate any help… I used to be able to run flip without problems with my MyT but now it seems to be problematic. Can you please help review my settings and see where went wrong?
Last night I was imaging IC1396 which supposed to transient around 1:47AM ish. Seems like the meridian flip was not successful, and the mount stucks waiting for flip the whole night.
Here is my mount setting in Voyager. I set it in this way as my understanding is:
Voyager will stop slewing, but only continuing tracking and exposure since 2 mins before transit.
After 30min of transient, Voyager will issue a flip.
I set it in this way because my exposure is at 30min per frame, and I want to let it finish the last one before flipping, but clearly I maybe misunderstood the function of these settings here…
Here is the setting in the driver. I guess nothing too interesting.
Also as suggested, the settings in the handpad according to Robert’s screenshot, so 2deg and 5deg for slew and guide limit in handpad.
Here is a section of the log (read from bottom up), and the message “Voyager is Only Exposure Zone of Meridian Setting [0 - 2 - 30]!” repeats itself until the astronomical night ends…
26:19:52.488 [ EVENT ] Voyager is Only Exposure Zone of Meridian Setting [0 - 2 - 30]!
26:17:52.499 [ EVENT ] Voyager is Only Exposure Zone of Meridian Setting [0 - 2 - 30]!
26:15:52.011 [ EVENT ] Voyager is Only Exposure Zone of Meridian Setting [0 - 2 - 30]!
26:13:51.952 [ EVENT ] Voyager is Only Exposure Zone of Meridian Setting [0 - 2 - 30]!
26:11:51.914 [ EVENT ] Voyager is Only Exposure Zone of Meridian Setting [0 - 2 - 30]!
26:09:51.877 [ EVENT ] Voyager is Only Exposure Zone of Meridian Setting [0 - 2 - 30]!
26:07:51.854 [ EVENT ] Voyager is Only Exposure Zone of Meridian Setting [0 - 2 - 30]!
26:05:54.206 [ EVENT ] Event GUIDING LOCK LOST POSITION
26:05:53.948 [ EVENT ] Event GUIDING STOPPED
26:05:53.152 [ EVENT ] Event GUIDING STAR LOST
26:05:52.295 [ WARNING ] Entering Waiting Mode for right time to do Meridian Flip, reached action could flip the telescope in Only Exposure Zone.
26:05:52.261 [ EVENT ] Voyager is Only Exposure Zone of Meridian Setting [0 - 2 - 30]!
26:05:51.888 [ WARNING ] Expose Error (IC1396_LIGHT_Ha_1800s_BIN1_-20C_002_20200731_013608_864_W.FIT) => CameraShot Error (Expose Aborted cause Guide Error are over the max pixel allowed)
26:05:51.746 [ INFO ] Action Time Mobile Mean [ATOMIC_CAMERA_SHOT] => 3 [m] 45 [s]
26:05:51.716 [ INFO ] Action Time [ATOMIC_CAMERA_SHOT] => 29 [m] 41 [s]
26:05:51.390 [ CRITICAL ] Event GUIDING ERROR LIMIT PIXEL TIME - \are over the max pixel 2 for the a time allowed 30 [s]
26:05:48.174 [ WARNING ] Event GUIDING STAR LOST - Lost Per Minute = 4
26:05:43.818 [ WARNING ] Event GUIDING STAR LOST - Lost Per Minute = 3
26:05:39.077 [ WARNING ] Event GUIDING STAR LOST - Lost Per Minute = 2
26:05:34.447 [ WARNING ] Event GUIDING STAR LOST - Lost Per Minute = 1
25:42:21.796 [ WARNING ] Event GUIDING STAR LOST - Lost Per Minute = 1
25:36:13.144 [ INFO ] Exposing 1800 [s] ; Filter=Ha ; Type=LIGHT ; Binning=1 ; Speed=High Gain ; ReadoutMode=High Image Quality