Evening all,
I couldn’t see this mentioned in either the wiki or forum, apologies if it is.
I can script “Close shutter” and it allows “If timeout” as an outcome but I cannot see how long this timeout is. Is it possible to set it? If not how long is the timeout.
thnaks
Paul
Close Shutter Block uses the control configured in Voyager for Dome, if you have an ASCOM dome driver configured the timeout does not exist because do not exists in ASCOM platform. Some low level driver setting can manage internally the timeout or other safety actions but you must ask directly to their support or check their documentation about.
About Voyager the timeout you can catch with the IF ERROR decision block is the timeout of Voyager action called to run the close shutter command (and generally of the action where is attached), its embedded in coded and cannot be managed or changed by user because is an internal safety system of Voyager to avoid (if possible) the hangup. Nothing to do with your dome system. This timeout for all the Dome Actions is 8 minutes.
thanks for replying.
Ok, you’re saying the timeout is coded to be 8 mins (I think) within Voyager.
In that case then after the “close shutter” command is processed in dragscript does Voayger continue processing the next command or does it wait until either the shutter driver returns ok/closed etc or until the 8 mins is up?
In other words is the dome shutter command happening in parallel or series (async v sync)?
thanks again,
Paul
Hi Paul
Voyager always send the command and check the status of shutter. Do not exit from an action if do not know what happens or until the timeout expired.
Parallels mode in Voyager do not exist, is one of the first cause of problem in the other automation software and loose of reliability !
thank you for replying.