Paramount MyT - Day 10 - Further tweaks to PHD2, S.CCDAutopilot only takes subframes ! (for initial t.So, I have to remember to manually stop it if I want to slew the mount.įirst, I wanted to see how the mount is tracking without guiding: Noticed for the first time that PHD2 does not seem to notice when the MyT mount slews (I verified that the 'Stop guiding when mount slews' setting is checked). I then calibrated PHD2 and wanted to do some manual tests. Before doing that, I exported my current model to make sure that I still have it (not sure if adding syncs from SGPro would have any effect on the stored model). This would allow SGPro to do proper center commands. I unchecked the 'Inhibit Sync to protect TPoint model' setting in SGPro. SharpCap 3.3 is a bit different firstly it has a still camera mode which. Pretty good.Īs GSSP is in 10 days(!!) I decided to use the MyT mount without relying on T-Point slewing and tracking accuracy. SharpCap communicates with PHD2 via the PHD Enable Server option which can be found in the Tools menu of PHD - when this option is enabled PHD listens for communication on a network port, which SharpCap uses to both query the status and send dither commands to PHD. did an accurate polar alignment, ran another model and had my PA at 19.1 arcsec Azimuth and -67.3 arcsec Altitude. I put the red dot finder on the scope, turned the base plate until Arcturus was close to center. I connected the scope, homed it and then slewed it to Arcturus. Next, I needed to calibrate my model and redo my polar alignment. I asked on the Software Bisque forum about that. Apparently, what happened when I carried the scope outside, I rotated the base plate (I noticed this earlier that it's not completely sticky). I set the scope in roughly the same place where I had it before our vacation, but could immediately see that the polar alignment would be completely off in Azimuth.

Phd2 dithering backyard