I’ve had this problem for a long time, but since it goes into recovery mode twice and then resolves, I haven’t given it much importance, but I’m a little tired.
The issue is that after doing plate solve and centering it takes almost 20 minutes to solve and continue with the sequence.
I have set an error of 130" for a distance of 420mm, I don’t know if the EQmod has anything to do with it, but the SGP instructions regarding the meridian change are fine. I have a 15 minute delay margin to do the plate solve so that The object can focus well, but no idea please?
I am seeing different posts from a few years ago seeing the same problems with EQMOD, I don’t know if there is a magic key, for now I will try putting the telescope option in Offset, now it is in SYNC, as I have read, the same thing happens to me, The mount does not move to correct, and after 4 global attempts out of 10 centering attempts it self-centers and follows the sequence, but I have to wait 20 minutes without the mount moving, I don’t remember this always happening.
If someone with EQMOD has had the solution, I appreciate it.
I took a look through your logs and the issue seems to be that SGPro needs to recover because the mount has mysteriously stopped tracking (or at least the drivers tells SGPro this). SGPro does actually detect an attempt to center with the mount parked or not tracking and will automatically correct the issue. In this case, it does check at 23:53:00.084 and the mount reports everything is ok. Then… just 2 minutes later, during the centering run at 23:55:16.347, we see the mount is reporting that it is no longer tracking (I assume you would have noticed if the mount parked so ruling out parking as the issue). There is nothing in the logs showing any kind of mount command from SGPro during those 2 minutes.
[09/28/24 23:53:00.084][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] Mount startup good, reports not parked and tracking...
[09/28/24 23:55:16.347][DEBUG][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] ASCOM Telescope: Error in Slew : SlewToCoordinates() is not permitted while mount is parked or parking.
[09/28/24 23:55:45.768][DEBUG][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] Telescope: Sync Slewing to RA/Dec request, but mount is not tracking (and mount not at park), starting...
So… it seems like maybe something external to SGPro is disabling the mount… maybe the driver itself? Maybe some safety limits. I am not sure. SGPro can recover from this, but, as you noted, it takes time to do so.
One thing you might want to do is also capture ASCOM trace logs for the mount and then we would be able to see all commands to the mounts (not just from SGPro) during that 2 minute period. It is highly likely that EQMod has its own logs as well. Guidance on ASCOM trace logs is here:
Hi Ken, thanks as always for your interest.
I also noticed that it said the mount was parked or untracked, but in no case was it parked or untracked. I was able to notice that. The issue of security limits, I am bold, but they are completely disabled in Eqmod, it is a good idea to be able to have the ASCOM logs, it is a good idea…
I’ll see if I have it activated and as soon as I have them I’ll send them to you.
Thank you very much Ken, let’s see if we can solve this problem.
Hello Ken, until today we have not had good weather here in Spain these weeks. I have finally been able to create the Eq6 log, through ascom, as you said, I will show it to you to see if we can find out what the problem is. It starts around 00:33. I attach the log of the SGP session and the log of Eq6. I appreciate your time, let’s see if we can solve this problem. Thank you!
So the issue in these logs is decidedly different from the original issue posted. I do not detect any spontaneous disconnects or parking in these latest logs. The issue I see is that EQMOD is configured to reject location syncing and you have SGPro configured to use location syncing.
The only reason to disable this in EQMOD is if you are actively maintaining your own pointing model. Most people do not and this functionality should be enabled. If this is intentional, you must update the sync method in your sequence / profiles to use the offset option.
Hi Ken, for some reason if I put Offset, the sequence is canceled when it is time to change the meridian. “Failed to complete automatic meridian flip, aborting sequence” I would tell you that this problem appeared suddenly, without touching anything in Eqmod, and I already tried changing to offset, but it didn’t work.
I don’t know what else to try, I’ll look at the EQmod options that you recommend, but everything is the same as it is in your documentation.
