Frame misaligned after meridian flip

Sequence Generator Plate Solving
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Hello.
I’m using the latest beta and after the flip I noticed the frame was off by quite a bit( few hundred pixels)

Plate solving didn’t fail. This is the first time the frame wasn’t aligned after the flip. I noticed after stacking the images. Any ideas what caused this?

I saw in the beta discription something about scope offsets. I never changed any settings, could it be possibly related to the offset changes?

Thanks

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I found after installing the latest beta that the Synch option changed in my equipment profile from “Synch” to “Offset” and I had a similar experience to you after a flip: the Offset was fighting my model. I simply changed back to “Synch” in my equipment profile and perfect pointing and centering was restored :smile:

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Using 2.6.0.10 I just checked and it’s on Sync. I don’t think it was ever on Offset

So maybe this wasn’t the problem?

Log file <----here

Thanks

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Ya… reinserting these options after removing them caused weirdness in the selection.

Not sure about this. The purpose of “Offset” is to provide location convergence without the need to sync the mount (and therefore it avoids fighting with the mount’s model). The likely cause of this is that there are parts of the “offset” routines that are not yet polished.

I’m not sure on this one… You are indeed using the normal telescope “sync” behavior.

[1/28/2017 10:19:36 PM] [DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] Telescope: Slewing to J2000 RA: 6.1550757112438 (06h09m18.27s) Dec: 20.7983029885225 (20°47’53.89")

then…

[1/28/2017 10:19:51 PM] [DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] Telescope: Syncing to J2000 RA: 6.15509518011652 Dec: 20.800823087401

then, finally the error is below the allowable…

[1/28/2017 10:19:51 PM] [DEBUG] [Center Scope Thread] Automatic Auto Center Success - Total Error <= Allowable error: 6.8 <= 25.0
[1/28/2017 10:19:51 PM] [DEBUG] [Center Scope Thread] RA Error: -0.8
[1/28/2017 10:19:51 PM] [DEBUG] [Center Scope Thread] DEC Error: -6.8

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I am having the same exact problem. Hope it can be worked out !!

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apparently mine reads below the allowable error also, but it is several hundred pixels out in RA only.