Meridian Flip fails with 10Micron mount

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Hi,

I recently bought a 10Micron mount (GM1000HPS). Overall, it works really well - except that I can’t get meridian flips to work. I read through a thread on this forum, but also on the 10Micron forum.And I used exactly those settings: But it always fails.

There is an error popup on the screen:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dPIp7IgBB7XP-c8WcV1NBEChOjjMxgo4

And here is the log file:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=10GWH9nT_5bMDn-OzucWFHvfczr1_nNFE
(check at 22:24h)

Because of my long TOA-130 scope and the Aries tripod, I have to do my meridian flip at -10 minutes.

Thanks for any ideas!!!

 Mark
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And what exactly are those settings you used? i found several settings recommended by people.
You might want to switch to the original 10 Micron driver, after a lot of changes it’s better than the frejvall driver

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Sorry, here are all the details:

  • I am using Firmware 2.15.1
    Mount settings:
  • Flip Slew Tolerance is 3 degrees
  • Flip Guide Tolerance is 5 degrees

SGPro settings:

  • yes, wait for meridian is checked
  • unchecked “Allow external control of telescope”
  • I am using -10 for minutes past meridian flip
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Don’t think you want “wait for meridian” because you are wanting to flip before the meridian.

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So, what seems to have fixed it is to set the “Flip Slew Tolerance” to 4 degrees. Had 2 nights of successful meridian flips …