I am trying my first sequence but after one image it stops and says:
Autoguider is setteling
How can I disable this and make it continue?
Thanks so much!!
I am trying my first sequence but after one image it stops and says:
Autoguider is setteling
How can I disable this and make it continue?
Thanks so much!!
I am going to guess that you have the āsettle atā setting to narrow.
In the control panel (or equipment profile) under the āAuto Guideā tab you will see a section that says āSetteling Optionsā Settle at <X pixels for Y seconds and a check box. The mounts can take a few moments to settle down after a slew or dither.
I set for my Atlas Pro to settle at <4 pixels for 10 seconds.
With my Celestron CGX-L I lowered it to <3 pixels for 10 seconds.
Depends on your mount you might have to make it a larger amount of pixels.
Make sure the check box it ticked.
One other thing to try is in PHD settings (In PHD itself) under the brain button āAdvanced setupā Global tab Dither settings try tickng the āRA onlyā check box.
My mount is a Mesu200. Which parameters do you think would fit the best?
Thanks so much!!
Nice mount, I would start with <4 for 10 seconds and see how it works out. If it still takes a long time to settle try a larger number for the pixel range. If it gets really high like say 8-10 there might be other issues.
I have my Mesu set to <0.3 for 15sā¦ Always works fine.
Thanks Sara!! I will try this setting
The setting also depends on your guide camera image scale and the seeing.
You can set the āsettle atā to the similar value to the guiding RMS error in pixels or slightly larger than the guiding RMS error after guiding for a while (the RMS error can be found on the guiding graph window on PHD2).
I would look at what your PHD2 graph looks like and make the determination
for the size that you think looks āgoodā. Then look at it again and think
āhow long should this look good for before I should take an imageā. This
will vary depending on your setup and how you guide. For instance when
guiding with my OAG I typically settle at 0.5pixel. However when guiding
with my guide scope I typically settle at 0.2 pixel since it is a shorter
focal length. Both for about 8 seconds.
Thanks,
Jared
Jared Wellman
Co-Founder and Developer