Hi - I noticed an odd thing with SGP that didn’t seem like the right behaviour to me. I queued up a sequence which I said to delay until 22.00hrs. When I hit “Run Sequence”, it gave me the usual warning about the fact the mount wasn’t moving or was parked. In my case, it was the former - I’d unparked the mount ready for the sequence, but it wasn’t tracking (not sure why SGP thinks that is a problem). The weird bit is that SGP told the mount to start tracking (at like 5pm when I hit Go, not 10pm). Sometime later, I noticed the telescope had moved, and so I checked - it has indeed told the mount to immediately start tracking. This is a concern because my mount is in an observatory, so I wouldn’t necessarily spot this happening, and ultimately could cause a mount collision even before the sequence was due to do anything (my mount parks west-wards to allow for the roof, so it would crash in ~6hrs).
To my mind, the logic would be that SGP does checks that the mount is all good to go (not parked) but doesn’t do anything to the tracking until the sequence is due to start. Clearly, I can work around this by saying to start, then stopping the tracking now I know, but it seems like funny logic. In all other respects, I continue to be really pleased with this software, not only in its features but also its reliability - invaluable in this scenario!
Cheers!
Peter
(Skywatcher 200p, EQ6 mount using EQMOD/SGP with ASI1600mm/filter wheel, flat panel and EAF focuser)