Sorry that sentence is suppose to read "the control box isn't at 0 degree but at approx 2-3 degrees!"
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On 8 Sep 2011, at 21:22, "Chris Bloy" chris@photofuture.co.uk wrote:
Hi Group,
I have finally order the fibre glass pole from Moonraker of all places and am awaiting its replacement after being damaged in post!
Anyway, I have also received and played with my new shiny LVB tracker to interface to the G5500 and have a couple of questions that may you guys could help me with!
a) I have calibrated the rotator with the G5500 and it would appear at 0 degrees on the LVB tracker, the control box is at 0? If I use the controls on the control box it moves about 2 degree to the stop point. Is this normal or have I missed something as I have recalibrated several times!
b) The tracker has a USB interface and uses a virtual serial port to communicate with, but it seems to disconnect quite a lot when using NOVA during the testing?
c) What are the recommended settings for NOVA as I am not sure I understand them 100%! I know it uses the G232A command set and does control the rotator, but I am not sure I have set the interface section correctly.. Do I set the maximum azimuth to 450 and leave the azimuth setting to 0-360?
Sorry for the questions, but I know how to use it once its been working, just never had to create all this from stratch.
I have checked the archive on AMSAT-BB and not found much to help, although some hints to actually get the rotator talking did come from the group!
Many Thanks,
Chris Bloy - M0DQO
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