CdC not updating star shart

[Gina]

I think I may have found the reason CdC sometimes takes me to the wrong location in the sky.

Yesterday, I did some daytime imaging (solar and lunar) and left things running. Later I chose a star near the southern horizon and slewed to it. The scope was then pointing into the ground! So I checked the Date/Time settings in the Preferences and they were correct. Then clicked OK and saw the star chart update and showing the pointing circles at a different position on the chart. When I placed the slewing circle back on the star the scope slewed right onto it.

I thought CdC continuously updated it's star chart but it seems mine isn't doing that. Has anyone else had this problem? Is it normal? Does it need to be manually refreshed?

[r3i]

Hi Gina,

From the Setup menu, select the "Date /time" item. There are 2 checkboxes in there: "Use System Time" & "Auto Refresh Every", with the latter having an input box next to it to specify a refresh time.

Are these both checked or not?

[Gina]

Hi Gina,

From the Setup menu, select the "Date /time" item. There are 2 checkboxes in there: "Use System Time" & "Auto Refresh Every", with the latter having an input box next to it to specify a refresh time.

Are these both checked or not?

Yes, they are. Auto Refresh Every 60 secs. Thanks for the suggestion

[Gina]

Ah... Just been and fetched my netbook and checked CdC. The "Auto Refresh Every" checkbox had become unchecked. It used to be checked! That would seem to be it then - thank you

Now hoping for a clear night to check it...