Do I still have tracking on when using phd

[davesparx]

Hi there,

I've just started using a qhy5 with phd guiding but, listening to the mount drives when it's guiding, I can hear phd fighting the normal tracking.

Should I switch the tracking off and let the guide camera control all the mount movement?

Anyone got some ideas here? I expect that this has been asked before?

Many thanks, David

[jgs001]

The mount still needs to track, phd will send it corrections to adjust the normal tracking rate and keep the guide star centred. On my heq5 the best way I can describe the sound is normal tracking with an occasional spin up of true drives.

[davesparx]

Hi there, John

Many thanks for that. I was wondering if I was damaging anything :-)

Cheers,

David