A little help with APT and Cdc

[simmo39]

Hi all, tried my first session of the new season the other night ( havent been out with it since mid May ), anyway was a bit rustie on how things went but got the kit together and up and running ( or so I thought )! The problem Im having is I can select a star to align on on in Cdc, get it centered on the screen in APT, press sync in Cdc and APT. The co ord box in APT fill with numbers so I think ok thats good. Now the problem, I selected M16 as the target in Cdc press slew and it moves a few Deg and stops no where near the target. I went through this a few times with the same result. As it was playing up went with the old hand set and tried and that wored sort of. I thin the problem is me and finger trouble but cant for the life of me think what im doing wrong. Any help would be appreciated.

Andy.

Edited August 4, 2019 by simmo39
My pooter seems to be missing the K lol

[david_taurus83]

Are you talking about Carte du Ciel? How many alignment points did you do?

 

Edit: Just reread your comment. Did you align and press Sync in Cdc and APT for the same target?

Edited August 4, 2019 by david_taurus83

[simmo39]

2 hours ago, david_taurus83 said:

Are you talking about Carte du Ciel? How many alignment points did you do?

 

Edit: Just reread your comment. Did you align and press Sync in Cdc and APT for the same target?

Hi, yes both sync in Cdc ( Sorry used wrong Abreviation  ) and APT. Thining about it I may not have selected an alignment star In APT. Didnt think you needed to do that, I was under the impression that you could do it all via Cdc. Oh and i only used one star for alignment, but in the past thats been all i have needed to use.

Edited August 4, 2019 by simmo39
k problem again

[david_taurus83]

Ok. I'd only press Sync once in CdC. By pressing it in APT as well you may have added a second alignment point to EQMod on the same position which might confuse things. I plate solve and sync in APT but if I was aligning on stars, planets or the moon I'd sync in CdC. It shouldnt matter which one you use as both just give an alignment point to EQMod and that's what points the scope. But I wouldnt sync twice on the same target.

[simmo39]

16 minutes ago, david_taurus83 said:

Ok. I'd only press Sync once in CdC. By pressing it in APT as well you may have added a second alignment point to EQMod on the same position which might confuse things. I plate solve and sync in APT but if I was aligning on stars, planets or the moon I'd sync in CdC. It shouldnt matter which one you use as both just give an alignment point to EQMod and that's what points the scope. But I wouldnt sync twice on the same target.

Hi and thanks for the pointer, as i said before the summer break  had it sussed and working fine. Must be just an age thing lol. Will give it another go the next clear night.