[Aavso-photometry] Under the pole 'wrong way' points

[Dave Lane]

At 10:01 AM 6/16/2005 -0600, Richard Huziak wrote:

>I've looked through the ECU and Maxim menus and cannot find any 'reverse 
>directions under pole' or 'choose shortest star-hop distance' menu items, 
>so I am baffled as to why this happens, though I wouldn't put it past 
>Meade paddle software either.

Hi Rick,

Unfortunately the scope "decides" its physical motions itself -- over the 
PC interface this can't be controlled. The commands to "goto" just send a 
set RA Dec command followed by a "go to" command.

>Any advice would be helpful.  I am concerned, because if I am to change to 
>unattended scripting of my program, I don't want to discover all my cables 
>wrapped around the scope in the morning.

The scope won't wrap itself around 360 degrees - you just have to make sure 
you have enough cable length to handle the worst case motions.

... Dave