Hi gpaolo,
Yesterday night I made the test on the parking function, then I turned off the mount.
Ok
Today, when I turned the LF on, the RA motor start tracking.
Ok
When I connected the PC, the tracking stopped,
With startup mode ON, tracking is on after a powercycle even if a park command has been sent before the power off.
So the ASCOM driver sends a parking command soon after the ASCOM connection if the mount has been previously parked (by ASCOM).
and when I opened the setup window the unpark button was active and the park buttons were grayed.
As expected...
I pressed the unpark, nothing really happened because the start tracking when unpark option was disabled.
Please enable the option to start tracking when unpark...
Then I tried again to disconnect and connect the LF, and the park buttons went active. If I pressed Park, the mount stopped without going to any position -like yesterday- and the unpark button remained inactive.
To go to park position, current mount position is to be known by the driver. In any case after a powercycle the LFEP RA and Dec coordinates are lost. If the powercycle occurs after a parking command everything should work as expected.
I would suggest:
1. to be sure to have startup mode ON (by the handbox);
2. to enable the option to make the unpark command starting also tracking;
3. to send a sync command;
4. to move (by handbox, by ASCOM handbox or by a GoTo) to the desired park position;
5. to set the park position;
6. to move to different position;
7. to park and check if the mount goes back to park position;
8. to unpark;
9. to move to different position;
10. to park (and check if the mount goes back to park position);
11. to disconnect and powercycle;
12. to connect and unpark;
13. to move to different position;
14. to park (and check if the mount goes back to park position);
Please let me know ;-)
CS
Armando
