Anyone here using the SkyWatchwer AZ-GTi mount (in EQ mode) along with an ASIair pro?
I've been running mine for a few months, usually carrying anything from a Canon 70-200mm f2.8 lens to a RedCat 51.
It's been a great lightweight mount and I've got my mini-rig fairly dialed in set to operate remotely once PA is achieved.
Most of the time my total RMS error is pretty good; between 1.0-2.0 total. I've even been able to get up to 10min subs at times. But my performance isn't always consistent, on occasion I still get some weird guiding performance and it seems like the mount is oscillating a fair bit and having a hard time.
I have already removed as much backlash as possible in the mount mechanisms. My payload balance is good. The one thing I'm not really sure about is my guide settings. I'm fairly new to this system (or any AP automation for that matter) so, if any of you are running a similar setup to mine, I'd love to hear what values you're entering into the ASIair app. I know that some settings will vary between mounts, but I'd still love to determine a reasonable starting point or baseline.
Specific settings I'm after are:- RA Aggressiveness (0-100%)- DEC Aggressiveness (0-100%)- Calibration steps(ms) [currently set at 500ms]- Max DEC Duration (ms) [currently set at 400ms]- Max RA Duration(ms) [currently set at 400ms]
- Guiding Rate [currently at 0.5x]- Exposure [currently at 1s]
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
-Adriano
Here's a shot of the setup in case anyone is curious.
I've been running mine for a few months, usually carrying anything from a Canon 70-200mm f2.8 lens to a RedCat 51.
It's been a great lightweight mount and I've got my mini-rig fairly dialed in set to operate remotely once PA is achieved.
Most of the time my total RMS error is pretty good; between 1.0-2.0 total. I've even been able to get up to 10min subs at times. But my performance isn't always consistent, on occasion I still get some weird guiding performance and it seems like the mount is oscillating a fair bit and having a hard time.
I have already removed as much backlash as possible in the mount mechanisms. My payload balance is good. The one thing I'm not really sure about is my guide settings. I'm fairly new to this system (or any AP automation for that matter) so, if any of you are running a similar setup to mine, I'd love to hear what values you're entering into the ASIair app. I know that some settings will vary between mounts, but I'd still love to determine a reasonable starting point or baseline.
Specific settings I'm after are:- RA Aggressiveness (0-100%)- DEC Aggressiveness (0-100%)- Calibration steps(ms) [currently set at 500ms]- Max DEC Duration (ms) [currently set at 400ms]- Max RA Duration(ms) [currently set at 400ms]
- Guiding Rate [currently at 0.5x]- Exposure [currently at 1s]
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
-Adriano
Here's a shot of the setup in case anyone is curious.