FindBrightStar explicitly uses Util.Prefs.GEMFLipXxxbound to decide where to look for a bright star. If the mount reports its pier side, these values are not the right ones to use!

 

  
SVN Comment
 
 

  
Author
  
rbdenny
 
 

  
Repository
  
svn+ssh://rbdenny@a2_svn_dc3/home/rbdenny/svn/astro/acp
 
 

  
SVN Revision
  
46
 
 

  
Affected files
  
/trunk/ACP Help/gemflip.htm (Modified)
/trunk/ACP Help/relnotes.htm (Modified)

 
 

  
Check-in comment
  
GEM:360 GEM:349 All handled by an ACP documentation update. 
GEM:359

 

I can't think of a way around this except to document the need to set the flip points in ACP even if the mount reports its pointing state. The flip points are only used to make sure the search area is on the same side of the pier, so errors are "soft". There's still a benefit of having the hardware flip/pointing state info.