Recent Version

[Mark McComiskey]

The release notes to the recent version update refer to changes made to the calibration process that benefit encoder mounts.  I was just curious if there is anywhere I could learn about what those changes were?

[Bruce Waddington]

It's just a minor efficiency optimization.  For non-encoder mounts, the CA works pretty hard to be sure any Dec backlash is cleared before starting a calibration.  So if you were repeating a calibration for some reason without doing an additional slew, the CA will normally move the Dec axis north by about a degree.  On encoder-equipped mounts, this really isn't necessary because there shouldn't really be any backlash to clear. The change you're asking about eliminates that extra movement for encoder mounts.

Regards,

Bruce