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DIY DobsonianDSC Encoder System Needs Help

I'm having a bit of trouble with SS6Plus on an Android Google Pixel 4a, connected to a "Basic Encoder" system over wifi.  I built the encoder system myself based on the VlaDSC project described here:

https://github.com/vlaate/DobsonianDSC

took it out for first light last night, and did a rough align to Jupiter to try it out.  worked "great" for my first go, slewing to different objects got me pretty close to what I'd expect to see.  so I decided to go back and redo my alignment with a bit more precision.  Of course, when I tried to realign with Jupiter, I got the "this object is too close to an existing alignment point" (or whatever the exact text is).  No problem, I hit "Restart Alignment" and tried again.  same error.  The only way I found to clear my previous points was to close the app and reopen, which is obviously a bit more cumbersome than I'd like.  Am I missing something?

thanks!

Dan

 

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    Keiron Smith

    Dan, 

    It helps to know what the specific error message is.

    Unfortunately, we can no support homemade encoder troubleshooting issues.  But, I can try to see what what the error message is in reference to.

    Thanks!

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    Dan Tang

    Thanks Kieron.  I'll need to replicate the problem so I can get the exact error message.  Maybe sometime in 2020 the clouds will go away :)

     

    Dan

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