This is an issue that has come up occasionally and, although not really an SGP issue, I wonder if others have seen this issue or similar issues with the “ASCOM Driver for TheSky Telescopes”:
What happened last night is that the mount (ME) failed to flip. When I checked the ASCOM driver “can get pointing state” had become unchecked, which explains why.
BUT I HAD NOT UNCHECKED IT - in fact, I had not even opened that dialog in months.
I will also add that several times in the past few years I have also seen “Use Directguide” become unchecked, seemingly all by itself. Also, the latter has happened to a friend on a totally different system a couple times.
So two questions:
- Has anyone else seen this?
- Can external programs change these settings? If so, how does one prevent this? (OK, two questions there)
Thanks