Nearing the end of my trial period with SGP and have encountered a show-stopping issue. SGP is unable to perform a meridian flip. I’ve tried over multiple nights across multiple targets and sequences and get the same error every time.
“ASCOM Telescope: Failed to flip because starting pier side and ending pier side are the same!”
All other functions appear to be working correctly; slew, centering, plate solving, etc.
Using SGP 3.0.2.94
CEM60 has current version of Commander and all firmware is up-to-date (commander 5.63)
Snippet from the log file is as follows;
[10/15/18 20:52:18.308][DEBUG] [Pier Flip Thread] Meridian Flip: Sending Telescope command to execute meridian flip
[10/15/18 20:52:18.317][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] ASCOM Telescope: Pier side is West
[10/15/18 20:52:18.318][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] ASCOM Telescope: attempting pier flip using slew
[10/15/18 20:52:18.320][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] Telescope: Slewing to J2000 RA: 21.0303171689049 (21h01m49.14s) Dec: 68.1593929561072 (68°09’33.81")
[10/15/18 20:52:18.320][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] Telescope: Slew received J2000 coordinates, mount requires JNOW, converting…
[10/15/18 20:52:18.320][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] Telescope: Slewing to JNOW RA: 21.0345555555556 Dec: 68.2390083333333
[10/15/18 20:52:20.776][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] Scope reports it is done with synchronous slew, verifying…
[10/15/18 20:52:20.776][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] Telescope: Slewing has completed
[10/15/18 20:52:20.776][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] Telescope: Settling for 2 seconds
[10/15/18 20:52:22.776][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] Telescope: Settling has completed
[10/15/18 20:52:23.276][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] ASCOM Telescope: Failed to flip because starting pier side and ending pier side are the same!
[10/15/18 20:52:23.488][DEBUG] [Pier Flip Thread] Meridian Flip: Telescope command to meridian flip has completed
[10/15/18 20:52:23.488][DEBUG] [Pier Flip Thread] Meridian Flip: Telescope failed to perform meridian flip
[10/15/18 20:52:28.471][DEBUG] [Pier Flip Thread] Meridian Flip: Procedure complete
The CEM60 is correctly reporting the side of the pier in Commander.
The CEM60 coordinates match between Commander and SGP.
The CEM60, SGP and the PC all have the same date and time (within a few seconds)
I can manually execute a meridian flip within SGP perfectly fine.
I’ve tried setting the meridian flip within Commander to be at 0, 2, & 4 degrees past the meridian with the same resulting error.
Regardless of the setting within CEM60/Commander, SGP executes the flip precisely at the meridian. It doesn’t wait until 2, or 4 degrees past the meridian.
I’ve attached the complete log file and images from the equipment configuration.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!