Tom, can you explain the field "RA and DEC Goto Rates (x side.)?
I understand that they are a speed in X sidereal for goto movements. What I don't understand is how they are derived and what we can expect based on them.
For example on my current project if I put in the following for RA:
1.8 Motor step angle
2 motor gear ratio
359 worm gear ratio
32 uStep
it auto fills in the goto rate as 16 which would be pitifully slow. So I put in 1600 (which I don't need, but sounds fast!).
Then if I hit update again it lowers it to 1200.
The other strange thing is,
On the DEC side if I put in:
1.8
2.5 motor
221 worm
32 uStep
It also puts in 16 as the Dec Goto Rate. If I put in 1600, it also lowers to 1200. BUT if I click on update again it lowers it to 1000. Later presses of update do not lower it below 1000. If I put in something over 1200 say, 1300, and update it will lower it to 1200 again. And after that updates will lower back to 1000.
Im really just trying to determine if I will get enough speed out of this gear/motor combination. Anything over 800 or so is gravy.
Can you clear this up for me??
Thanks.