Warning: kstars-bleeding 6:3.5.4+202107081130~ubuntu18.04.1 no longer parks mount when closing dome

Sat Sep 25 20:24:28 BST 2021

Hans,
could you please post your log and give a little more Info about your Setup. Do you use the scheduler with weather option selected?

Cheers
Wolfgang 

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Wolfgang Reissenberger
www.sterne-jaeger.de

> Am 25.09.2021 um 21:15 schrieb Hans <hans at lambermont.dyndns.org>:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I had ekos knock over my telescope 3 days ago :(
> 
> Turns out that kstars-bleeding 6:3.5.4+202107081130~ubuntu18.04.1 no longer
> parks the mount first when closing the dome on a bad weather signal (ps. 3.5.5
> has not reached the PPA for 18.04).
> 
> My setup is a rolloff-roof with very little physical space available which
> means that the telescope needs to be parked horizontally before the roof can be
> closed.  This has worked fine for several years, until 3 days ago.
> 
> I think we need to warn users (on the forum I guess ?) that this no longer
> works as it did before before others also damage their equipment.
> 
> Here's my log that shows the issue, I've numbered the lines :
> 
> 1    [2021-09-22T22:30:34.631 CEST INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI1600MM-Cool :  "[INFO] Taking a 30 seconds frame... "
> 2    [2021-09-22T22:30:42.731 CEST INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Weather Safety Proxy :  "[WARNING] Weather is UNSAFE "
> 3    [2021-09-22T22:30:42.732 CEST INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Weather Safety Proxy :  "[WARNING] Caution: Parameter Weather Safety value (0) is in t
> 4    he danger zone! "
> 5    [2021-09-22T22:30:42.732 CEST INFO ][org.kde.kstars.ekos.observatory] - "Weather Alert"
> 6    [2021-09-22T22:30:42.733 CEST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.scheduler] - "Caution: weather conditions are in the DANGER zone!"
> 7    [2021-09-22T22:30:42.734 CEST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.scheduler] - "Caution: weather conditions are in the DANGER zone!"
> 8    [2021-09-22T22:31:05.361 CEST INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI1600MM-Cool :  "[INFO] Exposure done, downloading image... "
> 9    [2021-09-22T22:31:05.383 CEST INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI1600MM-Cool :  "[INFO] Download complete. "
> 10    [2021-09-22T22:31:05.387 CEST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - 10micron : "[SCOPE] CMD <#:Ginfo#> RES <20.817322,+31.65471,W,186.15673,+70.00556,2459480.35479925,0,0#> "
> 11    [2021-09-22T22:31:05.430 CEST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - 10micron : "[SCOPE] CMD <#:GS#> "
> 12    [2021-09-22T22:31:05.475 CEST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - 10micron : "[SCOPE] RES <20:58:55.11> "
> 13    [2021-09-22T22:31:05.643 CEST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Image received. Mode: "Normal" Size: 32785920
> 14    [2021-09-22T22:31:05.654 CEST INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - "FITS" file saved to "/home/hans/zob/Light/Lum/veil_Light_Lum_30_secs_2021-09-22T22-31-05_039.fits"
> 15    [2021-09-22T22:31:05.887 CEST INFO ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Download Time: 0.36 s, New Download Time Estimate: 0.37 s."
> 16    [2021-09-22T22:31:06.034 CEST INFO ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Received image 28 out of 30."
> 17    [2021-09-22T22:31:06.109 CEST INFO ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Capturing 30,000-second Lum image..."
> 18    [2021-09-22T22:31:06.195 CEST INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI1600MM-Cool :  "[INFO] Taking a 30 seconds frame... "
> 19    [2021-09-22T22:31:12.586 CEST INFO ][org.kde.kstars.ekos.observatory] - "Parking dome..."
> 20    [2021-09-22T22:31:12.590 CEST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.ekos] - Parking dome...
> 21    [2021-09-22T22:31:37.771 CEST INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI1600MM-Cool :  "[INFO] Taking a 30 seconds frame... "
> 22    [2021-09-22T22:31:43.579 CEST INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Weather Safety Proxy :  "[WARNING] Caution: Parameter Weather Safety value (0) is in the danger zone! "
> 23    [2021-09-22T22:31:49.554 CEST INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - 10micron :  "[INFO] Gstat changed from 0 to 6 "
> 24    [2021-09-22T22:31:49.554 CEST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - 10micron : "[SCOPE] CMD <#:GS#> "
> 25    [2021-09-22T22:31:49.674 CEST DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - 10micron : "[SCOPE] RES <20:59:39.40> "
> 26    [2021-09-22T22:31:50.095 CEST INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Mount is moving. Resetting calibration..."
> 27    [2021-09-22T22:31:50.096 CEST INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "PHD2 Error: Equipment not connected."
> 28    [2021-09-22T22:31:50.096 CEST INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Calibration is cleared."
> 29    [2021-09-22T22:31:59.934 CEST INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - 10micron :  "[INFO] Gstat changed from 6 to 0 "
> 
> Line 1 shows that the camera is taking a 30s sub
> Line 2 shows an incoming weather alert
> Line 18 shows that the camera just continues with the next exposure.
> Line 19 shows that the dome is being parked. For my roll-off roof this means it starts to close. The problem here is that no signal to the mount was given to park first which is needed due to the small space available.
> Line 23 shows that the roof crashes into the mount, knocking it over entirely.
> Line 29 shows that the 'unexpected' mount movement stopped ...
> 
> -- Hans