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[Gary Fritz]

I recently purchased an Ioptron HEM44. I finally got some clear weather and was able to give it a test run..

I performed an accurate polar alignement. This is when I noticed the HEM44 does not have any 1,2 or 3 star alignment procedure in the HC menu.

I made sure the date, time and locations were accurate, I used Ioptron Commander to get this from my computer.

But when I select a star, planet or the moon.  Its pointing accuracy is way, way off..as in different time of year off.  Not ever close.

 

I checked the date, coordinates and the UTC, I am in the Pacific NW so it is -480 according to the user manual.

 

Has this happened to anyones else?

 

I've checked the date and time, that doesn't seem to be the problems.

 

I've attached a shot of the HC display. -480 should be the UTC for the NW.

 

Gary

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[deSitter]

You are on PDT which is 7 hours, 420 minutes, not 480. PST is 480.

 

-drl

[larryjh]

You should be West longitude, not East.

[deSitter]

You should be West longitude, not East.

He has that right - minus sign. Amazed this fancy gear needs to be told about DST.

 

-drl

[larryjh]

No, he has his longitude as E118...It doesn't matter what the UTC offset is, he's telling the HC he's at a different spot on the planet.  They are separate independent inputs.

[Gary Fritz]

Thank you everyone. 

Or I should say "thank you Mr Obvious".

It was late, I was tired and I new it would be I missed that was in front of my face.

So I reached out to the clearer minds of the CN group

Thank you all.

 

I only wish my equipment was as inexpensive as the advice I get from the CN group.

 

I was under the impression that the mount would get these coordinates from my computer and/or phone when they communicate with Iopton Commander.

It seems to only get the time, date and UTC.  Kinda misleading if you ask me.

 

Thank again everyone!!!

[Cliff Hipsher]

Actually iOptron mounts use Universal Coordinated Time so DST must always be turned off.  Yeah, it sounds strange to me too but that is how my GEM45 works...