Hi Wolfgang. I think this may be related to the guide calibration bug. I am now set to re-use calibration and manage to get a meridian flip which works but still see issues with first exposure after the flip. To be more precise after the post flip re-align or indeed after the re-align at the start of a job. (I suspect after any re-align)
After a re-align guiding starts for about 13 secs before it suspends and does another focus!
After it completes the focus it then resumes guiding and immediately starts the first capture even though in the EKOS settings I have specified a settle time of 60 seconds.
I watched the guiding TAB and during the focus it shows under guiding info as 'Run' .
I don't really understand where 'Suspended' and 'Aborted' fits into the 3 states for guiding which are Idle, Prep and Run?
My first capture after Align has large star trails and second and subsequent captures OK after the guiding has had time to settle down.
In short 2 issues:
1) settle time doesn't happen after guiding is resumed.
2) If a re-focus is always done after an align to ensure focus is maintained (mirror flop or change in altitude for example) then would it be possible not to re-focus if the alignment movement is only a small amount?
3) I don't understand why is starts guiding for a few seconds between re-align and focus.