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Meridian Flip - Looking for Configurable solution

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Since all of the last work on status and mount state/position ect that largely solved MF issues, I ran into an interesting case last night that I THINK can be solved by the correct choices in settings somewhere:
1) mount and EKOS operating fine gathering images
2) MF is marked and executes - guide is suspended as expected - a nice 75 second flip which is normal for my mount and slew speeds
3) the coordinates for the slew are correct (M33) and I expect  to be out by some margin

At the exact same time as per Murphey's Law, the sky goes to crap at EXACTLY the same time which results in "solved failed:

[2021-10-20T01:08:47.830 EDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Meridian flip: slewing to RA= "01h 35m 05s" DEC= " 30° 46' 20\""  Hour Angle  "00h 00m 40s"
[2021-10-20T01:08:47.830 EDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - "Meridian flip started."
[2021-10-20T01:08:47.914 EDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Autoguiding aborted."
[2021-10-20T01:08:48.134 EDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - "Meridian flip slew started..."
[2021-10-20T01:08:48.254 EDT INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - LX200 OnStep :  "[INFO] Slewing to RA:  1:35:05 - DEC: 30:46:20 "
[2021-10-20T01:08:48.268 EDT INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - LX200 OnStep :  "[ERROR] Cannot guide while slewing or parking in progress. Stop first. "
[2021-10-20T01:08:48.282 EDT INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - LX200 OnStep :  "[ERROR] Cannot guide while slewing or parking in progress. Stop first. "
[2021-10-20T01:08:48.615 EDT INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - LX200 OnStep :  "[INFO] Mount is unparked. "
[2021-10-20T01:09:12.542 EDT INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - LX200 OnStep :  "[INFO] Mount is unparked. "
[2021-10-20T01:10:02.991 EDT INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - LX200 OnStep :  "[INFO] Mount is unparked. "
[2021-10-20T01:10:03.729 EDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - "Meridian flip completed OK."
[2021-10-20T01:10:03.730 EDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - "Meridian flip completed."
[2021-10-20T01:10:03.769 EDT INFO ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Telescope completed the meridian flip."
[2021-10-20T01:10:04.454 EDT INFO ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Performing post flip re-alignment..."
[2021-10-20T01:10:07.643 EDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Capturing image..."
[2021-10-20T01:10:14.497 EDT INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - QHY CCD QHY183M-ec51fb4 :  "[INFO] Exposure done, downloading image... "
[2021-10-20T01:10:19.363 EDT WARN ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "{Device: QHY CCD QHY183M-ec51fb4 Property: CCD1 Element: CCD1 Chip: 0}" Ignoring Received FITS as meridian flip stage is 7
[2021-10-20T01:10:19.363 EDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Image received."
[2021-10-20T01:10:20.232 EDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "No stars were found, so the image cannot be solved"
[2021-10-20T01:10:20.235 EDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Solver Failed."
[2021-10-20T01:10:20.237 EDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Please check you have sufficient stars in the image. Enable Alignment Logging in Setup Tab -> Logs to get detailed information on the failure."
[2021-10-20T01:10:20.239 EDT INFO ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Post-flip alignment failed. Retrying..."

...

[2021-10-20T01:10:52.635 EDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Please check you have sufficient stars in the image. Enable Alignment Logging in Setup Tab -> Logs to get detailed information on the failure."
[2021-10-20T01:10:52.637 EDT INFO ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Post-flip alignment failed."
[2021-10-20T01:10:52.639 EDT INFO ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "CCD capture aborted"
[2021-10-20T01:10:53.248 EDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.scheduler] - "Warning: job 'M 33 V2' failed to capture target."
[2021-10-20T01:10:53.251 EDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.scheduler] - "Job 'M 33 V2' is capturing, is restarting its guiding procedure (attempt #1 of 5)."
[2021-10-20T01:10:53.256 EDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.scheduler] - "Starting guiding procedure for M 33 V2 ..."
[2021-10-20T01:10:56.311 EDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Failed to select an auto star."

So post flip align fails but guide starts up and I wind up with a load of images of a starfield close to M33 - now notice the STATE of Align for the rest of the session - "In Progress"  :-) :
 

So the question is:  without changing code, is there a known way to have the WHOLE sequence abort and shutdown  (as in end up in PARK) after the two failures to solve - this appears to be more of a logic hole than anything as after a flip, if you can't align then you really cannot do anything else.

Thanks in advance for any tips ...Cheers
Last edit: 2 years 5 months ago by JAMIE FLINN.
2 years 5 months ago #76753
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