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Meridian flip messed up my focuser & guiding (?)

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Meridian flip messed up my focuser & guiding (?) was created by Euripides

Last night I was lucky that I saw the issue and restarted my session.

As far as I can understand through the logs, my autofocus was running while the MF started and that cause the autofocus & guiding to abort.

How can I solve this?

[2022-02-04T21:50:11.394 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - Capturing frame...
[2022-02-04T21:50:13.991 EET DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "2,4 MiB" )
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.099 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - Received guide frame.
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.099 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - Multistar: findTopStars 250
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.100 EET DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.fits] - Sextract with:  "1-Guide-Default"
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.627 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Multistar: findTopStars returning: 100 stars, 0.53s"
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.628 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] -  StarCorrespondence found guideStar at  0 found/not 9 0
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.628 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - StarCorrespondence found  0 at 97.5525 163.385 SNR 77.3203
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.628 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - ################## BEGIN PROCESSING ##################
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.628 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - Star    X: 97.5525 Y: 163.385 arcsecs:  628.802 1053.14
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.628 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - Reticle X: 97.5064 Y: 163.407 arcsecs:  628.504 1053.29
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.628 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - -------> AFTER ROTATION  Diff RA:  -0.151921  DEC:  0.294273
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.628 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - Multistar getDrift, reticle: 97.5064 163.407 guidestar 88.1719 174.584 so offsets: 9.3345 -11.1761
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.628 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "            #   x      y      flux    HFR  SNR      Ref:    #   x      y      flux    HFR  SNR   dRA   dDEC"
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.628 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar   0   97.6  163.4  11957   2.77  77.3     Ref:    0   97.5  163.4  12049   2.71  77.6 -0.15  0.29"
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.629 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar   1  156.1  417.7   8471   2.97  65.1     Ref:    1  156.1  417.6   8503   3.17  65.2  0.20 -0.48"
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.629 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar   2  336.1  492.3   6117   3.00  55.3     Ref:    2  336.1  492.5   5957   2.82  54.6 -1.40 -0.61"
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.629 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar   3   38.1  785.7   4990   2.97  49.9     Ref:    3   38.0  785.8   5098   2.99  50.5 -0.63  0.62"
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.629 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar   4  992.3  276.5   3975   2.99  44.6     Ref:    4  992.3  276.5   3963   2.69  44.5 -0.50  0.21"
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.629 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar   5  255.3  583.3   3580   1.79  42.3     Ref:    5  255.4  583.2   3706   1.65  43.0  0.52 -0.49"
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.629 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar   6  493.8  454.9   2535   2.16  35.6     Ref:    6  493.8  455.0   2368   2.07  34.4 -0.80 -0.56"
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.629 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar   7   41.8  340.0   1978   2.52  31.4     Ref:    7   41.8  340.1   1971   2.38  31.4 -0.69 -0.14"
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.629 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar   8  521.3  822.8   1750   1.64  29.6     Ref:    9  521.4  822.9   1780   1.60  29.8 -0.40 -0.54"
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.629 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "MultiStar  10  413.6   71.9   1718   2.08  29.3     Ref:    8  413.6   72.0   1786   1.88  29.9 -0.73 -0.22"
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.629 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - MultiStar: Drift median  -0.567952 -0.349825 10  of  100 #guide 10
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.629 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - -------> MultiStar:      Diff RA:  -0.567952  DEC:  -0.349825
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.630 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - Processing Axes
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.630 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - drift[ "RA" ] =  -0.567952  integral[ "RA" ] =  0.250568
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.630 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "GPG::result(in= -0.57,snr= 77.3,ts=  2.00,ppt= -1.0)"
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.636 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "PPEC rslt: input = -0.57, final = -0.37, react = -0.43, pred =  0.06, hyst = -0.37, hyst_pct =  0.00, period_length = 598.29"
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.636 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - pulse_length  [RA] = 59 Direction     : Increase
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.636 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "GPG: elapsed 0.006s. RA in -0.567952, result: -0.370307 * 161.873 --> -59.9428 : len 59 dir 1"
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.636 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - pulse_length[ "RA" ] =  59 ms, Direction =  "Increase RA"
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.636 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - drift[ "DEC" ] =  -0.349825  integral[ "DEC" ] =  0.0331394
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.636 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - pulse_length[ "DEC" ] =  35 ms, Direction =  "Decrease DEC"
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.643 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - ################## FINISH PROCESSING ##################
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.645 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - Capturing frame...
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.685 EET DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "4,3 MiB" )
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.850 EET INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "Image received."
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.851 EET INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "Detecting sources..."
[2022-02-04T21:50:14.854 EET DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.fits] - Sextract with:  "1-Focus-Default"
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.249 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Meridian flip planned with LST= "06h 18m 34s"  scope RA= "06h 18m 28s"  ha= 0.00159397 , meridian diff= 0.00133333 , hrstoFlip= -0.000260632 , flipDelayHrs= 0 ,  "Pier Side: West (pointing East)"
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.249 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Setting meridian flip status to  "FLIP_PLANNED"
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.249 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - meridianFlipStatusChanged  "FLIP_PLANNED"
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.249 EET DEBG ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - meridianFlipStatusChanged:  "FLIP_PLANNED"
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.249 EET DEBG ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - setMeridianFlipStage:  "MF_REQUESTED"
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.249 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Received capture meridianFlipStatusChange  "FLIP_WAITING"
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.249 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - meridianFlipStatusChanged  "FLIP_WAITING"
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.249 EET INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - "Meridian flip waiting."
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.429 EET INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "Detection complete."
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.431 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - Focus newFITS # 1 : Current HFR  1.65235  Num stars  48
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.439 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - StarCorrespondence initialized with  48 46
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.439 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] -  StarCorrespondence found guideStar at  20 found/not 15 32
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.439 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "matchStars: Inputs sized 48 22 found 16 matches, RMS dist 0.6"
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.439 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "RelativeHFR: sizes: 48 22 hfr: (1.62 (1.66) / 1.14 (1.15)) * 1.04 = 1.48"
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.440 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "RelativeHFR: orig 1.65235 computed 1.66415 relative 1.47657"
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.440 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "Linear: step 8, newMeasurement(37163, 1.65235 -> 1.47657, 48)"
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.440 EET WARN ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - Focus GSL error: invalid argument supplied by user
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.440 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "Linear: poly fit(8): 36956.8 = 0.776419 @ 37163 distToMin 206"
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.440 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "Linear: Solutions reset 36956.8 = 0.776419"
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.440 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "Linear: requesting position 37113"
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.452 EET WARN ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - Focus GSL error: invalid argument supplied by user
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.457 EET INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "Focusing inward by 50 steps..."
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.660 EET INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - ASI EAF :  "[INFO] Focuser is moving to position 37113 "
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.843 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - Abs Focuser position changed to  37149 State: Busy
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.900 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - Frame is reset. X: 0 Y: 0 W: 3008 H: 3008 binX: 1 binY: 1
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.900 EET DEBG ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - setMeridianFlipStage:  "MF_READY"
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.900 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Received capture meridianFlipStatusChange  "FLIP_ACCEPTED"
[2022-02-04T21:50:15.900 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - meridianFlipStatusChanged  "FLIP_ACCEPTED"
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.306 EET INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Meridian flip: slewing to RA= "06h 18m 18s" DEC= " 22° 36' 47\""  Hour Angle  "00h 00m 01s"
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.306 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Setting meridian flip status to  "FLIP_RUNNING"
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.306 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - meridianFlipStatusChanged  "FLIP_RUNNING"
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.306 EET INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - "Meridian flip started."
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.308 EET DEBG ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - meridianFlipStatusChanged:  "FLIP_RUNNING"
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.308 EET DEBG ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - setMeridianFlipStage:  "MF_INITIATED"
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.308 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - Stopping Focus
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.310 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - State: "Aborted"
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.310 EET DEBG ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - Focus State changed from "In Progress" to "Aborted"
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.310 EET INFO ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Autofocus failed."
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.313 EET INFO ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "CCD capture aborted"
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.319 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - Reset non guiding dithering position
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.319 EET DEBG ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - setMeridianFlipStage:  "MF_READY"
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.319 EET INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "Autofocus aborted."
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.321 EET INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "Autofocus failed, moving back to initial focus position 37.263."
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.323 EET DEBG ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - Guiding state changed from "Guiding" to "Aborted"
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.328 EET INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Autoguiding aborted."
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.329 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - Aborting "Guiding"
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.335 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Slewing to RA= "06h 18m 18s" DEC= " 22° 36' 47\""
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.335 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Initial HA  0.00457836 , flipDelayHrs  0 MFStatus  "FLIP_RUNNING"
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.335 EET INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - Target updated to JNow RA: "06h 18m 18s" DE: " 22° 36' 47\""
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.335 EET INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - "Meridian flip slew started..."
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.342 EET INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Mount is moving. Resetting calibration..."
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.343 EET INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Calibration is cleared."
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.345 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "GPG::reset()"
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.345 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - Resetting GPG
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.345 EET DEBG ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - setMeridianFlipStage:  "MF_FLIPPING"
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.376 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - Settled. State: "Aborted"
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.377 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - Abs Focuser position changed to  37113 State: Ok
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.378 EET INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - ASI EAF :  "[INFO] Focuser reached requested position. "
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.434 EET INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - iOptron GEM28 :  "[INFO] Slewing to RA:  6:18:18 - DEC: 22:36:47 "
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.435 EET DEBG ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - setMeridianFlipStage:  "MF_SLEWING"
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.550 EET INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - ASI EAF :  "[INFO] Focuser is moving to position 37263 "
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.851 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - Abs Focuser position changed to  37150 State: Busy
[2022-02-04T21:50:16.902 EET INFO ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Warning: Calibration process was prematurely terminated."
[2022-02-04T21:50:17.355 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - Abs Focuser position changed to  37263 State: Busy
[2022-02-04T21:50:17.357 EET INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - ASI EAF :  "[INFO] Focuser reached requested position. "
[2022-02-04T21:50:49.023 EET INFO ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - iOptron GEM28 :  "[INFO] Slew complete, tracking... "
[2022-02-04T21:50:49.063 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Mount status changed from  "Slewing"  to  "Tracking"
[2022-02-04T21:50:49.063 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Slew finished, MFStatus  "FLIP_RUNNING"
[2022-02-04T21:50:49.069 EET INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - "Meridian flip completed OK."
[2022-02-04T21:50:49.070 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Setting meridian flip status to  "FLIP_COMPLETED"
[2022-02-04T21:50:49.070 EET DEBG ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - meridianFlipStatusChanged  "FLIP_COMPLETED"
[2022-02-04T21:50:49.071 EET INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - "Meridian flip completed."
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Replied by Wolfgang Reissenberger on topic Meridian flip messed up my focuser & guiding (?)

What exactly is the problem? Didn’t autofocus start after the flip? Aborting the autofocus is done intentionally.
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Replied by Euripides on topic Meridian flip messed up my focuser & guiding (?)

Unfortunately no :-( After MF the autofocus stated as aborted and I had to manual restart it (and guiding etc).
I will definitely recheck it, hopefully tonight.
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