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Optical trains or profiles?

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Hi,

at the moment, I have one Ekos profile for each telescope setup. 1 mount, 1 main cam, 1 guide scope w/ guide cam and 3 different main scopes I put on the mount. And for solar viewing with a Quark filter I have yet another profile because of the different focal length. So a total of 4 profiles.

If I understand it right in 3.6.1 I can define optical trains for each of my different setups. Does that mean I can just use 1 profile with 5 optical trains (3 for night viewing, 1 for solar, 1 guide train)? What are the advantages/disadvantages then?

Or put it that way: When would I use profiles and when optical trains? Or is it more or less equivalent and a matter of taste? I understand that the planned multi-camera feature is a dfferent thing here and not possible just with profiles.

Thx and regards
Bernd
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If the equipment are all the same (i.e. same drivers for all the setups), then it would be easier to just create different trains. You'd want to use a different profile if you need to add or change drivers.
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Ah ok, the drivers were the missing piece I didn't think of. The drivers are indeed all the same in my setups, so I will give 1 profile / multiple trains a try.
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