Edwin Hekman replied to the topic 'New autoguiding issue' in the forum. 3 years ago

The log file and the document describing what irregularities to look for was very helpful. The one obvious problem with my mount is the backlash or sluggishness in the DEC drive when dithering. Several 10's of seconds were often required to compensate for the declination error after dithering. I spent the day disassembling the DEC axis system and attempting to reduce the backlash and the sluggishness of the axis. It is not known whether any improvement was made in the performance. Testing will have to wait for clear skies.

Ed

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