Hi,
I use PHD2 as guider. After a post-meridien flip calibration, I always got a "settling failed / timeout" error in Ekos:
[2021-10-09T23:08:31.460 CEST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "PHD2: Calibration Complete."
[2021-10-09T23:08:31.471 CEST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Calibration completed."
[2021-10-09T23:08:31.856 CEST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "PHD2: Waiting for guiding to settle."
[2021-10-09T23:08:32.110 CEST WARN ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - Skipping flat/dark cap since it is not connected.
[2021-10-09T23:08:33.486 CEST WARN ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - Skipping flat/dark cap since it is not connected.
[2021-10-09T23:08:33.590 CEST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "PHD2: Exposure Time set to: 2.00"
[2021-10-09T23:08:33.663 CEST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "PHD2: DEC Guide Mode is Set to: Auto"
[2021-10-09T23:08:33.683 CEST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "PHD2: Guiding started."
[2021-10-09T23:08:33.734 CEST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Autoguiding started."
[2021-10-09T23:08:34.571 CEST WARN ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - Skipping flat/dark cap since it is not connected.
[2021-10-09T23:08:34.637 CEST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Capturing 180.000-second image..."
[2021-10-09T23:08:34.681 CEST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - Canon DSLR EOS 650D : "[INFO] Starting 180 seconds exposure. "
[2021-10-09T23:09:06.766 CEST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "PHD2: Settling failed (timed-out waiting for guider to settle)."
[2021-10-09T23:09:06.773 CEST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "PHD2: Settling failed, aborted."
[2021-10-09T23:09:06.787 CEST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Autoguiding stopped. Aborting..."
This is what PHD2 session looks like at the same moment:
In the Ekos settings the only place I see a timeout for settling is in "dithering" section (and it is 20s timeout, actually). But here it is not dithering... So, does this timeout applies also for settling after calibration? Should I put a bigger value here? Or is the problem elsewhere?
Thanks!
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