Hi
After quite a few month with nearly no issues, I found my dome this morning open, and not in Park position.
NINA is set to close the Shutter, and park the dome to home position each morning after a shooting session. But today, it didn’t work.
I tried to set „Find home”, but the Dome is rotating with no stop at the park sensor. the Red „At Park” message never shows up as it physically passes though the sensor.
If I select „Go to home”, It will slave the dome to Home position, and the Green „At Park” is showing up. That’s ok. It knows the home position.
It looks like the home sensor is not working suddenly?
Any Tip or way to check if this sensor is out of service?
thanks
Eric
Hi
The operation of the home sensor can be easily checked by covering its sensor with your finger. The driver screen should display the message AtHome in red colour. Most likely, the sensor diaphragm has bent.
For remote observations, it is worth setting the dome to close automatically at a specific time (e.g., after sunrise). This can be done in the driver’s Config.
On my 2M, after about 6-9 months, my home sensor stopped working. It was easily fixed by applying just a little pressure to the metal bracket that defines the home position, so that it was bent just a tiny bit further towards the sensor.