[APML] S-tupifying T-axing V-ague

["warren and amy keller" <warhen@mindspring.com>]

To John K, other STVers and eFinderites,

                                                            Though it doesn't seem as if we've identified any consistent and common parameters yet, I thought I'd pass along an evening of testing's results. I won't say anything about the hour and a half drive or the clouds that rolled in within an hour of setting up!!

 

For my eFinder/GM8 setup, it seems completely inconsequential whether calibrating at 2x or .5x. As I'd reported, I'd gotten 'Error: Star Field'  75% of the time upon auto calibration.

 

Tonight looked like a major breakthrough. A long calibration time of 15 seconds in 'Full Menu' yielded success nearly every time. (An occasional 'No Move' was seen?) The exposure was also cranked to 5 seconds, but this was probably the clouds' fault.

 

Maybe next month I can even take a photo!

 

WK