I agree that sometimes you 'south of the equator' observers are shortchanged (e.g., we
have Polaris and you have ??). However, (and to pick a nit) on the FOV screen it does
say the angle between 'up' on the Pictor and North. I will agree that the mosaic is not
intuitive for southern observers (it goes to the south east most furst and works north
the proper number of images steps west, works south the proper number of images, etc).
If you do not have Pictor oriented so that 'up' is north, the image pasting order can
be a challenge.

As for John Hoot's comment, he was referring to the 208 and 216 where slow warm up is
required. My comments were specific to the 416 and 1616.

Finally, if you got 6.4 release 1 software I wonder how long that 416 was 'on the
shelf' outside of Meade. I thought they had been shipping Pictors with 6.42 since last
May, and with 6.43 since September.

Ralph

Vince Gardiner wrote:

> "Ralph P. Pass III" wrote:
>
> > If you read the description on the Field of View screen, you need to tell the
> > software the angle between the 'up' for the writing on the camera and North.
> > Since you are in the southern hemisphere and if you put the camera on the scope
> > like I do so I can read the label properly, this means entering 180 or -180 as
> > the angle. Of course, if you already did this then I have egg on my face. If
> > you put the camera in so the writing is upside down and enter 0 for the angle,
> > then I have another option for egg on my face.
> >
>
> Sheer GENIUS. I would never have thought of that.
> It's a shame the northern hemisphere business world can't think upside down like we
> have to, and issue decent instructions.
>
> >
> > Early in the 6.4 series, the logic was changed to set the target temperature to
> > 30C on (normal) exit from the program or on disconnect. This is not needed
> > because of the two stage peltier but some users insisted on a safe warm up.
> >
>
> I thought I remembered from some 12 months or so ago that this discussion came up
> and John Hoot (I think it was) said the camera did need to be warmed slowly. But I
> bow to experience and knowledge. Thank you.
>
> >
> > I think that you are the first that has asked to blink negative images. In
> > fact, I cannot recall anyone asking to display negative images. I will make
> > sure that Meade is informed about this request.
> >
>
> It is not a crucial thing, but it is easier to see almost invisible objects. It
> could make the difference of seeing or not seeing a target during astrometry
> sessions. It's the old
> 'Trying to get the Keck magnitude depth with an 8inch scope" syndrome.
> If it's easy to do then good, but if not easy, then I'll live without it.
>
> >
> > As for the ini file, it does look like some the the parameters are missing (and
> > if you do not have the readme.txt files you really do not know what they are).
> > I think I have copies of all of the readme files for the 6.4 series, perhaps I
> > could combine them and post them for people. Thoughts?
> >
>
> I think that would be a great help. Would you believe that Meade is sending out the
> new 416's with 6.4 release 1 software ? If I could spare any more hair I'd be
> pulling that out too.
>
> Many thanks for the help Ralph. Much appreciated.
>
> Regards
> Vince Gardiner

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