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jlecomte / ascom-wireless-flat-panel

Open Source ASCOM-Compatible Wireless Flat Panel For Astrophotography
MIT License
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Minimum OTA outside diameter : <107.6mm not possible #6

Closed fiesiker75 closed 8 months ago

fiesiker75 commented 8 months ago

Hi

I`d really like to adapt this project for a Skywatcher 72ED (72mm outer diameter). However if the OTA diameter (ota_outside_diameter) is set below 107.6mm I get a "Recompute failed!" error for the Pad001 object.

FlatPanel-OTADiameterError

19:59:27 Updating geometry: Error build geometry(10): gp_Circ::SetRadius() - radius should be positive number 19:59:27 Invalid solution from LevenbergMarquardt solver.

I realise that this project is intended for larger telescopes. The issue seems to be that the OTA hole is smaller than the body and front peices. Is there a simple way to fix this issue?

Thank you in advance

jlecomte commented 8 months ago

I think there is a fix possible, but it won't be pretty, i.e. the flat panel will be quite a bit bigger than your OTA, but the lip will fit the OTA. Let me think about it. I won't be able to get to this for a couple of months, but I'll see what I can do. Note: The minimum size is dictated by the size of the PCB.

jlecomte commented 8 months ago

Added a workaround in this commit. That's the best I can do. I don't want to sink hours of work into this (free) project :)