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 1. On the domegui MANUAL tab, click STOP so pulses won't be sent to the drive by the control software. \\ 1. On the domegui MANUAL tab, click STOP so pulses won't be sent to the drive by the control software. \\
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-2. Make sure you understand why the limit was hit which may require a trip to the telescope. If the azimuth positions on all telescope servers and dome guis match, it is likely the limit switch causing the stall and not that the scope is actually in a wrong position. \\ +2. Make sure you understand why the limit was hit which may require a trip to the telescope. If the azimuth positions on all telescope servers and dome guis match, it is likely the limit switch causing the stall and not that the scope is actually in a wrong position.</font><font inherit/inherit;;initial;;white>M</font>ake sure all the scopes’ demand positions agree – for example, sometimes bringing a scope to a configuration that’s already on sky and issuing a slew command will make the additional scope go around North the “wrong” way.  \\  \\ <font 14px/Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;;inherit;;inherit>3. Click the OVERRIDE ON button in domegui MANUAL tab. After this, the hardware doesn't care about the limits switches and you're free to move the telescope. \\  \\ 
-\\ +4. Click ENABLE then you can move the telescope back to its normal range of operation. \\  \\
-3. Click the OVERRIDE ON button in domegui MANUAL tab. After this, the hardware doesn't care about the limits switches and you're free to move the telescope. \\ +
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-4. Click ENABLE then you can move the telescope back to its normal range of operation. \\ +
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 5. After the telescope is back in it normal range, click OVERRIDE OFF which makes the hardware aware of the limits again and then hit AUTO on the AUTO tab to resume normal operation <font 16px/Calibri,sans-serif;;#333333;;white>**However, If you notice that a telescope will stop near AZ 90 or 270 with the scope still being ENABLED and refusing to move, this is often due to the new AZ limit switch being tripped at some point earlier. To get it moving again:**</font> 5. After the telescope is back in it normal range, click OVERRIDE OFF which makes the hardware aware of the limits again and then hit AUTO on the AUTO tab to resume normal operation <font 16px/Calibri,sans-serif;;#333333;;white>**However, If you notice that a telescope will stop near AZ 90 or 270 with the scope still being ENABLED and refusing to move, this is often due to the new AZ limit switch being tripped at some point earlier. To get it moving again:**</font>
  
-<font 14px/Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;;#333333;;white>1. On the domegui MANUAL tab, click STOP so pulses won't be sent to the drive by the control software.</font>  <font inherit/inherit;;initial;;white>2. M</font>ake sure the all the scopes’ demand positions agree – for example, sometimes bringing a scope to a configuration that’s already on sky and issuing a slew command will make the additional scope go around North the “wrong” way. <font inherit/inherit;;initial;;white>3. Click the OVERRIDE ON button in domegui MANUAL tab.</font>+<font 14px/Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;;inherit;;inherit>1. On the domegui MANUAL tab, click STOP so pulses won't be sent to the drive by the control software. \\  \\ 
 +2.</font><font inherit/inherit;;initial;;white>M</font>ake sure all the scopes’ demand positions agree – for example, sometimes bringing a scope to a configuration that’s already on sky and issuing a slew command will make the additional scope go around North the “wrong” way.  \\  \\ <font 14px/Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;;inherit;;inherit>3. Click the OVERRIDE ON button in domegui MANUAL tab. After this, the hardware doesn't care about the limits switches and you're free to move the telescope.</font> 
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 +<font inherit/inherit;;initial;;white>2. M</font>ake sure the all the scopes’ demand positions agree – for example, sometimes bringing a scope to a configuration that’s already on sky and issuing a slew command will make the additional scope go around North the “wrong” way. <font inherit/inherit;;initial;;white>3. Click the OVERRIDE ON button in domegui MANUAL tab.</font>
  
 <font 14px/Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;;#333333;;inherit>4. Move the scope a bit back toward the direction it was coming from – for example, if the scope stopped at AZ 268 while rotating clockwise, move it back to 265 or so using AZ DEC. Then press STOP.</font> <font 14px/Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;;#333333;;inherit>4. Move the scope a bit back toward the direction it was coming from – for example, if the scope stopped at AZ 268 while rotating clockwise, move it back to 265 or so using AZ DEC. Then press STOP.</font>
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