I have been running a proDome, with Automadome, CCDSoft and TheSky6 for several months with basically no problems. Just the troublesome, and random, error 1600 (640) with plate solves, also shown at the end of the log snippet.

I got this error last night…
Dome align to telescope failed
21:28:03 TheSky6.Document: A required initialization file was not found. Go to Camera, Setup, and press the Settings button to choose the correct file.

What file should I be looking for? Also the suggested fix doesn’t make sense. I can’t find that menu path.

When I went out to check the dome, it had closed and then realigned with the scope.

Log file snippet follows…

21:22:58 Guide Error X: 0.7, Y: 0.0
21:22:58 Altitude: 42 deg.
21:22:58 Exposing...
21:23:00 Dome realigned to telescope.
Dome realigned to telescope.
21:28:03 Dome align to telescope failed
Dome align to telescope failed
21:28:03 TheSky6.Document: A required initialization file was not found. Go to Camera, Setup, and press the Settings button to choose the correct file.

Error code = 1200 (0x4b0).
TheSky6.Document: A required initialization file was not found. Go to Camera, Setup, and press the Settings button to choose the correct file.

Error code = 1200 (0x4b0).
21:33:07 Dome align to telescope failed
Dome align to telescope failed
21:33:07 TheSky6.Document: A required initialization file was not found. Go to Camera, Setup, and press the Settings button to choose the correct file.

Error code = 1200 (0x4b0).
TheSky6.Document: A required initialization file was not found. Go to Camera, Setup, and press the Settings button to choose the correct file.

Error code = 1200 (0x4b0).
21:33:07 C:\Documents and Settings\Bob\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\Images\080130_ngc772\Red0W_ngc772_01244.fit
21:33:10 Guider stopped.
21:33:10 Dither: +1.5, +2.6,
21:33:17 Guider running
21:33:25 Guide Error X: 9.0, Y: 16.2
21:33:31 Guide Error X: 21.5, Y: 10.5
21:33:38 Guide Error X: 10.0, Y: 4.9
21:33:45 Guide Error X: 17.2, Y: 20.4
21:33:51 Guide Error X: 10.7, Y: 10.2
21:33:58 Guide Error X: 5.5, Y: 1.1
21:34:04 Guide Error X: 22.3, Y: 10.8
21:34:11 Guide Error X: 16.5, Y: 3.1
21:34:18 Guide Error X: 24.3, Y: 10.3
21:34:24 Guide Error X: 8.1, Y: 23.7
21:34:25 Guider stopped.
21:34:25 Try 1 to reacquire guide star...
21:34:25 Slewing scope...
21:34:50 Slewed to RA: 02 00 09.1, Dec: +19 03 51
21:34:50 Mount settling for 5 sec. after slew.
21:34:55 Plate solving...
21:34:55 Telescope RA: 02 00 09.1, Dec: +19 03 52
21:35:21 C:\Documents and Settings\Bob\My Documents\CCDWare\CCDAutoPilot3\Images\CCDAutoPilot_SyncImages\SyncImage_ngc772_213521.fit
21:35:21 Plate solve failed. Check settings and image scale.
21:35:21 P:PS7, CCDSoft.App: Undescribed error. Error code = 1600 (640).
21:35:21 Doubling plate solve exposure to 30 sec.
21:36:01 Run aborted.

regards,
Bob Franke

Hi Bob,

Yes, there are some red herring error messages here. I ran into this a long time ago with a user but I was not able to recall or find any info on this. IIRC, it was an automadome issue.

Please post the entire log as an attachment and let me see what I can suggest.

OK John,

Hers's the attached log file.

Thanks,
Bob

ccdap20080130_191918.log (16 KB, 50 downloads) log file

Hi Bob,

Thanks for posting the log. I did some research and this issue last showed up in June, 2006. At that time, the solution was to set the dome update frequency to longer. If your slit aperture allows it, I would suggest setting to 8 minutes or higher, instead of the 5 minutes you currently have.