Before parking telescope, NINA sends slew to 89deg delta

I’m testing NINA with new eq mount. The mount do not require meridian flip, and cannot slew to high polar angles (about 10deg around pole is inaccessible).

When I park telescope from NINA Equipment screen, telescope goes far in NW-direction. In ASCOM trace file I see call to SlewToCoordinates(RA~=5h, Dec~=89deg)

Then, I press [Stop] in NINA, or in my “service” program and abort motion. After that, NINA send correct Park command and telescope parks.

This issue occurs in release 1.10H and in nightly buids too.

Mount cannot slew to pole, this is hardware, mechanical limitation.

In source code I found:

[TelescopeVM.cs, around line 133]

private Coordinates GetHomeCoordinates(Coordinates currentCoordinates) {

[SKIP]

                returnCoordinates.Dec = 89;

[TelescopeVM.cs, around line 91]

public async Task<bool> ParkTelescope() {

[SKIP]

Coordinates targetCoords = GetHomeCoordinates(Telescope.Coordinates);

                Logger.Trace(String.Format("Telescope will slew to RA {0} and Dec {1}", targetCoords.RAString, targetCoords.DecString));

                await SlewToCoordinatesAsync(targetCoords);

                Logger.Trace("Telescope will stop tracking");

                SetTracking(false);

                Logger.Trace("Telescope will now park according to mount defined park method");

                return await Task.Run<bool>(() => { Telescope.Park(); return true; });

So, question is - why NINA calls SlewToCoordinates() before Park(), and how to fix or workaround it? What means hardcoded 89deg? Meridian flip is not needed for the mount, it’s fork-like, not german mount. ASCOM returns CanSetPierSide = false.

Also, I try to cancel Park from service program (or simple by powering mount off), and NINA has left in “parking” state, where [Park] button is greyed, infinitely. Reconnection of telescope don’t help, only restart NINA.

Sorry, I’m not good in english, and have no experience in git to commit changes.

Thank you.

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