Introducing the new Azimut mechanics induced a side effect... My manual calibration procedure no longer worked for this axis.
This is due to the fact that:
- the azimut motion is no longer linear and follows complex motion equations
- the azimut bottom plate should be pointing to the south
So I decided to implement a new procedure of calibration into the Android application. Don't panic it is even simpler than before!
- launch the App
- put the phone on the ground parallel to the bottom plate and align the North (this calibrates the bottom plate)
- put the phone on the panel (bluetooth enabled)
- press the ESP32 reset button
- the ESP32 automatically connects to the phone and gets the time and the location (as previously)
- now push the "find Sun" button, this will send the current Elevation and Azimut angles to the ESP32
- quit the App to resume normal tracking mode.
Here is what you should see on the screen
And the panel will rotate to the right position, pointing to the sun !
This should be done only once after powering the ESP32.
Once done this calibration will be kept into the memory of the ESP32 (even during night).
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