I thought I had a good place worked out on my shutter's sensor magnet, just ontop of the belt. This seemed to work fine for the shutter to close it - until it didn't. When I close the shutter remotely now what happens is the shutter stops closing about an inch or two before the sensor blocks meet or more importantly the shutter closes. Rather the biggest issue is the charging terminals can't connect when this happens.
I'm using firmware 4.0.1 . When I close with the physical buttons, things seem to work well, but not so when I use software close. Perhaps since my shutter slips/stalls in 2 spots like clockwork on the ride down, this is the cause. I've spent hours trying to get all slip spots out though so I'm not sure I can do anything more here - it's greased up and the back wheels are loosened. But after one or two slips it'll continue and close with out fail. This could throw off some firmware step counting rather than using the magnetic sensor.
What's the location and arrangement folks have used for their shutter magnet and do you notice closing quirks with it? photos please.
@Steven Green you've been responsive and seem to have good+working setup - could you provide the above?
Basically you can command the shutter with plain text commands - in the long haul it's probably good to get familiar with it and play around. You'll find it gives you an extra dimension of utility, and sometimes deals with imperfect issues like the shutter one. Other terminals (windows killed off hyperterm ) can work but it seems there's something picky about the line endings (should always be \r\n, windows style). If you consult the firmware reference you'll see the way the commands are issued. You just need to disconnect the dome software while you play with it.