Flight Question DG to ISS Mission 1, sync orbit help

sinncier

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Ok i've successfully made it to stable orbit, got my PER to match my APR around 6.731 give or take, aligned my orbit with that of the ISS to within Rinc 0.05 (0.02 to be exact). And this is where i get stuck, in Sync orbit, trying to match my SH-TOR with the TG-TOR and get the time at which the DG and the ISS rendevous the same. HELP! Currently I'm at 6.731 PER and APR, my Rinc is at 0.02, and the SH-TOR and TG-TOR are 3.342 and 2.341 respectively in the OB 0 column. How do i get SH_TOR and TG_TOR to match and intercept the ISS. I know its probably something easy please help. When i attempt a burn to make the SH-TOR and TG-TOR match, the SH_TOR simply rises and doesnt match up to the TG-TOR.

This is top of page 114 of the manual ( Doc/Orbiter.pdf)

Also i'm on Ref. SH Periapsis in the sync orbit mode. Even though it seems my orbit (green circle) is exactly on top of and lined up with ISS orbit(Yellow circle) there are no Intercept 1 or Intercept 2 points. Which is why i'm on SH Periapsis as told by the manual.
 
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0 - Read tutorials ; edit

1 - Click the "LEN" button and enter "20" (it makes the list longer)
2 - Choose the "Target Intercept 1"
3 - When you are near the "green radius" (the intersection point), engage full thrust.
4 - When you get close SH_TOR & TG_TOR values, cut the thrusters.
5 - Make fine adjustements.
6 - The "Target Intercept" point is going to move, due to various perturbations (Sun, Moon, atmospheric drag...). Do small corrections every orbit to stay on the track.
 
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I'm not sure how that helped tex but it worked, i think all i needed to do was a burn at the rendevous point and drop the DTmin to as close to 0 as possible while in SH Apoapsis and it worked. I got my first glimps of the ISS and at the moment is within 60k of it. Closest i've even been. So now i'm going to fine tune and prepare to dock. Thanks everyone for your replies and i hope this thread helps anyone else with Sync orbit issues.
 
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