Sequence Generator Pro 4.5.0.1533 (BETA) is Released for Test
Sequence Generator Pro 4.5.0.1533 (BETA) (32-bit and 64-bit) is Released for Test Hello! Welcome to the 4.X beta for SGPro. As always, we aim to ensure that even our betas are stable, but please know...
View ArticleAuto focus failing to move to focuser to new focus point and hangs
Have you made sure to grab the latest focuser drivers? Happy to take a look. There are a bunch of reasons a focuser can timeout after a request to move and we can help narrow it down with you. SGPro...
View ArticleCall for AutoFocus Data
These headers should now be present in the latest beta Sequence Generator Pro 4.5.0.1533 (BETA) is Released for Test - Releases - Main Sequence Software Full disclosure… these “spontaneous additions”...
View ArticleModules disarrange
Hi, can I reinstall or update the siftware with the latest version. Charles
View ArticleModules disarrange
Absolutely, but be cautious of installing SGPro betas. You can always re-install non-beta software again, but we cannot guarantee sequences and profiles opened in a SGPro beta will be usable afterward...
View ArticleASCOM OmniSimulator
Ken – I hope you don’t mind my butting in here. I’m just concerned with an old wives’ tale “ASCOM 7 breaks SGP, so don’t use it”. It’s hard for me to see through the detail but it appears that the...
View ArticleAuto focus failing to move to focuser to new focus point and hangs
Thanks Ken, I have just log it via the software help menu. It’s an onld focuser and driver by Baader and they no longer have any drivers - it is the original Baader Steel Drive. Perhaps someone...
View ArticleAutofocus issues with 4.5.0.1533
Hi, last night, I tried the latest beta version 4.5.0.1533. I noticed that the autofocus images were no longer being saved. After four subs, an error message appeared (the bitmap area is already...
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ASCOM OmniSimulator
You are wholly welcome to butt in whenever you’d like. BobDenny: If SGP tries to look at any of those simulated devices, then it will start. The console can be made invisible, and the popup web...
View ArticleAutofocus issues with 4.5.0.1533
I did make a spontaneous (untested) change to AFPacks that adds more FITS header data to the save FITS files. I’ll take a look to see if it busted something.
View ArticleAutofocus issues with 4.5.0.1533
I did completely bust AFPacks in 1533. New beta in about 20 min…
View ArticleSequence Generator Pro 4.5.0.1534 (BETA) is Released for Test
Sequence Generator Pro 4.5.0.1534 (BETA) (32-bit and 64-bit) is Released for Test Hello! Welcome to the 4.X beta for SGPro. As always, we aim to ensure that even our betas are stable, but please know...
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Autofocus issues with 4.5.0.1533
Thank you Ken vor the quick support! We have clear skies today, so I can test it
View ArticleSGP still wait for meridian flip, even the mount is already flipped
Hello Ken, May I ask if the recent beta (4.5.0.1534 I found the latest) includes the fix of this issue?
View ArticleSGP still wait for meridian flip, even the mount is already flipped
Unfortunately it does not. It’s taking me longer than I expected to get this addressed. I have it “mostly working” but there are still a couple of cases that need to be addressed. Those are likely...
View ArticleAutoflats uses fantasy rotator angles from Nirvana
Description When I configre “before sequence start” Autoflats, SGP inserts strange rotator angles “from nowwhere”. In particular, for R, G, B: two times the angle 311° (correct, from the target) and...
View ArticleAutoflats uses fantasy rotator angles from Nirvana
AutoFlats sources rotator angles from the image FITS headers. Specifically, it gets them from the Positional Angle header (mechanical position) of the rotator.
View ArticleAutoflats uses fantasy rotator angles from Nirvana
I do not understand, of which .fits image do you speak? When autoflats are to be made before the sequence starts, then there is not yet any (valid) image; autoflats should take the rotator angle from...
View ArticleAutoflats uses fantasy rotator angles from Nirvana
Than you again for your fast reply. Thinking twice, your reply, though, fits to the behaviour I encountered when making autoflats “after the sequence”: I captured B and G images, but not R images, and...
View ArticleAutoflats uses fantasy rotator angles from Nirvana
PS: The above error occurs when I chose “capture flats for all active light events” under “matching type”; when I chose “capture costum autoflats run” I can override the error and insert correct...
View ArticleAutoflats uses fantasy rotator angles from Nirvana
PPS: …an then occurs a SECOND error: when beginning autoflats, although SGP instructs the rotator to go to the angle I defined, and the rotator starts to move, SGP does not seem to wait for the...
View ArticlePlanning tool time limitation
Hi, i dont understood why in the time constraints it does not allow me to plan ahead into the next day, in this case after midnight. If i want to tick the “end” field to apply a time in the following...
View ArticlePlanning tool time limitation
I am running the latest Beta (4.5.1534) and I am not having issues with planning tools starting an imaging run tonight and finishing in the morning. Just looking at the Planner Tool, I can see that...
View ArticleAutoflats uses fantasy rotator angles from Nirvana
*** Just made another try: I initiated Autoflats manually (ctrl-A): SGP instructs the rotator to a completely different angle value than (a) in the autoflats sequence and (b) any picture taken that...
View ArticleAutoflats uses fantasy rotator angles from Nirvana
AutoFlats is a complex piece of software and it is almost impossible to troubleshoot without logs (maybe not impossible but it is definitely wildly inefficient). There are dozens and dozens of...
View ArticleA little auto focus help
I’ve been having a hard time getting the auto focus to complete with one of my scopes (info below) . One thing I have noticed is, if there is a bright star or two in the frame, it will not count that...
View ArticleA little auto focus help
Try bin 1x1 with a 3-second exposure. FYI, Jared will likely need to see a log file from when focus failed.
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ASCOM OmniSimulator
I followed the instruction to ignore the switches, with no item shown here: Ignored switches: but the ASCOM OmniSimulator windows still opens during the launch of SGP.
View ArticleA little auto focus help
I use 7 second exposures for autofocus and bin 1x1. I first do a manual focus with five second repeat exposures on enlarged stars, and then run autofocus.
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Not ignoring switches
I have been away from imaging for a while but in preparation to resume, I downloaded v4.5.0.1534 and began configuring it for my new gear. I am having problems defining switches. I have several ASCOM...
View ArticleScope alignment help
I would like to see a feature to work with the telescope to aid in doing a star align on my scope. I can do this using the latest sharp cap program but not in SGP. Here is the sequence use to align my...
View ArticleDSLR (Nikon) Shoestring DSUSB and EAF Focusing
Looking for some insight on how the shoestring DSUSB functions inside SGP. I’m able to connect my older Nikon D3s directly via USB and get up to 30s exposures as others have posted here. I’d like to...
View ArticleESATTO steps
With my C-11 I have been using 8 second exposures, bin 1x1, 9 data points, 4000 step size (160 μ, 0.16 mm).
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Scope alignment help
Your 7 year old eyes are quite young, most people in this hobby have much older eyes… Seriously though: you are running SGP on a computer linked to your mount with the purpose of doing...
View ArticleScope alignment help
Typo 71 years old. I find that plate solvers tend to work mch uicker if the mount is properly aligned.
View ArticleSwitch Momentary only
I would like to use SGPro to raise and lower my PT2 pier. I have wired a Waveshare Modbus POE ETH relay to the actuator. One NO relay raises and another lowers the pier. I installed the ASCOM driver...
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A little auto focus help
I always bin 2x, my focus lengths are usually 10 seconds LRGB, SHO up to 25 seconds. I have a 9.25 Edge HD with Essato 2” robotics focuser . Lately I’m in perfect focus every filter change ( ie HFR...
View ArticleA little auto focus help
Thanks for all the tips. I had some success Sunday night. I tried bin 1 at 4 seconds and bumped the steps to 300. I was imagining the Dumbbell nebula but there aren’t any bright stars so I’m not real...
View ArticleSwitch Momentary only
Solved my issue. For those who might come across it the “toggle back” checkbox converts the switch operation from traditional on/off to momentary. I’d imagine very few applications would call for...
View ArticleASCOM OmniSimulator
Ill need to think about this one. The issue is that SGPro is performing a check before any sequence is loaded to inventory all the switches present on the system. As part of this check, it needs to...
View ArticleNot ignoring switches
I’ll take a look here… a bug has crept into the ignore list, but it seems to affect only profiles. In other words, go ahead and keep the profiles switch list in the state that you want (because I’ll...
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DSLR (Nikon) Shoestring DSUSB and EAF Focusing
Pat_Bourque: Does SGP recognize the DSUSB adapter as the camera? Will my images populate into SGP via the original camera to PC USB connection? Yes, SGP recognizes that a shoestring is attached and...
View ArticleScope alignment help
SGPro does not interface with onboard alignment routines that are typically run through the handheld controller or a connection to one. Instead, SGPro use a MUCH more resilient and accurate method...
View ArticleDSLR (Nikon) Shoestring DSUSB and EAF Focusing
Jared, Thank you for the feedback! I kind of assumed that’s how it would work based on others posts, but couldn’t seem to find anything concrete online. I ended up ordering one and will report back...
View ArticleSequence exposure countdown
Hi, I’ve been out of over a year and started to use the software again, I seen to have lost the sequence exposure time countdown that displace on the bottom of the program, has this feature been...
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