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PHD2 as safety device?
Chris: That's a really good idea, and doesn't need any change to SGP or PHD2 at all. All that's needed is to implement a safety driver that connects to and monitors PHD2. If PHD2 reports star lost the...
View ArticleTo have the ability to go to predefined position other than park
Talk to your ASCOM developers for your mount driver. Most mounts I've dealt with (Losmandy and Celestron) have a 'home' position you can set via the driver and then tell SGP to park to that location....
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The problem is, you wouldn't re-create your sequences every night. It'd be neat if it could just figure out the math. When I used CCDCC, it had some type of math it would do to figure out when an...
View ArticleXagyl Filter Wheel Stops Working
It's almost always the USB cable. Try a different one. I actually used rubber bands to hold my USB cables onto my Xagyl.
View ArticleSGP and ACP Planner
You are right - I was researching and playing with CCDC just today and noticed the ability to start and terminate at a certain altitude. It's quite possible there is an ASCOM utility in astrometry...
View ArticleWhat is the little clock face button beneath the target window for?
It is greyed out and it not mentioned in the help file that I can see.
View ArticleWhat is the little clock face button beneath the target window for?
that's the target end time if you have it set under target settings.
View ArticlePHD2 as safety device?
The one downside to simply invoking recovery mode when the star is lost, is that if recovery mode lasts 30+ minutes, the amount of drift might need a new slew, center and auto focus routine before...
View ArticleTo have the ability to go to predefined position other than park
Yes - mounts can redefine park to mean "take flats" - but then they lose the ability to have park mean "go to the position to shut things down." SGP has the ability to automate both - but it isn't...
View ArticleDual rig and dither
May be it could be an idea for future versions.. A second camera (slave) could be added directly in main SGP interface Then with options there could be defined some conditions to have dithering based...
View ArticleWhat is the little clock face button beneath the target window for?
It shows / selects the currently running target. Unless you have more than one target it should not be active.
View ArticleFail to connect to atik EFW2 filter wheel
I also have this problem. The EFW2 is my first FW but the behavior in just like others noted. Have to power cycle and not touch the setup screen. I even tried the drivers in the CD that came with the...
View ArticleSGPro Feature Request Poll... Vote Now!
Alright folks, Here is a pretty long list of requested features and improvements. The results of this poll will not dictate the priority of our to do list, but it will certainly provide meaningful...
View ArticleSet ISO for DSLR via API
No real updated. But moved it into the 2.5.2 feature set for additional investigation as I'm pretty sure that this just isn't currently implemented for DSLRs. Thanks,Jared
View ArticleSGP and ACP Planner
It is not in NOVAS but I found this reference to the trigonometry http://www.stargazing.net/kepler/altaz.html
View ArticleTo have the ability to go to predefined position other than park
There are options to run pre event and post event scripts, could these be used to move to the flat position? For example: Pre Flat script:' connect to scopescope.Tracking = falsescope.SlewToAltAz...
View ArticleReal time focusing support
Does the exclusion of real time focusing support for ONAG users in the new poll indicate that it is no longer being considered? There was some discussion a few months ago that it was definitely in the...
View ArticleSGP and ACP Planner
There are ASCOM helper functions that will do all sorts of Astometry computations - in the ASCOM.Astrometry namespace and in the ASCOM manuals. The Transform class is designed to make conversionns...
View ArticleTo have the ability to go to predefined position other than park
Chris that was another option I was thinking of trying. My problem was I was unsure how to give an Alt/Azm location in a script, but I can see from your post above that it is quite easy. I think this...
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