SkyX integration
Hi Jared, Are you guys going to implement TSX plate solve into SGP as you suggested above?
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SkyX integration
Tolga_Gumusayak: Are you guys going to implement TSX plate solve into SGP as you suggested above? We've discussed it but no official plans to do so right now. And as I said it would only be as a...
View ArticleSX USB Filter wheel + OAG
Hi, I installed this Starlightxpress FW but don't see it as an option in the drop down menu for the Filter Wheel. So how do I connect it or can I?
View ArticleSX USB Filter wheel + OAG
Never mind. I downloaded the ASCOM driver from the SX website. For some reason I thought they would have included it on the installation disk. Guess it gets out of dat to quick. Sorry about that.
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Unable to start new beta 2.5.2.3
BarryWilson: Thanks Ken this has worked. New beta 2.5.2.3 now able to start correctly. Thanks for the report @BarryWilson. I need to find out why the "recover" switch is not working. Did you find the...
View ArticleMosiac rotation angle issue
As a final note... in the case where you do not want to disable the target angle because it's important to you (mosaics or general framing), you can use the SGPro "Manual Rotator". The manual rotator...
View ArticleAdd exclude center to autofocus (in same pane as "crop auto focus frame")
Just as an fyi we already discard closely grouped stars so the "globular issue" isn't really an issue. We look for well defined distinct stars. This also helps to reject many galaxy cores and other...
View ArticleCan't run an "Event"
Only started tonight. In the show sequencer panel I set it to take 1 light frame of 30 sec. When I hit the "resume sequence" button it pops up the "sequence complete" dialog and never takes a pic?...
View ArticlePempro Polar Align Wizard and SGP Issue
I'm happy to report that the new Pempro and SGP releases work fine for the polar align wizard in Pempro. I'm still running a sequence right now, but I'll post the logs tomorrow.
View ArticlePlate solve from "home"
When I start the night in the "home" position pointing to Polaris SGP fails to plate solve the initial position when the sequence starts to slew to a target. If I take a quick pic using frame and...
View ArticleTemperature compensate tolerance
While playing with temperature compensate (and recommending "Autofocus with feedback" in this section) I noticed a correction is made for even a difference of a few tenths of a degree. When shooting...
View ArticleUnable to start new beta 2.5.2.3
Yes, the location of the 'user.config' file was exactly where you described in the directory, within a sub-folder named for each beta. This was very easy to delete by navigating through File Explorer....
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Meridian Flip Fails
PROBLEM SOLVED! I am very happy to report that my issues with meridian flip have been resolved. Thank you so much for everyone's help, the solution was really to make the flip times between the mount...
View ArticleBasic questions about auto focus
PROBLEM SOLVED! I'm happy to report that my auto focus issues have been resolved, I am now getting beautiful V or U graphics with perfectly focused stars on 2 of my telescopes. I am not sure exactly...
View ArticleWarning about autofocus
I think it is a very useful feature although I have seen the same thing cmassa has seen. It is easy to ignore or dismiss, but when it does pop up, I'll take a closer look at the graph to make sure it...
View ArticlePlate solve from "home"
Plate solving pointing to Polaris has always been problematic. To avoid this problem just check both "Slew" and "Center" in the Target Settings dialog. This tells SGP to first perform the slew, then...
View ArticleCan't run an "Event"
I noticed a similar thing Monday night. I was going to image some geosynchronous satellites and turned off autoguiding. (autoguider = none). and had set the mount tracking off. When I went to run the...
View ArticleProblem with Filter Wheel
Since I'm looking in to getting a Moravian external filter wheel, has anything changed with this? It is a bit of a pain if the filter wheel will only move with the start of an exposure.At a critical...
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