Total Failures on Second Object
I have been experience what i believe is the same problemIntermittently the plate solver does not execute. 1. The telescope skews to a target, 2. the image of the target is getting downloaded. 3....
View ArticleAtik EFW2 Fails to report move complete + SGP failed to notify
Ajay and all,I reverted to the pre-July 5 Atik core software, and I have now had 2 fullnights of imaging without seeing this issue WITHOUT using the filterdelay. And I change filters every exposure so...
View ArticleAuto focus settings for narrow band
I use an Optec Gemini Focusing-Rotator that has 0.11 micron focus steps. Using 2500 steps causes the V curve to span about HFR 5.2 to HFR 1.5. I have smart focus disabled since I use a 12" Meade f/8...
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Auto focus settings for narrow band
This is interesting. I just did an auto focus with the Lum and then immediately did one with the Ha filter and got almost identical focus positions. The first screen shot is Lum and second is Ha. This...
View ArticlePopulate FITS Header Entries when doing Remote Control of SGPRO
Hi all, I'm using SGPro for some time now and started an project using SGPro as the backend for doing Images, Plate Solving etc. for Modeling 10micron mounts. At this point I discovered, that when...
View ArticleSGP incorrectly ending sequence because 'Unsafe' when it is actually 'Safe'
Jared, Thank you for your reply. Here is as much information as I can supply: I am using an AAG CloudWatcher from Lunatico Astronomia. It appears to be working perfectly. The problem occurred at...
View ArticleTotal Failures on Second Object
Sure, but you are not going to like this--it was back in early May, so it was v2.5.0.23 with the older autofocus routines and lots of missing bug fixes! Looks like I was using PHD2 v2.6.1dev6 at that...
View ArticleSGP thinks time to meridian flip is -3:59:31 and it is not changing
I watched this topic very closely. Last night I did some Imaging on IC5070. About 01:00 in the morning there has to be a flip. The session was done without any problem. Using: SGPro 2.5.17 and...
View ArticleCrash during fits write
Last night, my session died during an imaging frame download. This is from a QSI camera and I got about 3MB of the usual size 17MB. The last line is:SaveFileBmp16: Traversing and persisting bitmap...
View ArticleMy QHY10 is not recognized? Can anyone point me in the right direction?
I have just purchased SGP Pro because a friend of mine told me how great it was. My first attempt to use it was an utter failure as it did not even recognise my QHY10 was there! I normally have no...
View ArticleMy QHY10 is not recognized? Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Astrohog, Make sure your QHY10 has its basic drivers installed, also, you need to have the ASCOM driver forit installed too, SGP controls your QHY through ASCOM rather than directly through the driver...
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My QHY10 is not recognized? Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks very much for the fast reply!I do have the latest ascom installed.. I verified that when I did my downloads for sgp and frame wizard downloads. My qhy drivers are also onboard as I use Neb4...
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My QHY10 is not recognized? Can anyone point me in the right direction?
I just went back to square 1 and re-downladed the files from qhy and re-installed them. Verified in ezcap and loaded sgp. There it is! Can not thank you enough for giving my clouded head a clear path...
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Total Failures on Second Object
Jared: I'm not sure if @Andy has any insight to what might be causing this. It looks like we stop PHD2 while doing some plate solve/slew activities and then can't communicate with it to get it started...
View ArticleTotal Failures on Second Object
@Andy @Jared - As an update, last night I did downgrade to a previous version (I can't remember if it was 2.5.1.15 or 2.5.1.16) but I did an early test of two objects, and then ran the same exact...
View ArticleMosaic centering will fail after meridian flip
One of the best implementations I've seen.
View ArticleCenter target every X exposures automatically
The technique above to have several targets created would work just fine until it's added. Just create enough exposures to cover an hour and duplicate your target to cover the night. Make sure you...
View Article2.5.1.17 not starting after installation
Hi guys, I just bought SGP. I am running windows 8.1 using most recent updates. When clicking sequence generator under program files the cursor shows busy for a very short period. SGP is not starting....
View ArticleMosaic Manual Rotator Checklist?
Hi! and thank you for reading this. Is there an airplane like checklist on how to do mosaics by manually rotating the camera? Auto rotators are a non starter for me due to my image train not being...
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