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Hi Prasad, I have a very old (pre-production sample) ASI174MC that sometimes does things like that. On other days it behaves itself and gives normal pictures. In the case of my ASI174 I think it is a problem with the camera itself (not sure if hardware or software on the camera). Your problem could ...

Thanks for the suggestion - like that one

cheers,

Robin

Hi Mike, if it happens again, you can check the log and look for entries like Warning 19:38:18.227459 #30 Fetching still frame from ZWO camera failed with ExpFailed, exposure is 120000, timeout is 146000 in bool SharpCap.Cameras.ASI.ASICameraProxy.GetFrameData(int timeout, BufferFrame frame, Cancell...

Hi Chris, what is going on there is that SharpCap monitors the mount location in the background every second or so. When CPWI dies, that starts failing, and after 10 failures in a row, SharpCap gives up trying. Reconnecting the mount in SharpCap will get the monitoring running again, but otherwise i...

Hi Peter, glad to hear that it worked! You are right that changing the saved profile will allow you to make adjustments without altering the sequence code. ZWO cameras do have auto gain as well as auto exposure options, and there are some adjustments you can make in the 'Misc Controls' section to sp...

Hi,

I will have a look to see how easy it would be to have a 'do not show this again' checkbox (or similar).

thanks,

Robin

Hi, thanks for the list of live stacking breakages. The LiveStackViewModel was not supposed to be available from scripting, so I won't be reintroducing direct access to that, but I will try to wire in equivalent properties via SharpCap.LiveStacking directly for you. Hopefully I will find some time t...

Hi Trev, a good test to make sure you have the right bayer pattern set is to shine a red light into the telescope (or onto the camera sensor). Try all the patterns and the one that gives a red (reddish) image is the right one. I think the auto option is likely to be fine, but worth checking. Once yo...

Hi, I'm a bit puzzled, since the PHD2 log you have included seems not to mention anything about ST4, and apart from right near the beginning (where there are 2 'star lost' entries) there appear to be no issues recorded in the log. I'd not be surprised that PHD2 would stop guiding if you move the mou...

Hi Mike,

thanks - I will try to get that to break at my end and track down why it is happening.

cheers,

Robin