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Hi, thanks for the data - I think I have identified the ADV problem now due to a change I introduced in 4.1.12151 - I have a fix for the next update. There's no way in software that I know of to force the camera to run in USB 2 mode - the easiest options are either to use a USB2 cable if the camera ...

Hi, the zoom levels of the two displays are not linked, as that would behave oddly when the available space on the main screen doesn't match the available space on the second display. The way to zoom the second display is to use the mouse controls for zooming, which are the standard CTRL key + mouse...

Hi,

congratulations on getting such good images of the ISS - it's not a target I have tried, but I went to a talk about how it is done earlier this year, so I know what a difficult target it is!

Robin

Hi,

good to hear that the new API covers enough ground for you!

clear skies

Robin

Hi Carl, nice work and good to hear that the mosaic tool worked well for you :) A good point on the overlap being in % terms being a clearer way to present it - I will have a look into that. I don't recall needing such a big overlap when I was stitching the mosaic, but I was using Affinity2, which m...

Hi, can you save a few frames to SER and send me the camera settings file that gets created please? Those settings should be the same as the ones that cause the crash in ADV. I have just tested with a QHY camera here and see no problems with creating an ADV file, so I think it will be something spec...

Hi, if you really want to attack it from a scientific viewpoint, it's possible to do, but would rely on data that probably isn't available without trying to measure it yourself. Let me explain... In astro imaging you get three components to the pixel value that comes out in your final image 1) Photo...

Hi, yes, I think the problem was that with SharpCap having dark correction activated, the statistical removal of hot pixels was based purely on the dark frame (it's easier in the dark frame - no stars to worry about). That's fine on the assumption that the hot pixels remain pretty constant and has w...

Hi Mike, the first place to start would be to take a look at this if you haven't : https://docs.sharpcap.co.uk/4.1/#I%20get%20the%20wrong%20results%20%E2%80%93%20SharpCap%20says%20my%20Polar%20Alignment%20is%20great%20after%20adjustment%2C%20but%20it%20isn%E2%80%99t! Any flex as you rotate the mount...

Hi John, I am guessing you have this setup : https://rowanengineering.com/products/a20631200a From the instructions it looks like it will accept LX200 data over the network, as you suggested. In theory, that would allow someone to write an ASCOM driver for it by taking an existing LX200 driver and s...