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Hi Robin,

The Focuser is a little different. It still shows “Connected”, but when you click on a move button (e.g. negative 100) all the buttons become ghosted and nothing works.

I use the “CPWI Focuser”, so a failed mount could also set the Focuser “connected” false.

Cheers, Chris.

Hi Robin,

After the background process gives up on the mount, if it then alerted the foreground GUI code to uncheck the mount "connected" checkbox, that would be much clearer, and of course not respond to a goto.

Cheers, Chris.

Hi Carlo, Do you use the StarSense autoalignment module? Cancelling an autoalignment will routinely cause CPWI to simply exit, in my experience. Other than that, I find CPWI very reliable. I now simply avoid this situation. However, it confuses SharpCap. Both the mount and focuser behave oddly. If t...

Hi Robin, CPWI has a couple of bugs that can make it crash (e.g. if you "cancel" midway though a StarSense auto-alignment). Its affect on SharpCap is interesting. After re-establishing CPWI control and restored calibration, SC seems to be (re)connected to the mount again. I can use the Dat...

Hi Robin, Still trying to get some details from Celestron. However, there are some posts on CloudyNights that show CPWI has its own “PHD2 server” that can be enabled. I wonder if that would appear the same to SharpCap as the real PHD2 to accept dither commands. See for example: https://www.cloudynig...

Hi Robin, Are you planning to support dithering via CPWI for the Celestron StarSense Autoguider? Some applications, such as NINA appear to be going that way. If so, it makes a very simple compact system possible (e.g. RASA8, SSAG, good cooled camera, enabling auto-alignment, guided imaging integrate...

I guess I’ll just give up on Still mode, as Live stacking works fine.
Cheers, Chris.

Hi Robin, As I noticed this problem during acquisition, I immediately followed the Still Mode sequence with a Live Stack , with frames saved. All Live Stack (30s and 4s) frames are perfect, as usual. Indeed, the order of events was Still 30s and 4s, Live 4s, Live 30s. All live frames are fine. Yes, ...

Hi Robin, Tried the Deep Sky Sequencer to manage a simple mosaic (SC v4.1.11786). I wanted to capture a fixed number of frames (33) at 30s exposure and 50 at 4s exposure, with the aim of making a HDR composition for a 4 field mosaic of M42, and simply repeating the sequence for more total exposure. ...

Thanks Robin. I guess I should give “multi star” mode another go. Have these controls/exclusions changed with v4.1 ?
Cheers, Chris.