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Well, I’m glad we’ve found the cause. Takes me back - most of my career was spent developing software in a similar genre to SharpCap, but that was mainly in assembler, FORTRAN, C/C++ and VB. The bug isn’t a big issue in any case - and I’ve got a workaround. And I’ll probably not have the scope out a...

Got it!

I've installed and tested every version from 11621 to 11824 and then it's 11922 that throws the exception.

Geoff

Thanks - I'm running through now installing incremental versions of SharpCap. I took a gamble that it worked when I first started using SharpCap back in January, so 11621 didn't crash. I'll post up here as soon as I find the first version that throws the exception.

Geoff

I've done the requested tests and had a look through the log files myself, but can't spot anything obvious other than the overflow in the ASCOM driver (which we knew), and the Move Mount commands as the mount slews (which includes a Set Slew Rate). I can't see anything odd in my EQMOD configuration....

That's brilliant - thanks for the quick response. I'll have a go and let you know the results. I haven't intentionally set a custom tracking rate, but I'll have a look at my EQMOD config and see if I can see anything. My setup is about as simple as it can be for SharpCap live stacking - one camera, ...

Hi Robin I’ve done some testing this morning with the mount connected and the cap on the camera, and the problem is repeatable. It doesn’t seem to be version related within recent versions, as I uninstalled 12100 and reinstalled 12025, which exhibited the same problem. The following sequence consist...

Just checked, the last time I ran it was v12025 - so I've skipped v12066. On both occasions with v12100, the exception occurred after a protracted period of polar alignment - lots of frames where SharpCap couldn't detect enough stars. On both occasions, I closed and restarted SharpCap subsequent to ...

Thank you - I'll see what I can do, but it may be the Autumn before I can test properly. It's not really dark enough now until about 22:30 so I think I've given up for the next few months. I may be able to to a general test during the day - though I can't test polar aligning. I'll see whether SkySim...

Possible bug here, maybe related to v4.1.12100.0, as I've not seen it before and have only just upgraded to 12100. I don't think that I changed anything else, apart from setting my camera to 2x2 binning, has always been 1x1 before. The past two nights, I've done my usual polar align with the SharpCa...

Hi Trev I don't know if I can be of any help, as I may be running a similar setup. I have an ASI585MC (standard, not the newer Pro) with a Skywatcher Explorer 200PDS on an HEQ5 Pro mount. I have a 10yo laptop running Windows 10 sat under the scope, camera via the ZWO USB cable (2m?) and a 5m EQDIR c...