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There doesn't seem to be anyway to pass a command line parameter to a python script that is called from a SharpCap sequence. I even tried quoting the path to the script in the sequence and that added a parameter, but SC just treats the whole thing including quotes as the path, so it fails. The only ...

Thanks! I have been scouring through my scripts, and found a few more missing objects I missed in my last post: SharpCap.LiveStacking.SaveRawFrames = SharpCap.LiveStacking.SaveRawFrames.WhileNotPausedOrDithering SharpCap.LiveStacking.SaveRawFrames = 0 and SharpCap.LiveStacking.GetFilenameForSaveWith...

It appears that the assignment: SharpCap.Focusers.SelectedFocuser.Position = new_position works as a replacement for Move( pos ). I believe I may have tried to assign to the focuser field .value, which maybe doesn't always work. Luckily, it turns out I had the use of Move localized to one function s...

Thanks Robin! In some cases of accessing controls, the value works fine, but Bin is some sort of strange object that requires casting to make it useable. I was wondering whether there might be cameras with asymmetric binning that would make a single integer Bin value problematic, but I couldn't imag...

I found the bin BinFactor when I started searching for a fix, but it seemed to be the pixel area of the bin, not the bin value. This looked like something for internal use and it also seemed pretty weird in my code to check if the bin was 2 by checking to see if BinFactor was 4. I thought maybe you ...

So I have a several scripts that access various controls, such as binning and the focuser controls, etc. These all worked fine under version 4.1.11137.0 in late October 2023 (same windows 10 installation as I have now, but there have been a few security updates since then, I presume). I finally got ...

I was running a sequence a couple of days ago using Version 4.1.1013.0 (9/4/2023) and ran into an interesting issue. I was using the following code in a RA scanning focus test I was running. SEQUENCE ... MOUNT OFFSET 4 0 .... END SEQUENCE The script had worked just fine a while back and suddenly sta...

I want to record camera cooler behavior periodically, probably every 30 seconds or so. Is there a way of installing Python script or function object that is called periodically?

I noticed recently that there is a sequence step for capturing flats with bias frames, but none for capturing flats with dark flats, which I find works much better. Would this something that could be added in? I see the can of worms involving selecting filters or asking to cover the scope and so on,...

I just identified this issue when running a sequence. When you use goto image in a sequence it doesn't follow-up with a plate solve to center the target. You have to call it in the next sequence step. However, since the mount hasn't stabilized it gets a randomly offset position to center on, so the ...