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Hi, thanks, I'd seen the EnumerateFilters method, but wasn't aware of the tool to set up the filter names/offsets. If that is standard for these cameras then I will try to adjust my code to that approach (I wrote a version yesterday with my own filter name/offset handling). Not sure if I will get th...

Hi, thanks for the suggestions. I must admit that I don't agree about automatically clearing the data when you close live stacking... The problem is that you can end up doing that accidentally - perhaps by trying to show the histogram or some other tool, not realising it will close live stacking. So...

Hi Bob,

glad to hear that it is now working - I did make a small change at the place where my best guess of the problem was, but to be honest the old code looked like it should have been fine anyway... It must have done the trick though

cheers,

Robin

Hi, you could probably arrange for the filter changes to happen using either SharpCap's python scripting or the sequencing tool, but the live stacking code has no way of directing a particular frame to only go to one colour channel, so I don't think it really gets you very far. Perhaps you could use...

One more thing...

the error looks to be related to the use of 'Guiding Rate' rather than one of the movement speeds (1x, 2x, 4x etc), so if you try one of the other speeds instead it should work.

cheers,

Robin

Hi,

thanks for the report - having looked, I can see a likely candidate in the code for this particular error, but need to confirm how it gets itself into the incorrect confituration. Will try to fix for tomorrow's update.

cheers,

Robin

Hi,

SharpCap doesn't care about the FITS headers of the dark file (other than the image size, colour plane count and bit depth being correct). That means that a monochrome 'dark' frame should work just fine.

cheers,

Robin

Hi, I know what you mean - remembering that the 'up' button for the mount actually moves the image down and to the right can be tricky. Fortunately there is already a feature in SharpCap to help you with this - it's called the 'Solar/Lunar Framing Assistant' and is in the tools menu. Once you activa...

Hi, just looking at this change - wondering about the EnumerateFilters method. I can see that I can ask the camera for the names of the filters, but how do those names get stored? There is nothing in the SDK to set the stored names (or the filter offsets for focus, either). Maybe the ASCOM driver ca...

Hi Carlo,

thanks for the suggestion. Would it not be possible to work around this by (for example) using some sort of remote access software on your phone to view the stacking PC screen?

cheers,

Robin