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by admin
Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:13 pm
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Single frame capture in milliseconds or seconds
Replies: 4
Views: 158

Re: Single frame capture in milliseconds or seconds

Hi,

unfortunately we don't create full documentation for the python API, so the best sources are this area of the forums and the 'help()' function in Python.

cheers,

Robin
by admin
Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: Feature Suggestions
Topic: GPS Flash device for precise timing
Replies: 12
Views: 406

Re: GPS Flash device for precise timing

Hi Steve, basically the only cameras that provide any timing metadata at the moment are the QHY and Moravian cameras with the GPS built in (or the GPS addon - some QHY models). Everything else is sourced from within SharpCap. (Note - for clarity, frame index numbers on QHY camera are only available ...
by admin
Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:04 pm
Forum: How do I?
Topic: SharpCap and PHD2
Replies: 9
Views: 223

Re: SharpCap and PHD2

Hi Louis, the 'settle threshold' corresponds to the 'pixels' parameter which is basically a 'how close is close enough' threshold for deciding when the dither has reached the target position - otherwise the mapping is pretty much exact. There are no real 'correct' settings for these parameters - the...
by admin
Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:13 am
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: QHY600m Drop Packets when Gain 160 during Sensor Analysis
Replies: 7
Views: 208

Re: QHY600m Drop Packets when Gain 160 during Sensor Analysis

Hi, Ok, this sounds like it is a bug with the QHY SDK relating to that combination of mode and gain - there certainly isn't anything in the SharpCap code that would give different behaviour for specific gains like that. There is a new version of the QHY SDK that I need to bring into SharpCap in the ...
by admin
Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:09 am
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: Settings retention
Replies: 5
Views: 166

Re: Settings retention

Hi Roger, thanks for finding and sending that file - it certainly has the correct value of 50 saved, so we know that any issue must be in loading the settings, not saving them. I have put a 269C into the kit box for the show, so if there is a quiet moment we can test there, although mine is the fan-...
by admin
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:57 am
Forum: How do I?
Topic: SharpCap and PHD2
Replies: 9
Views: 223

Re: SharpCap and PHD2

Hi, I'm afraid I'm not familiar with those abbreviations for PHD2 parameters, but you can find the documentation that relates to SharpCap sending dither commands to PHD2 on this page - https://github.com/OpenPHDGuiding/phd2/wiki/EventMonitoring . In particular, see the 'dither' command and the defin...
by admin
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:52 am
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Single frame capture in milliseconds or seconds
Replies: 4
Views: 158

Re: Single frame capture in milliseconds or seconds

Hi, first guess would be the language settings of the laptops - if one is set to English and the other to a non-english setting that uses comma as the decimal separator, that might be it. Another possibility is that it will depend on the camera in use - the 'Exposure' control value is related to how...
by admin
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:49 am
Forum: Other Astro Imaging
Topic: Sharpcap wuth DSLR?
Replies: 6
Views: 8495

Re: Sharpcap wuth DSLR?

Hi, the error is coming from the ASCOM driver, which is complaining that SharpCap is asking about the size of the image apparently before connecting the the camera. The thing is that SharpCap does connect to the camera before asking those details, so I suspect that the ASCOM driver is dropping the c...
by admin
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:45 am
Forum: Feature Suggestions
Topic: GPS Flash device for precise timing
Replies: 12
Views: 406

Re: GPS Flash device for precise timing

Hi Steve, most cameras do not report dropped frames from their SDK, meaning that any dropped frames reported by SharpCap are a result of the SharpCap code detecting something anomalous (timeout fetching frame data, etc). The exception to this is ZWO where the SDK does report dropped frames, although...
by admin
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: ToupTek Filter Wheel works not correctly
Replies: 4
Views: 164

Re: ToupTek Filter Wheel works not correctly

Hi Ilya, the fact that you see the setup when the wheel isn't connected but it breaks when it is connected makes it doubly weird! I will try changing the way that SharpCap attempts to launch the setup to see if that helps - I think this is going to be a bit of trial and error, but if we get complete...