Platesolve 3 (Planewave)?

[admin]

Hi,

yes, it does. You do have to manually tell SharpCap where the platesolve3 .exe file is though.

You can also consider using SharpCap's built in plate solver in the latest updates (see viewtopic.php?t=7122)

cheers,

Robin

[mjcanelson]

I have been trying to get PlateSolve3 working with SharpCap with no luck. PS3 is working correctly, and SC is able
to invoke it fine. However, I get an error that it can't open a AppData/Local/Temp file. Any idea what's wrong here?
I need PS3 since no other platesolver works at my focal length (12600mm). NB SC only allows FL up to 10000.

Cheers,
Matt

[admin]

Hi Matt,

can you post the SharpCap log from a failed attempt please - that should include details of any error that is happening on the SharpCap side and also what options SharpCap is using when trying to run PlateSolve3.

What size camera and what size field of view do you have? Even with a full frame camera you can only have a 0.16x0.11 degree FOV!

cheers,

Robin

[mjcanelson]

Here's the log. Thanks

[admin]

Hi Matt,

the first error in the log regarding running PlateSolve3 is that it cannot run the program because 'The requested operation requires elevation'. That's basically saying that PlateSolve3 is set to run 'as administrator' on your machine, and SharpCap isn't running 'as administrator', so isn't allowed to start PlateSolve3.

So, the first thing to try is the quick and nasty one of running SharpCap 'As Administrator' to see if that fixes the issue. If that works then the correct thing is to work out why Windows thinks that PlateSolve3 needs to be running as administrator and resolve that side of things.

One thing to consider is whether the error message about 'requires elevation' is 100% accurate - it seems likely that it is some sort of 'permission not allowed' from Windows, but it's also possible that something like antivirus software might be stepping in to stop SharCap from running other programs.

cheers,

Robin

[mjcanelson]

I already tried admin with SC. In any case it brings up PS3, but when it just sits there and when I
close it is when the Temp error shows up. ASTAP/ASPS etc all test successfully.

[admin]

Hi,

Oh, OK, I see that one further down the log. SharpCap is expecting PlateSolve3 to create a file with the results of the solve operation and is complaining that the file isn't there. That ties in with your description of PlateSolve3 doing nothing when launched.

A good test is to use the 'Test Selected Plate Solver' button in the SharpCap settings - that sends a known image file to the plate solve application and checks the results (taking any unknowns about the camera settings, focal length, etc out of the way). It should complete in just a couple of settings, showing the image file in the main PlateSolve3 window and a 'Plate Solve Image' window from PlateSolve 3 appearing briefly over the top.

Have you checked PlateSolve3 for a manual solve (ie open a saved image in PlateSolve3, then choose Tools->PlateSolve). I seem to recall that when I first used it I had to tweak some settings before that worked, but it's a long time ago and I can't recall *what* settings, sorry.

cheers,

Robin

[mjcanelson]

I have run the test solve and the results are what I described previously. In addition I have run
PS3 by hand on a sample from my telescope and it works fine. The error log I sent you was from
a run from the "test selected platesolver" button. I get a success from all the other platesolvers
that are installed. Just PS3 with that error trying to create or access that file in AppData/Local/Temp

Cheers,
Matt

[admin]

Hi,

OK, that's definitely not quite right, but it all comes down to why PlateSolve3 is sitting there doing nothing when SharpCap runs it, rather than actually doing the job it is supposed to do.

Just to check, are you using PlateSolve3.80 as downloaded from this page? https://nighttime-imaging.eu/docs/maste ... latesolve3 - that's the version that I have been using to test, and it's possible that if you have a different version then that might explain the different behaviour.

If you are running that version then I guess I will have to try SharpCap + PlateSolve3.8 on a clean PC to see if I can spot anything similar happening.

cheers,

Robin

[mjcanelson]

I was following this thread before tying to get PS3 installed, so I did
get the PS3.80 from N.I.N.A.

Thanks,
Matt