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Hi,
I'd like to jump in. I do have Moravian C3-26000 PRO with GPS module (FW: 31.10.0), after init with almanach and fixing the GPS signal, I get FITS frames with the timestamps in hdr DATE-OBS, DATE-OB2, DATE-AVG marked as from GPS (without synchronized GPS - as well as DATE-END - these are marked "System Clock") and GPS-ALT/LONG/LAT also looking good, so that's OK, but... GPS_ET, GPS_ST, GPS_EXPU, GPS_DSYS, GPS_SEQ, GPS_W, GPS_H are all zeros (dates 0001-01-01...).
Is that how it is supposed to be with Moravian cameras? SharpCap v4.1.13835

I've worked with several QHY cameras with GPS in SharpCap for which these keywords were properly filled in, especialy important when using burst mode, so I wondered if this should be valid for this Moravian C3 camera as well.

I'll appreciate any info about this, or how it is for your C3+GPS in SharpCap
Cheers!
AG

Hi,

I don't actually have a Moravian GPS camera to test with, so all the coding for that is done based on end user reports - that means it's great when someone takes the time to report this sort of thing as it lets me review whether the code is doing the right thing or not.

The way the code is set up at the moment, the extra GPS information block for the frame data is only initialized for the Moravian cameras with data that comes direct from the camera GPS information - that leads to the missing information that you are seeing. I think probably the best thing for me to do is to 'fill in the blanks' where I can (for instance I know the width/height of the image, but since that data isn't coming with the GPS info as it does for QHY, I wasn't filling in that data). There are some where equivalent data isn't available for the Moravian cameras, so I will try to make those headers not show up, rather than show up but have values of zero.

cheers,

Robin

Hi Robin,
Thanks for your answer, I appreciate it!
It brighten a little already. I am wondering what can I do more (as I am just starting with Moravian cameras) - I do have this setup on my desk for tests till weekend, maybe longer, later I'll mount it to the telescope, so still have access, but slightly limited - I will dig in the moravian manual to check how to communicate with driver, if there is any other usefull info returned by the camera with GPS...

I you have any tips or ideas how/what to check - please let me know! I will try at least
Bests,
AG