Sequencer Progress ETA Accuracy
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 11:45 pm
Hi Robin,
I don't believe this is a bug and is probably a bit trivial. It relates to version 4.0.7839.0 beta but also happens in earlier versions.
I have noticed in my imaging sessions were I take many short (~10 second) exposures maybe 100 or 200 at a time that the Sequencer progress ETA gets quite a bit out.
Here is the Sequencer progress for 50 x 10 sec exposures at the start point:
It seems reasonable as 50 x 10s exposures is 8.3 mins duration.
Here is the Sequencer Progress at exactly the mid point and you can see its lost a little under 1 minute or in other words the first 25 exposures took about 50 secs longer than estimated:
In my longer sessions the ETA is often 3-5 mins out. It would be great if it was a little more accurate.
I suspect the error is creeping in due to a pause between image downloads to the PC. And I imagine it gets progressively worse the more images you take and the higher the resolution the images are.
Is there a way you can measure this time and compensate for it? Could it either be recorded as a one off that's against the camera for the different resolutions or ROI's then used again in future imaging sessions, or maybe measure after 2 or 3 image downloads then adjust ETA accordingly?
Again not a big issue.
Cheers
Phil
PS This is a great tool and is making imaging life very easy. I am beginning to think I did not need to get Voyager (which I got before the V4 beta grabbed my attention). Though the remote control / web of Voyager is great (Hint
).
I don't believe this is a bug and is probably a bit trivial. It relates to version 4.0.7839.0 beta but also happens in earlier versions.
I have noticed in my imaging sessions were I take many short (~10 second) exposures maybe 100 or 200 at a time that the Sequencer progress ETA gets quite a bit out.
Here is the Sequencer progress for 50 x 10 sec exposures at the start point:
- seq1.jpg (51.09 KiB) Viewed 385 times
Here is the Sequencer Progress at exactly the mid point and you can see its lost a little under 1 minute or in other words the first 25 exposures took about 50 secs longer than estimated:
- seq 2.jpg (56.56 KiB) Viewed 385 times
I suspect the error is creeping in due to a pause between image downloads to the PC. And I imagine it gets progressively worse the more images you take and the higher the resolution the images are.
Is there a way you can measure this time and compensate for it? Could it either be recorded as a one off that's against the camera for the different resolutions or ROI's then used again in future imaging sessions, or maybe measure after 2 or 3 image downloads then adjust ETA accordingly?
Again not a big issue.
Cheers
Phil
PS This is a great tool and is making imaging life very easy. I am beginning to think I did not need to get Voyager (which I got before the V4 beta grabbed my attention). Though the remote control / web of Voyager is great (Hint
).