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Problems plate solving
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:53 pm
by cuivenion
Hi, I was trying to solve with the latest Sharpcap 3.1. I keep getting a "catalogue not empty" error. I've installed All Sky Plate Solver and I'm pretty sure the indexes are correct. I've installed indices for my main scope/camera as well.
Re: Problems plate solving
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 7:04 am
by admin
Can you post the SharpCap log? It should include all the output of the plate solving program which might have some more clues in it.
thanks,
Robin
Re: Problems plate solving
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:14 pm
by cuivenion
Hi, Theres three logs here, as I can't remember which was the pertinant one. As I'd restarted Sharpcap a couple of times to see if it made a difference. Are these the right logs? I wasn't sure where to find them.
Re: Problems plate solving
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:29 pm
by admin
Ah, no, these are the log files of a little utility program that SharpCap uses to detect cameras - the real log files will not have the 'CameraFinder' in the name.
cheers,
Robin
Re: Problems plate solving
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:11 pm
by cuivenion
Whoops, where do I find the right logs. Are they only available at the time while sharpcap is running?
Re: Problems plate solving
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 4:23 pm
by admin
They should be here
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C:\Users\<your user name>\AppData\Local\SharpCap\logs
Where did you find those logs?
cheers,
Robin
Re: Problems plate solving
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 2:19 am
by cuivenion
Hi, They were in c:/programs/sharpcap 3.1/logs. I think the attached log is relevent. I did open and shut sharpcap a few times that night.
Re: Problems plate solving
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 2:24 am
by cuivenion
I've attached the other logs from that night just in case.
Re: Problems plate solving
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 2:25 am
by cuivenion
One more.
Re: Problems plate solving
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 7:21 am
by admin
Hi,
the first log contains info about a couple of attempts at plate solving, but no errors related to it. I need to check the logging to see if maybe progress gets logged but failure messages do not. Blind solving from a small sensor camera can be hit and miss because of the small area of sky that is viewed. A good check is to take a captured frame and upload it to the online solver at nova.astrometry.net - if that works then there is something not quite right with your local install. If the online version fails then it's unlikely that you will get the local version working!
cheers,
Robin