Why does this Sequencer script fail with "guiding not connected" error?

[hamers]

I've been using SharpCap for several years but I'm new to using the Sequencer. I have my rig up and running, including Ph.D. guiding with good skies and good tracking. I'm using liveStacking with dithering and everything is running fine. I then ran the sequence script in the screenshot below, and it fails with a "guiding not connected" error. When I got back to Ph.D. it shows it is guiding just fine. I don't see any kind of "connect guiding" within the sequencer, so I'm lost as to why this error occurs and what I should do to fix it to make the sequence run. thanks for any help !!

Bob

[admin]

Hi,

the step you need to connect is called 'Monitor Guiding Application' which causes SharpCap to connect to PHD2 (or the other guiding options) so that you can use guiding related steps later in the sequence. Perhaps connect would have been a better name... Anyway, the relevant documentation is here : https://docs.sharpcap.co.uk/4.1/#!2!Guiding

Another way to find out this sort of thing and to get ideas is to use the 'Deep Sky Sequence Planner' - Once you have set options in that tool, you can press the 'Advanced Edit' button and it transfers everything you have selected in the sequence planner into a sequence that you can tinker with further (and view to see how it works).

cheers,

Robin

[hamers]

Thank you! I’ll try that tonight!
Bob