Josch

According to Wolfgang my problem was that the pixel size in Sequence was not set to the bin 1 size of the CMOS camera I use. I put it to the correct values and it worked. However the resulting POX file did not improve on the pointing of the mount. I need to further investigate the issue. My old pointing file with a few stars in the East is better than a full pointing of the whole sky.

Unfortunately that did not work. I have sent the images and ini files to Wolfgang Promper at ASA and hope he will be able to get a POX file and tell me what is going to be wrong in my setup. Josch

Thanks Stephan for this tip. I will try it out during the weekend. Josch

I am back with the problem that Seqeunce does not solve my Autopoint files. I have a second DDM85 mount in my backyard in Belgium. After I got the Autopointing file working on my remote installation. I took an all sky pointing in my backyard. The difference to my remote site is that I use an QHY600M in 2x2 binning mode over here, I can solve randomly loaded files in MAXIM DL but Sequence does not want to solve them. I have tried several settings for plate solving using GSC1_1 as the catalogue. In MAXIM I can solve as said several images (I did not tst alll though), but Seqeunce refused to solve a single one. My scope is a C14 Edge HD with reducer to f/7 (2780 mm FL). Any ideas? What should the parameters for the plate solving be? Thanks for any help. Josch

Hi Stephan and Mark, thanks for your replies. Actually I had some worng settings in Sequence and most probably the problem was due to the fact that I choose UCAC4 as catalogue for the Plate solving. It worked with GSC1_1. Hence problem solved. Regards, Josch

Hi, just saw this conversation. Some days ago my scope was collimated and the previous pointing file which was created with Sequence 0.2.1.1 does not get good pointing any more. I made a new poiting session with Sequence and tried to get a Pointing file. I see the bar moving but in the end the POintinng file created just contains "0". THis problem I have on all my WIN10 PCs I tried. Is there a special way of getting the Pointiing file nowadays? The last successful Pointing file is from 3 years ago. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you, Josch

How do you use USB3 cables on USB2 devices like CCD? The B type connector on USB3 is different to the one on USB2. Josch

Hi, is there anybody out there having the problem to lose the CCD once in a while? I am having this problem even though I connect the CCD with MAXIM and make an image nevertheless when the CCD should cool say one h later the connection is lost. I need to disconnect and reconnect and all is fine again. It happens randomly. I have used different USB cables, but that seem not to solve the issue. I have now read the first time about this SIlex item and wonder if this would help. Unfortunatly rather expensive to give it a try. My observatorz is very remote in Chile, so difficult to access. Josch

Hi Nigel, I am running a DDM85 from a remote site in Chile since 2011. If you park the mount and do not power down but only switch off the motors, then there is no need to do a homefind every night before the start of the session. Only if you loose power a homefind using an IP Cam is necessary. No need for aboslute encoders. I run literally every night and am sleeping when the whole system starts and gte data. Of ocurse nothging is fool proof and sometimes the annoying thing is that MAXIM looses connection to the CCD randomly (like last night) and I loose half of the night as I check when getting up in the morning. Josch

Hi there is a user in this forum (Denis Vien.) who seem to use PRISM together with an DDM85. I am not sure though he uses Sequence as well. Josch

Wat is exactly your park position in AS? If you are below the parking below the pole, then this might cause some problems. I had similar problems with AS in the Southern hemisphere. Maybe if you try different park positions to find the one where the problem does not exist will help. Josch

Thanks guys, I will try thi out tomorrow although I have done it before. Anyway thanks for your help. Regards, Josch

Apparently those PDFs are not accessible any more under the link put into Google search. I see a lot of PDFs but those I tried to read are not found. I am fighting with the problem to connect to The Sky V6. Whatever I try it tells met the TeleAPi Failed to create or open the plug-in's registry area. Any idea what could solve this. Actually it worked only once but since then no longer and I do not recall what has been changed. Can anyone tell me where I need to search for the TeleAPi DLL? Just to check whether the DLL is found at the correct spot. Thanks, Josch

Hi Waldemar, I tried astrooptik server, Generic hub and POTH. Either I get a long error message or the one I posted before. None of them worked. I am using The Sky only for some positions of stars I get automatically iva CCDC or for comets which I obsreve for an astrobuddy. Otherwise only for SYNCING. Before going to Sky X I would try Prism. Thank you for your help. Regards, Josch

Hi, I am unable to connect Autoslew, CCDCommander and The Sky V6 Whatever I choose in the TELEAPI of the SKy it tells me Failed to create or open th plug-in's registry area. Depening on the choosen connection it tries to open a 2nd occassion of Autoslew, which of course is also not working. The is no problem via POTH to connect CCDC and Autoslew, but to add The Sky to the suit does not work (even via POTH). It is also the same whether I start The Sky as admin or not. Any idea? Thanks for your help. Regards, Josch