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, the plug-in itself,provided by others, has been flagged by windows defender and others. I am glad you figured out a way around it. thanks for the great tip Adrian

it can be done indoors, just make sure they connect and can actually take picture. Could be a great time to take bias and dark frames

you're welcome Sir.

yes, in hardware settings. The idea here is there might be a conflict if both cameras are using the same driver, be it what it is. I have seen a lot of these instances when the cameras are from the same manufacturer, ZWO, QHY, Atik,....So, 1600 -> ASCOM and 120 -> ZWO Native driver

try connecting the 1600 using the ASCOm driver and the 120 using the ZWO native driver.

Let's start a new thread to deal with your issues with the ZWO camera

agreed, that is a great start. is this coming out of a color one shot color camera?

Welcome back. Yes, you can install PRISM on any other computer and the full trial will be active again.

great points there, noted.

Thanks

I do not, however, control the brightness of the LED panel we use. It is on or off but this can be easily adjusted for the most transmissive filter you have e.g: the luminance filter. The way I set ours is to try the brightness I can have it and still have a successful flat at 0.1 seconds. We just s...

This is the switch we use to control the observatory https://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html This is the content of the batch file, let's call it "powerup.bat" and this is what you run from PRSIM. C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe /c cscript C:\Windows\SysWOW64\...\powerup.vbs This is the content of a VB...

I do still believe the programs have to communicate through API, there are actions to be coordinated still. I will inquire and advise.

this really no us per se, they decided to change direction, for the their best at least

. I will inquire about the implementation from the PRISM developer as well Innovation Foresight and advise. This is the least I can do.

As per my conversation with my friend Dr.Gaston Baudat at NEAIC, he has moved in a different but great direction with FocusLock. We will re-implement this to work with his new standalone software. This will all be done through APIs.

thanks. As you noted, it is just a warning.

you hold the fastest resolved self-diagnosed issue

, well done Mike and welcome to the forum

rottielover wrote:Your awesome, thank you!

Always happy to help.

Yes. Alternatively, you can save different software profiles by going to settings > Setup management > Save software setup to file

well here is where the option to turn off is.

Greeting We listen...Here is a great new addition for people with flat panels that can be controlled with script, now you can close them (flip-flats), turn them on and off remotely. In my case, I use a flip-flat with the FSQ106 and a 24x24 inch LED panel for the 16 inch newtonian and this is a great...

PRISM will try and extract all the stars on your image to provide an assurance that it will find the enough stars to center properly. One has to remember that it also needs to understand what the background is and also need a good SNR. If the image is clean, and the background can be easily extracte...

1) CPA vs FITS format - I saw mention that the CPA format is a lossless compression, I assume there are more advantages over FITS as well, is there a list of things/reasons why CPA would be the better way to go? Yes there sre of course. The CPA file is about a quarter the size of a regular fit of t...

Ok, I understand. I will into this and provide the best approach

Thanks Dick, this is noted as well.

I selected the option "Loop this Sequence" with Infinite, and I had assumed that this would have prism switch between filters (*take a lum, then take a red, then a green, then a blue). Instead it completed all the images in order (all lum, then all red), seemingly ignoring the checkbox to loop the ...

I need some help understanding how I messed up... Let's start with the camera, a ZWO 1600MM-Cool Generation 2. The 1x1 images are 4656 x 3520 pixels Somehow I managed to capture lights and flats which are 3493 x 2641 Prism error's when calibrating them because the sizes don't match. I genuinely hav...

I think you're right, that is a great start

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I understand, we have discussed this issue and it seems the actual display mechanism has to be reworked. I will add to the list as well. Thanks for the pointers guys/gals.

I understand Jason, I have added this "feature" to be implemented/corrected. We keep a list of all the suggestions and implement whenever the developer can. This list contains some really great ideas.

I corresponded with the dev of DSO-Browser and had a great conversation, I have added this feature request to the list.

yes, absolutely you can, it is under sky chart > CCD/Telescope, check the attached image. Just set your gear's info and PRISM will display both for you

there a checkbox that needs to be unchecked under software settings > Interface tab

I will absolutely add this feature request to the list, thanks

if you have checked the box highlighted in the attached image, those bottons will not appear. If you uncheck that box, those buttons will come back as per the tutorial

You’re welcome

remember that PRISM is a software, the driver decides whether to accept a sync, reject it or whatever else. in the case of Paramounts, theSkyX ASCOM driver is where you to choose to now allow sync, as an example.

you should not bin your calibration frames, just take them at whatever binning to match the lights

you should not bin your calibration frames, just take them at whatever binning to match the lights

that is an awesome start, now you can just automate, go to bed, and process in the morning..all without ever leaving PRISM

You're welcome Sir, it was a pleasure to see you back and running.

absolutely it will work, PRISM will take your flats no matter what the light source. Now, it has no control over the quality of the light

Tonight's error - After platesolve completed and I click YES to sync "Telescope ASCOM general error into order loop, harware link dropped [EQMOD ASCOM Driver] -> Cannot invert matrix with Determinant=0" The typo exists in the error string so I left it in case someone has a match. So I cannot build ...

Clear skies here tonight ( April/20/2019) I'm going to go back out and give it another round tonight. If there's anyone who can help me out I'm in Central Time USA and I'd be willing to do a screen sharing type of internet meeting / call ( Zoom meeting or similar) I'll be checking this forum period...

So I did a lot of searching and ended up on the french language forums using google translate. There was a user over there who was getting a bunch of strange error's also and I noticed that he mentioned switching from the ZWO native drivers to the ASCOM drivers for the camera's. I tried that and BI...

What in the world do these errors mean and how do I fix them? Error Guiding Failed : FindMostProbaleHistoV ! I was able to calabrate but when I hit "Start" this is the error I get. If I fiddle with settings on the guide cam I can get it to work sometimes, but I have no idea why, usually by changing...

come on, give us a chance here

you have one of THE best skycharts in the industry in PRISM already

thanks for the report, yeah this seems to be an issue stemming from the driver indeed

no you do not, the option automatically debayers any image you open coming out of a DSLR

Thank you very much for the kind words Sir, I try to provide everyone with as much help as I can.

Glad you're giving it a whirl, you can just install it on another computer and the Trial will be a full 80 days trial again. There is no way for me to allows any other duration, this is the developer's policy.

I am not sure I understand how you want to do this? if you're connected to the mount using a cable or wifi, you can just slew it from there just like if you were slewing the mount from PRISM itself. If I missed the point, please enlighten me

it will be no problem if it has a supported ASCOM driver, this is what is great about the platform

very good suggestion, thank you

How about this post? http://www.prism-astro.com/forum_us/vie ... f=19&t=317

Great Friends

We will be giving a lengthy presentation at NEAIC about PRISM and its incredible power and features on Friday April 5th at 2:30p. We are attending these events to meet with you and spend some time discussing anything astro, so don't be shy and say Hi

we are here for you.

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I am not aware that PRISM stops and re-acquires the guide star,let me look into this tonight. As for other countermeasures PRISM has: It can proceed to the next object Search inside the radius of X arcminutes reduce the imaging time to X minutes of time if your system can go unguided Increase the gu...

This absolutely amazing Daniel, I am so honored. We need to discuss potentially writing a tutorial for the rest of our customers. this is incredible and thank you for sharing with us

Excellent suggestions genlemen

PRISM displays what the driver is telling it, so basically it puts on the map where the driver says. However, we need to investigate. I need a log. Can you please start PRISM turn on the log under settings > log file then check the box "Enable PRISM log". Send me the file via email please. We have a...

Stefan

Please send me that image through a a shared link on dropbox or google drive, you can always zip it and send it to me. We will get to the bottom of this and figure out how to get you up and running.

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Great news, glad you got it worked out

That means one of you pieces of hardware has the wrong port. Can you please check that. Also we need screenshots of error messages to help you best.

This is very interesting Daniel, let me take a look tonight and report back

Just a 100% quality JPEG will do

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Hello

We are please to announce that we will be at NEAIC/NEAF 2019 and I will give an hour long presentation on PRISM at NEAIC. This will be a great opportunity to me any of you that participate at these great events. Please reply if you will be attending.

hope to see you there.

With your permission, I would like to add your image to the gallery in the main site.

This is absolutely stunning, the stars are ROUND, you have done a fantastic job Sir.

yes it is absolutely possible. We provide two ways: 1. A dedicated tool to shoot one set at a time under Observatory > Capture Calibration Images > Darks 2. You can use the "sequence" button of the camera control and choose whichever frames you wish. If you camera has a mechanical shutter, you can g...

I will ask the developer for his progress on this subject, thanks for the great question

I have put the driver on the downloads page for a quick reference, I have tested the download and it works

Excellent news, thank you for the feedback.

Did you find a resolution to your issue?

thanks for the great suggestion

thanks Daniel, great great feedback and suggestions, I will add them to the list for consideration. Anybody else?

Excellent John, keep us posted please

I understand, I will look for a resolution and reply quickly. Thanks to the detailed screenshots.

Niiiiiiice, thanks for sharing Greg

Dear users We would love to take your suggestions for features you would like to see in version 11 of PRISM, we are improving things constantly and are curious about what your thoughts are, please share your input with us. There will be no promises of what will be included in the future of PRISM, go...

I appreciate that very much Graham. I will start a thread for a wishlist that customers want to see in V11. We are always trying to improve PRIMS and we know it is going to go very far.

PRISM family as we progress through the tutorial series, we will be publishing new videos that address one subject in under two minutes. We are all busy in today's fast moving life and and we want to make getting help even easier. I would like to know what topics you want covered and we will try and...

You are absolutely welcome Sir, please remember that the hardest problems have the easiest solutions. Please try all the small changes first.

Here is the actual screenshot of where it will be. Keep in mind that your equipment has to be connected to see all the data

Thanks Niklas. We have tried to send the model to the actual mount and it did work. Hence, there are a few options available to the user.

that is unfortunate. cable issues maybe?what about the port on the mount? any setup issues like Celestron mounts with the virtual port setup? trying to throw what I thought would be issues for you

Are you using the SkyX for example then PRISM? Some customers prefer to connect their mounts to theskyx since they have some X2 drivers and no ASCOM available. Is this your case or is the connection straight to PRISM ?

Thank you very much for sharing with us as well.

PRISM will read the data and display it as well as update the FITS headers. This is commonly used for asteroid occultations.

I think I know what is going on. Do you have a third party software connected to the mount then PRISM?

come to think of it, out Swedish friend, Niklas Storck, is an avid 10Micron user, I will reach out to him to land a hand,

Thanks, I have forwarded the log to the developer and will ensure you have a functioning system. I will update you promptly.

thank you for sharing with us. It would help us greatly if we see some screenshots of the hardware set up section as well,.

Also does Prism react to the Cloud sensor when running in "manual" mode? I see there is a tick box in Atomatic Obsevations/Image Grab Options for auto mode. Regards Graham No. This is only taken into account during automatic observation. Is there a way to do this on the hardware side as a failsafe ?

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