Hi,
I was wondering if someone can help me understand the logic behind the Ekos Scheduler. In the attached screenshot I added eight targets to a schedule and assigned each Priority to 10 and constrained Altitude > 30, also Twilight is unchecked since I am using simulators. Thanks to all those who contributed to this thread. Lots of activity up until 6 months ago.
Right now the time is 0830 on December 11th. It is true that four targets meet the criteria of Altitude > 30: NGC 2683, NGC 2903, NGC 2841, and NGC 3198.
I was expecting the scheduler to bubble those four targets to the head of the job list with a Start Time of now; after all, they are visible. Instead it says I need to wait 7 hours for M33 to come around to the east again. I've tried clicking buttons to alter the behavior but the only control I seem to have is changing the priority. The up and down arrow buttons don't appear to do anything.
I was hoping to create a schedule of hundreds of targets and have the scheduler run those jobs that meet my criteria (including also weather.) For example if it is cloudy at sunset it would wait until the weather cleared at say 2am. If the weather goes from good to bad then suspend imaging, close the dome, and wait for conditions to improve again.
I'd like to run the Scheduler once, and have Ekos work continuously, day after day, waiting for darkness and good weather, and when that happens check to see which of the targets meet the criteria (i.e. Altitude > 30), and then begin imaging.
I understand that it is a lot to ask for but I was wondering what the roadmap looked like. Thank you, again.