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Thank you Hy!
Oh that is interesting and good to know!
It looks like internal guider user log was enabled already so I should be collecting data.
Cheers!

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Thank you Alfred! I do have GPG enabled.
Do you know if there is reporting/graphs to analyze periodic correction?

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Thank you Jasem!
The main reason that I used PHD2 was that it was running on the RPi where my instance of KStars/Ekos runs on my Mac. I was concerned about network latency and guide pulses. This, however, does not seem to be problematic at all!
The other consideration has been predictive PEC. Does the internal guider provide similar PEC functionality?
Cheers!
Doug

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So after 4 lost perfect nights spent troubleshooting this issue, the root cause ended up being PHD2.
I don't have a specific answer as to why it was causing this problem but switching to the internal guider ended up resolving this issue.
Full troubleshooting journey at the following:
Everything Is Not Always Great!youtu.be/_naePvzhJl0?si=Phg1nawWmjNoqtGM
and
The Most Bazaar Astrophotography Problem I've Had!!youtu.be/sB39ri8flPY?si=kQo8rCs4WuO8H9gs

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Suddenly, my captures began After some attempts KStars I am running the current version I really have no idea where In the first line of the log Here is a log excerpt:

will crash entirely.
of StellarMate (on rPi) and KStars on Mac.
to begin, I've changed nothing.
this looks odd but maybe it is normal:

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2023-11-13T00:10:16.083 CST DEBG ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - Preparing capture job "/Users/douglas/Pictures/Astrophotography/IC434/Day5/Light/IC_434_Light_300_secs_\\d\\d\\d\\d-\\d\\d-\\d\\dT\\d\\d-\\d\\d-\\d\\d" for execution. org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Job requires 300.000-second Ha_Oiii images, has 0/80 frames captured and will be processed." org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - Focus elapsed time (secs):  39 . Requested Interval (secs):  3600 org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Capture exposure = 300 sec, type = Light, filter = Ha_Oiii, upload mode = 0, batch mode = true, seq prefix = IC_434_Light_300_secs_ISO8601, gain = 100, offset = 10, binning = 1x1, ROI = (0+3008, 0+3008), format = Raw 16 bit, encoding = FITS" org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - Capture State changes from "In Progress" to "Capturing" org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Capturing 300.000-second Ha_Oiii image..." org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - Target coordinates updated to JNow RA: "05h 42m 15s" DE: "-02° 26' 20\"" org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI533MC Pro : "[DEBUG] Frame ROI x:0 y:0 w:3008 h:3008 " org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI533MC Pro : "[DEBUG] Setting frame buffer size to 18096128 bytes. " org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI533MC Pro : "[DEBUG] Requested CCD Frame is (0,0) (3008 x 3008) " org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI533MC Pro : "[DEBUG] Frame ROI x:0 y:0 w:3008 h:3008 " org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI533MC Pro : "[DEBUG] Setting frame buffer size to 18096128 bytes. " org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI533MC Pro : "[DEBUG] StartExposure->setexp : 300.000s " org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI533MC Pro :  "[INFO] Taking a 300 seconds frame... " org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "PHD2 warning: Lost connection to camera\nPHD will make several attempts to re-connect the camera." org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "PHD2: Settling complete, Guiding Started." org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.indi] - Oasis Focuser :  "[ERROR] Failed to get oasis focuser status, ret = 2 " org.kde.kstars.indi] - Oasis Focuser :  "[ERROR] Failed to get oasis focuser status, ret = 2 " org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.fits] - Reading file buffer ( "5.6 KiB" ) org.kde.kstars.fits] - Started WCS Data Processing... org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI533MC Pro : "[DEBUG] ASIGetExpStatus failed. Restarting exposure... " org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI533MC Pro : "[DEBUG] StartExposure->setexp : 300.000s " org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI533MC Pro :  "[INFO] Taking a 300 seconds frame... "

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