The Stars aligned! My run last night was perfect end to end - A number of code updates and using all the same gear.   The issues related to bizarre double flip planed did not surface which means OnStep 4.24i doe not have the random 4 hours different :GR# response (see my post about mystery) - The Guiding in latest was  spot on and I was re-using stored calibration even across  a FLIP - the "swap dec issue" appears to be gone.   No crashes in KSTARS despite having a few modules running with heavy verbose logging.  Other successes:
1) focus through all 3 filters = great and tight
2) dual camera operation was perfect using pre-capture script
3) all status of mount and location information was correct  (OnStep INDI driver previous issue)
4) no sudden diversion in motion during guiding - I had a number of SNR drops due to cloud and the everything remained as is until SNR came back up - that is HUGE
5) Mount parked properly at end of run  (90 x 300 which included 3 sec delays between captures and some other "settle" delays in the mix) - started at 8:30 pm -> 4:40 PM!!!!  and not one problem

The Stars aligned! My run last night was perfect end to end - A number of code updates and using all the same gear.   The issues related to bizarre double flip planed did not surface which means OnStep 4.24i doe not have the random 4 hours different :GR# response (see my post about mystery) - The Guiding in latest was  spot on and I was re-using stored calibration even across  a FLIP - the "swap dec issue" appears to be gone.   No crashes in KSTARS despite having a few modules running with heavy verbose logging.  Other successes:
1) focus through all 3 filters = great and tight
2) dual camera operation was perfect using pre-capture script
3) all status of mount and location information was correct  (OnStep INDI driver previous issue)
4) no sudden diversion in motion during guiding - I had a number of SNR drops due to cloud and the everything remained as is until SNR came back up - that is HUGE
5) Mount parked properly at end of run  (90 x 300 which included 3 sec delays between captures and some other "settle" delays in the mix) - started at 8:30 pm -> 4:40 PM!!!!  and not one problem

Thanks to all on other posts for looking at the myriad of issues - I am calling the latest code a winner (in all 3 realms) - well done!
It was so nice to wake up to this:

 




  
 

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