This thread leads me to another question. Since sequence settings apply only to a particular sequence, if I want to refocus every 30min in a scheduled job (with a duration of several hours) but that job is linked to a sequence of 15min duration (the sequence would repeat several times in the schedule definition), I guess it will never refocus. Am I wrong?
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Hi Jasem. Unfortunately, this does not work. Looping for example through 20 LRGB loops (scheduler, "repeat for"=20) and dithering every 4 frames, does not never dither. I have to dither every <4 frames. It seems that when it finishes a job (.esq), it doesn't take into account that another loop is coming.
any ideas?
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yes, that is the only solution that came into my mind. I have to test it and check if suits my needs. Thanks for the reply
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Hi there,
Sorry for bumping this thread, but it's just was I looking for. Paul's tips are very useful, I agree. However, I'm trying to setup this kind of cycling shooting but I want to dither in every loop (this kind of imaging, by the way, can avoid wasting too much time for dithering). Is this possible? How can I dither between loops? If this is not possible natively, can I run a particular script in every loop? The idea is to run a python script to perform send a manual dither to phd2. I've been tinkering for a while but cannot find the way.
miguel
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I'm adding more info.
I've updated the complete astroberry suite to 2.0.3, indi 1.9, kstars 3.5.5 and latest qhy SDK 21.09.16. Same result.
In general, I experience a very strange behavior of the cooler. For example, the following screenshot shows the cooler stuck at 100% but no cooling at all. I have an amperemeter and showed very low power consumption. So, even if ekos was showing 100% cooling power, it was not cooling at all:
I tried also with the SDK version shipped with astroberry, but it's the same. I'm going to revert the update cause I don't experience any improvement and I've lost humidity readings.
I also noticed that normally when the rpi is just booted up, it normally works if I don't "play" too much with temperature values. Cause if I do, it normally ends with stucking at some point.
Regards
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Hi all,
I'm experiencing problems with the cooler function with a qhy268M.
The cooling power, in auto mode, does not exceed from ~50%. This prevents reaching an usable temperature. I can manually set the cooling power, and it works. But when setting a particular temperature, the auto mode kicks in and then does not regulate well. Sometimes, if I play with buttons (on, off, manual, etc.), I get it to work.
Thanks in advance.
Miguel
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Martin, I would definitely try with a powered usb.
I've also a rpi4, but not so many devices connected, yet. For the moment I have connected to the rpi: mount eqr6 pro, guide cam (qhy5L-II) and an electronic focuser. Everything works perfect, but I'm pretty sure I will face some power problems in the moment I connect my future QHY imaging camera. I've read it multiple times. So I will try to be prepared to face some issues. I guess the rpi power supply also could be related. How do you feed the rpi? batteries?
Afaik, the 12v power supply for the qhy camera, it's only for the tec cooler. Nothing related with usb
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I thought updating sdk manually was good and resolved some issues. Good to know it's better not to do it!
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Hi there!
I'm also an Astroberry (2.0.3) user running on a rpi4. My devices are: eq6r pro mount, electronic focuser, qhy5-ii-l mono guide cam, and a dslr as the main image camera (planning to buy a mono QHY, but still deciding). My 4 usb ports are busy. Everything is working fine. It's true I have had some problems, and actually sometimes kstars crashes or experience some strange behaviour, but I can live with it. The solution is fantastic for remote imaging.
For now I will continue using this setup, and I recommend it.
Can anybody confirm, by the way, if actually two qhy cams work together at the same time flawlessly?
Glad to find this post and exchange experiences.
Regards
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hi there!
I'm very interested in this info. Any updated feedback? I also use astroberry 2.0.3 and would like to know how this cam performs with astroberry.
Thanks!
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