Description
I am using a QSI660wssg camera. I have been trying to get AF to work every N frames, but it always runs with every frame. I also have SGP set to run AF on filter changes. Once I disabled that, AF stopped running after every frame.
Aprox time of issue: 1:02 am
Link to Logs
Useful Info
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home
Ver: 3.1.0.479
.NET: 4.8
Hi Support,
I haven’t seen a response yet to my case, so I looked through other postings.
I see there was a similar case to mine back in December. Do my logs show the same kinds of focuser and CFW errors that point to a hub problem? Also, I noticed Ken turned off code that allows focusing after each frame. Is that code still in use? Looking for a response to point me in the right direction.
One last thought: this kind of issue could be mitigated if there was - instead of checkboxes to trigger AF events from within the the Focuser control widget - a separate AF action that could be placed in a sequence. Is there any thought or work in-process to explore making that part of SGP?
It seems that there were a couple of Auto Focus events triggered toward the end in somewhat close succession but there were a handful of frames before this happened. I’m not completely sure why it triggered. I don’t see any reason why it should have been triggered because of a filter change.
[07/05/20 00:56:35.198][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] ------------- Starting capture frame for event[0] -------------
[07/05/20 00:56:57.056][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] ------------- Starting capture frame for event[0] -------------
[07/05/20 00:56:57.068][DEBUG][Camera Thread][SQ;AF;] Auto focus required (filter change trigger)...
[07/05/20 00:57:53.105][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] ------------- Starting capture frame for event[0] -------------
[07/05/20 00:58:29.166][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] ------------- Starting capture frame for event[0] -------------
[07/05/20 00:59:01.274][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] ------------- Starting capture frame for event[0] -------------
[07/05/20 00:59:34.102][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] ------------- Starting capture frame for event[0] -------------
[07/05/20 01:00:10.054][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] ------------- Starting capture frame for event[0] -------------
[07/05/20 01:00:46.149][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] ------------- Starting capture frame for event[0] -------------
[07/05/20 01:01:18.571][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] ------------- Starting capture frame for event[0] -------------
[07/05/20 01:02:48.056][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] ------------- Starting capture frame for event[0] -------------
[07/05/20 01:03:20.494][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] ------------- Starting capture frame for event[0] -------------
[07/05/20 01:03:20.508][DEBUG][Camera Thread][SQ;AF;] Auto focus required (filter change trigger)...
[07/05/20 01:04:38.087][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] ------------- Starting capture frame for event[0] -------------
[07/05/20 01:04:38.110][DEBUG][Camera Thread][SQ;AF;] Auto focus required (filter change trigger)...
You can try this version which has additional logging around the “N frame” auto focus triggering:
Jared
Hi Jared,
Thank you for the response. I think what the log is showing is me discovering (and disabling) the filter change AF trigger. I think the last four lines above show me testing the hypothesis that the checkbox for triggering AF on filter change is causing AF after each subframe.