Nikon shutter and Nautilus filter wheel issues

Sequence Generator
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  1. Nikon D5100 and Dsub usb cable. Works fine in sequences but I noticed that the shutter doesn’t get triggered in center on target UNLESS you first do a manual solve and sync.

  2. Orion Nautilus filter wheel, was working fine on one computer, now on a 2nd computer it seems to initially work then later in the sequence get’s stuck on “moving” and freezes SGP

Log files:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-ajT8x5IBeGeXRmUUN5V2oybFk/view?usp=sharing

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We are not able to provide much assistance with this without the CFW ASCOM Logs (no idea where those are). The half of the story we know is this:

[03/10/17 22:52:12.356][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] ASCOM Filter Wheel: Error in SetFilterWheelPosition. : The operation has timed out.

Interesting, but does not provide any insight as to what the CFW is doing.

In terms of “freezing”, it is not immediately clear how that happens (from the logs) and we would need more description to try and handle that error better (the sequence should perform a catastrophic stop from an equipment failure class error) and allow the user to address the issue. So… when you say “freeze”, does that mean that the sequence freezes or that there is no part of SGPro that is responsive to user input? Is there a particular part of the sequence execution that shows this behavior?

@Jared would probably have an easier time answering this than me.

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No part of sgp GUI responding. Sgp process must be killed.

I will look for ascom logs described.

Thanks

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Oh, the freeze happened before or after Meridian flip, to change filter for plate solve.

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Looks like the issue with the Nikon is actually something with ISO:

[03/10/17 20:30:03.479][DEBUG] [Camera Thread] Error parsing ISO value: empty or null

I’m guessing this is happening because the default ISO is set to 25600 and the 5100 only has that when Boost is enabled. Can you double check what your ISO setting is for plate solving on the Plate Solve tab of the Control Panel? I’m guessing it’s currently set to 25600 and probably needs to be adjusted. We’ll also change the default.

Thanks,
Jared

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My camera has boost enabled, so I’m not sure what you mean by “probably
needs to be adjusted”.

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yes, plate solve iso is 25600 (as is focus).

Please advise.

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Essentially just try setting that to anything lower and see if the issue goes away.

Thanks,
Jared