Planning tools seems to have 2 (that I’ve found so far) issues in 3.0.3.140 :
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Altitude locks do not work.
The help file suggests that enabling the “lock” in planning tools will lock the altitude setting for start/end times, thus prompting the session to start at the same altitude, regardless of time, each time the sequence runs.
If you want to end when a target is at a certain altitude, regardless of time, click the lock next to the altitude control. When this is locked, it means altitude will not vary but the start or end time will.
This is not the behaviour I have observed. These screenshots were taken over a course of 3 nights, as I was setting up to begin capturing on the same target :
https://i.imgur.com/gNfgzy7.png
https://i.imgur.com/bpsvbNe.png
https://i.imgur.com/K0tLcuW.png
Note that both the altitude and time change each night for “End At”, despite the lock being closed.
- Today I discovered another issue, in configuring a new session for a mosaic of Sh2-190. The planning tools incorrectly report target altitude, despite the altitude being correctly shown in the “graph”.
https://i.imgur.com/u4KRdhc.png
The actual altitude of that target at 5:40am is ~39°, as shown in the chart. However, in “Time Constraints” the altitude is reported as “-90.0” and planning tools issues a warning staring that “Capture will end when target is below the horizon!”
For grins, I rocked the hour back and forth a bit. At 2:40am, the altitude was correctly reported, however at 3:40 am and later, the -90.0 re-appeared.