I am having a recurring problem with the program locking up when I abort a blind plate solve. The only way out is to close it with task manager, therefore not possible to show the log. This keeps happening.
Peter Bresler
Hi!
I have encountered a similar problem when a normal blind solve failed. It turns out that SGP is presenting a prompt that must be clicked to continue. The problem is that Windows presents this prompt under other windows/messages displayed so you do not see it.
Try to move the other windows on the screeen around, when SGP seems to have lockerd up. In some cases you can get to the prompt and click it to continue without a restart.
I have reported the problem and @Ken has tried to fix it, but unfortunately it still occurs occasionally on my Windows 10 machine.
Add one (me) to the list. Scratching my head when things appear to be “hung up,” but it’s just the same problem - I can’t get to the window reporting the status. Resizable windows (from the corners) would be helpful (iassuming you remember to organize your screen).
When SGP locks up, it’s almost always what @Datarolf said - it’s actually waiting for the user to click on a (hidden) prompt.
Next time it happens, if you can’t find the hidden window, make SGP the active window, then press the ENTER key and/or the ESC key. That’s worked for me sometimes. I assume what happens is that the hidden window is active and the ENTER or ESC closes it.
It would be nice if the main SGP window could someone indicate it’s waiting for action in another dialog box.
I’m not sure about this… Because there are so many different paths to solve I’d need additional details to look into it. For instance:
- Manual blind solve or sequence blind solve?
- If manual which method, exactly did you use to start the solve?
- Was it with the chain solver? If yes, what blind solver have you configured?
- etc. No detail is too small and logs will answer many of these question.
I am also a little confused about what exactly it is that hangs. For a while now, the plate solve process is no longer “modal” (i.e. it no longer blocks you from interacting with SGPro while it is solving, but other parts might when dealing with the camera).
I’ve run into this a few times as well. I’m reviewing my notes and see if I can track down an applicable log but I’m using the Chain Solver with only the two ASTAP options enabled.
The problem seems to be that a modal dialogue window is opened underneath the Chainsolver window when the platesolve fails. Trying to use any of the controls SGP presents in any window pane (that I’ve tried) triggers a beep; if I recall correctly so does trying to move the Chainsolver window as well.
I think I used ALT TAB to cycle through the windows and expose the modal dialogue so I could dismiss it.
@snapthoughts, sounds like you’re agree with @Datarolf and me?
Yes, in terms of the problem, I think we’re all seeing the same issue.