SGP has been working beautifully!..thanks for producing such a great piece of software!.
Inexplicably half way into the imaging session I started receiving sequence warning messages for “smart focus failed…too many range shifts”…“focus cannot be determined”.
Happened a few times (but one) when focusing in between filter changes.
No clouds, clear night, happens when SGP is about to finish a normal “V” curve and actually achieving good focusing ( 0.7, 0.9, etc)…then right by the last couple auto focus exposures warnings start and the focusing sessions re-start all over again ( when actually good focus was already achieved).
Focusing as usual with my light pollution filter, clear night, same setup and imaging/focusing settings used w/o issues in prior nights, BUT I made a small change in the position of the scope/camera in the mount to re-balance the weight ( 1/4 inch or so). But I didn’t touch the focuser or moved the camera relatively to the scope.
Takahashi refractor, feather touch focuser, imaging at F/6.
AF settings obtained using the recommended procedure in the SGP help section. Focuser looks tight mechanically, no play, scope balanced, sub arc second tracking, etc.
What I’m doing wrong this time?..thanks!!
Aprox time of issue: last one happened at 11:17:55 PM
Link to Logs
Useful Info
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Ver: 3.1.0.457
.NET: 4.8