I have two cameras (ASI6200MM and ASI2600MC). Today I brought both cameras inside to take darks. The sequences I use only have the camera selected and nothing else. SGP ver 4.0.0.668
The first instance (ASI2600MC) works fine.
The second instance (ASI6200MM) gives the message “Validating sequence and checking connections” and just sits there. In the past I received this message because of an issue with switches and Pegasus powerbox, but I thought that was corrected in a Pegasus update and on SGP’s end.
I brought the Powerbox Advane inside also and after connecting the Advance to my PC (not even to the camera), the sequence starts fine.
Any thoughts? It’s strange that one instance works fine while the other does not without the powerbox present.
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OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Ver: 4.0.0.668 .NET: 4.8 ASCOM: 6.5.1.3174
I bumped into the same problem as Joel. I was trying to shoot a dark library tonight and connected my ASI6200MM camera directly to a observatory computer running SGPro v661. I didn’t connect any other equipment to SGP. the sequence would not start and there was a message “validating sequence and checking connections at the bottom of the screen”. Having seen Joel’s bug report, I tried connecting the Ultimate Powerbox, instead of powering the camera and connecting it directly to the computer and everything works now. Somehow the switch interface did not let the sequence move forward because it did not find the UPB connected to the computer.
Yes, this is a Pegasus powerbox switch thing. Here’s a bit more info. I mentioned that I have two cameras. Whichever camera is connected first, when starting the sequence it will give a warning about the Pegasus switches not being connected, but then will start the sequence properly once exiting from the warning. With the second connected camera, there is no popup message and the “validating connection” message shows and SGP doesn’t do anything.
If I just connect one camera then I get the popup switch warning but the sequence continues.
Tried Beta 4.2.0.855 last night and when starting the sequence the message bar on the bottom of the window reported “Validating Connections” and after a few seconds SGP froze. Repeated 2 times after restarting the PC. Reverted back to 4.1.0.800 and the issue went away. Logs attached.
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OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Ver: 4.1.0.800 (64-bit) .NET: 4.8 ASCOM: 6.5.1.3174