STX 16803 guider problem

Discussion in 'STX and STXL Series Cameras' started by James Edlin, Sep 21, 2018.

  1. James Edlin

    James Edlin Cyanogen Customer

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    I have a new STX 16803 with FW 7 filter wheel and on the front of that an STX autoguider. I have Maxim dl 6.12 running. The main ccd will take a picture fine, the guider will take images fine and the guider will guide the telescope fine however if I start the main ccd taking a picture, the autoguider stops working and sits silent with the shutter closed over the guide chip. If I stop the main ccd image acquisition the autoguider starts working again. I assume it is a Maxim setting that is wrong but can not figure it out. My old 168903 worked fine with this software. Does anyone have an idea of the fix.

    Jim
     
  2. Doug

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    Please update your software to the latest version. Also make sure you have the latest SBIG drivers installed.
     
  3. James Edlin

    James Edlin Cyanogen Customer

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    I have paid for and down loaded Maxim DL 6.18. I removed my original version 6.12. When I try on multiple attempts to install 6.18 version my AVG virus program stops this process and move the program to quarantine with the message "program was infected with Win32:MdeClass" So it will not let me install this paid for program. The prior versions installed just fine with AVG running. What do I do?
     
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  5. James Edlin

    James Edlin Cyanogen Customer

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    Thanks, I found no malware threats when I ran my malware detection program. AVG must be giving a false positive.
     
  6. Doug

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    It does happen. We will investigate further.
     
  7. James Edlin

    James Edlin Cyanogen Customer

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    I finally got Maxim DL 6.18 installed after deactivating AVG. The 16803 ccd connected properly and the guiding problem seems to be solved as it guided correctly while taking a main ccd image. Seems that the issue now resolved.

    Thanks.
     
  8. Doug

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    We've taken steps to get the false positive removed. It may not be possible to completely clear this without releasing a new version, to get a different hash code.
     

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