Colin, I was able to get well-focused stars on the imaging chip (FWHM of 1.9) and a somewhat focused star on the guide chip (FWHM 3.8). The moon is fairly bright. However, i was not able to track because of the following error: "error in plug-in (519)" "error in guide camera plug-in" Do you have any suggestions? Roger
You can safely ignore that error. It won't affect your image acquisition. It's on the list to be fixed but it has no major effect.
Doug, Did you mean that the camera will still track even though it does not report any tracking results? If so, I would not know how well it is tracking and it would be quite difficult to take corrective actions.
I have a new Aluma 694 with the FW8G filter wheel which puts the guide star sensing in front of the filters. I have not been able to guide because of a nasty message which occurs as soon as I try to begin tracking: "error in plug-in (519)" "error in guide camera plug-in" In theory, I have the latest drivers because that is what the driver checker reports, but I suspect that something is wrong with the drivers. I was told by Doug to ignore the error message but that does not help because it won't track. Maybe I should do this: remove the filter wheel and test whether I can guide without the filter wheel? Maybe I made a mistake in buying the filter wheel with the guide star sensing in front of the filter wheel, because it may be a little bit too state of the art? Any tips from anyone would be appreciated.
The good news: It would appear that MaxIm DL 6.21 has fixed the issue with the FITS key callback throwing errors. The bad news: It would appear there's a bug in the DL Imaging plugin that affects Guiding via the Guider Relays. We think we've identified the problem and are pursuing a solution ASAP. I've given Roger a beta version of the DLLs that should get him up and running for now.
Hello Adam, Despite all your successful help (a) getting my Aluma 694 to connect to my computer and then (b) getting the filter wheel to work, I am back to square one. I cannot connect to the camera. This may be because I tried to install several programs as a test (SGPro, Voyager, Nina, CCD Ops). Can you help me? Sorry for the trouble!
CCD Ops will not work with the Aluma, it is for the classic SBIG ST/STL/STT/STXL/STX series cameras. Other programs must use ASCOM to talk to your Aluma. Selecting an SBIG driver in other programs only works for the classic SBIG ST/STL/STT/STXL/STX series cameras.