FW8G - long delay reading out guider

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  1. Martin Pugh

    Martin Pugh Cyanogen Customer

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    Hi.
    This is an FW8G attached to an STXL16200.

    there is a 2-3 second delay between downloads on the guider but only with a sub-frame. Full frame, downloads are immediate. The camera is binned 2x2.

    any thoughts?
    Thanks
    Martin
     
  2. Colin Haig

    Colin Haig Staff Member

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    Version eg 6.24 and is this under automation (ACP, CCDAP, your own scripts) ?
    Any debug settings turned on in SBIG Driver Checker? Turn off.
     
  3. Martin Pugh

    Martin Pugh Cyanogen Customer

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    Using The Sky X, manually driven, not under automation. No debug settings turned on. I have 3 x FW8Gs, the other 2 not doing this. In fact on the other 2 systems an AOX is in use guiding at 8 Hz!
     
  4. Colin Haig

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    Odd. It's the same hardware, same firmware.
    Subframe should be digitizing and downloading quicker than full frame on an FW8G-STXL.
    We've had a couple other people mention weirdness with TSX 10.5.0 12545, and earlier releases working better. Not sure if this is same version you are running.
     

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