Hi, I think there is a gap how APCC is using the Models. What is happening when you build up a whole sky model and then use later a Dec-Arc Model cause you have changed something on your Equipment.

Hi Dale, If you generate a custom CSV file, APPM will simply use those points, so if there are horizon limits those would have to be accounted for in NINA when creating a CSV file. There should be

Yes, the target's coordinates can be retrieved by a plugin from the sequence. The plugin would just recurse back through whatever hierarchy of sequence instruction containers there are (it's akin to

I too simply downloaded the new version, installed it, licensed it and the new drivers were in place. Windows 10 20H2. -- George Prineville, Oregon

Hi Dale, You wrote: Nope, it is not far-fetched at all. In fact, I was thinking that could be done when I was writing my post! :-) -Ray

Thanks for bringing this up.  I was going to ask about this. My ideal workflow with dec arc tracking and NINA would be to create a custom action that automatically invokes APPM to collect sample

Hmm. I have an idea here. So what you're saying is that I could, in theory, auto-generate a point map file (CSV format) based on the target's declination. The user can specify how many

Yes, that is correct! -Ray

Thanks again Ray. It was my misunderstanding of the terminology that was sending me off track. -- Dean Jacobsen Astrobin Image Gallery - https://www.astrobin.com/users/deanjacobsen/

Hi Dominique, The Dec-Arc tracking does not simply use the closest declination arc There is a complex two-dimensional algorithm used to interpolate the appropriate tracking RA and Dec tracking rates

Ok. So if tracking multiple targets in a night, simply create an expansice dec arc tracking model. For those of us in an observatory would it make sense to just use the model we made for all sky and

Dean, Actually, Roland is correct. Let me try to explain. First, just to be clear: APPM just collects/maps sky data points. APCC creates models from the mapped sky data points collected by APPM.

Ah. very cool. So it looks like this is just an additional step to do while waiting for astronomical night to get better tracking performance. I'm sure this will all become clear once I update and

Hi, After understanding the new payment method for the acquisition of new useful options (Purchase with 365 days latency rather than subscription), I am trying to understand how this option works.

Thanks Ray. The first post in this thread is an example of what I have been doing for a while. So I am up to speed with you as far as getting APPM set up as per your example. What derailed me was

Yes, the new dec-arc tracking feature is really that simple to use! :-) -Ray

You do not need to collect new sky data to use the dec-arc tracking model. In fact you can switch between the all-sky tracking model and dec-arc tracking model by simply checking/unchecking a single

Hi Nick, Yes, a trial license will work okay with 1.8. -Ray

Hi Cytan, Yes, 9.0.369.0 is the new version of the Eltima Virtual Serial Port driver, so it was installed correctly! J -Ray

Dean, > What if there is going to be a pier flip during the night? How do I set that up? Do I just set up a one > line APPM run with a meridian flip? Something just isn’t clicking in my mind