You can use a plate solver with some external applications to do run-time local RECALs and recentering. That is different from what APCC Pro does (pointing and tracking rate modeling). -Ray

Steve, It's unlikely that there is anything in the AP V2 driver causing this. It is likely a problem with Cartes du Ciel not implementing rules of COM interop correctly. Both CDC and PHD2, which are

I agree completely. I own SGP, but no longer use it, so I vote for autonomous use of ASTAP.

Would be great if APPM could skip SGP and just solve directly with ASTAP.

I agree. I suspect that it's an ASTAP problem, but something that APPM is doing is exposing it. It could be as simple as the fact that APPM is doing a large number of plate solves in a short period

I've got a workaround! Sorry for the delay - unpleasant medical procedure. Not sure what a modal window is but the other window open was the Cartes du Ciel Alpaca dialog box. Which may be relevant,

John: I have used plate solving for some time as a means to point the FOV precisely at the desired target. Last year, I upgrade to APCC-Pro in order to implement pointing and tracking model with the

I do not have APCC Pro (yet), but I do use plate solving as part of my imaging suite. I use NINA and SG Pro and plate solving is used to accurately frame my image VERY quickly (in the case of ASTAP).

Strictly opinion gathering post. I've not used a Plate Solving tool, or an automation tool for that matter. I have APCC Standard Edition since its initial release in fact. Can't say I've used it

APPM doesn’t know which plate solver is in use when SGPro is used for plate solving. APPM operates the same way for all SGPro plate solvers because APPM uses the SGPro API for plate solving. Since

On the APPM Measurement tab, there is a "Slew Settle Time". The default is 3s. Bryan

http://www.hnsky.org/astap.htm

I've probably missed a post. What is ASTAP?

Why would you ever include your personal life situation on this forum? Really!!!

Yes, you can tell APPM how long to wait for the mount to settle. Default I believe is 10 seconds, something like that.

FYI I used astrometry.net for APPM plate-solves (via SGP). If it fails, it is usually near my horizon limits, where there may be trees partially blocking the frame. APPM moves on to the next

I'm not an APPM user having only the Standard edition of APCC, but I'm wondering if there needs to be some settle time in between the time the mount says the slew is complete and before APPM asks for

I switched to ASTAP for my plate solves with SGP and am seeing what is probably the same issue described in the first post of this thread. In my case, when I do a modeling run in APPM, everything

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