Autorun with Multiple LIGHT sequences

starmapper

I like to set up multiple light-frame sequences in Autorun. For example, 10 @ 60s, 5 @120s, 10 @300s. During the run, the frames are taken sequentially for some reason, e.g. 1 60s, then 1 120s, then 1300s, then back to a 60s, then 1 120s, etc. Is that a feature or a bug, and if it's a feature, is there a way to override it so it takes ALL the first sequence before moving on the the second sequence?

Thanks.

w7ay

Did you turn on the "Group by Slot" item in the Shooting Schedule window?

When "Group by Slot" is turned on, ASIAIR should finish all the frames that correspond to one event before going on to process the next event. Otherwise it simply cycles through the events, one event after another event.

For example, by how you select "Group by Slot", you can either do "1 sec, 1 sec 1 sec, 10 sec, 10 sec 10 sec" or do "1 sec, 10 sec, 1 sec, 10 sec, 1 sec, 10 sec" if the two events have exposure times of 1 sec and 10 sec and each event has a repeat count of 3.

Presumably, this might change in a future software release when they allow you to select multiple targets. Keep checking the release logs that come with each firmware release.

Chen

PMTeam@ZWO

Yes, Chen got the right way.