Auto function fails and is stuck on in Lights function

Steven_Ball

I am trying to take my first batch of flats with my AAP and Nikon Z6, I am using the very latest version. When I setup a run using the auto feature, I just get the message that the source is too bright or to reduce my ISO, which I understand you must use the same ISO or Gain as your lights and reduce the exposure time accordingly. I know from a preview shot that 0.5s gives me an average ADU of 42,000, yet the auto function fails at 20 seconds. So if I try and set up a manual exposure time in the light part of the pan module, no matter what exposure time I select, when I hit OK and close out of the screen, the time reverts to Auto and I can't get the manual time to stick.

Tech@ZWO

Steven_Ball
Hello,
Have you followed the setting tips of DSLR first:

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Steven_Ball

Hi, yes all the above is set correctly, I have been taking conventional light frames with the AAP, the problem I'm having is purely with flat frames, and in particular the auto settings and it being stuck on auto even when I manually selected a shutter exposure time.

Tech@ZWO

Steven_Ball
Hello,
Please reset your camera to factory setting and follow our setting tips, maybe some function causes conflicts with our software.

Steven_Ball

Hi, I have just tried all of that and have bought a new controllable light panel, all without success. I am now no longer on auto only, so I know I get the right exposure and the panel isn't too bright, I can achieve an average of 26000 ADU on the histogram, so the panel isn't too bright like the warning dialog box that pops up upon failure. The AAP can also control the camera without any issues in manual mode for flat frames. I would suggest some is going wrong with the auto-exposure routine and the shutter is staying open when the maximum ADU time has been reached and the AAP isn't closing the shutter, hence why its seems to be blowing out ADU. When in manual mode, I can hear the shutter click, but when in auto mode the shutter doesn't click, which suggests it is staying open.