ASIAIR pro logs missing

jfletcher

Up until about a month ago I used to have autorun and phd2 log files in a folder named logs on my ASIAIR pro. I believe I may have accidentally deleted or cut the folder from the SD card. It was missing for almost a month before I noticed the folder was missing and I created a new one expecting to see the files get created the next time I used the ASIAIR pro. Since then I have not been able to get a phd2 log file to be created again. Do I have to enable a feature somewhere to do this?

w7ay

jfletcher Since then I have not been able to get a phd2 log file to be created again.

When you created a directory, did you give ASIAIR permission to add files to it?

Don't create your own directory. ASIAIR will do it when it has to.

That said, the log folder should be inside the ASIAIR folder. And nothing is created (not even a PHD2 log) until after an AutoRun session. If you are autoguiding manually outside AutoRun, there is no log created.

Chen

owenmolly0409

Same thing has happened to me. On my ASI Air plus the LOG folder is just gone. I can see Autorun Logs but they don’t seem to have a way to move them anywhere and can only view.

dbradf

If the log file is generated upon an auto run, is it created only on the SD drive, and can I transfer the log file to the flash drive on my ASIAIR Pro before powering down?

johnpd

I just ran an AutoRun last evening. This was my first guide test. The PHD2 Guide Log file was created on the flash drive in the ASIAIR\Log directory along with the general exposure info log.

Directory of H:\ASIAIR\log

04/20/2022 10:09 PM <DIR> .
04/20/2022 10:09 PM <DIR> ..
09/12/2021 10:49 PM 1,731 Autorun_Log_2021-09-12_224031.txt
09/17/2021 01:10 AM 4,105 Autorun_Log_2021-09-17_004409.txt
09/17/2021 03:05 AM 687 Autorun_Log_2021-09-17_025957.txt
12/06/2021 05:41 AM 17,360 Autorun_Log_2021-12-06_031607.txt
04/21/2022 02:24 AM 7,575 Autorun_Log_2022-04-20_202844.txt
04/21/2022 02:24 AM 567,367 PHD2_GuideLog_2022-04-20_215109.txt

JohnD

Improve101

(Might be related: Logs are only saved on Autorun completion. If you lose power before it completes, no log). Would be great if logs were saved incrementally.

xxao

I would also wote for incremental save. I just lost several hours of critical log data just because it was in live stacking mode. Kind of frustrating.

jpoulette

RE: ASIAIR+

Hi folks - So I just completed 2 3-hour Autorun sequences last night and the night before.

I simply can not find any guide log files anywhere. The 'Log' directory is not being generated, in eMMC, SD card, or on the USB drive. What am I missing.

Jim

arcalpin

jpoulette you found the solution of the missing log files ?

jpoulette

arcalpin

Yes - turns out the "Log" directory does not show up in ASIAIR+, But when you take the USB drive (out of the ASIAIR) and move it to a computer - the directory and files are all there.

Puzzling why one would set it up that way, especially with no documentation - maybe it's a bug?

Good luck !

arcalpin

Glad that it's working for you ! Not for me : after several nights, on both asi air USB drive : no log files, neither on ASI, neither on computer. Do you know how to restore the ASI-USB drive ?

jpoulette

arcalpin

I'm not sure what 'restore' means, but I copy the files to a HD then clean the USB drive blank after each session. I suspect that allows ASIAIR to re-build the directory structure fresh each time. If you've got everything set up as UBS3, I would think it would be fine. Puzzling. Oh, just to confirm - the USB drive is plugged into the ASIAIR directly, correct?

arcalpin

I found the logs of the night when I recorded on the internal memory of the UPS, and not on the UBS stick. I'm going to clean the UBS sticks well and try again the next night. Clear skies!