Issues with adjusting Offset

bulrichl

@Sam@ZWO

As a user of Sequence Generator Pro (version 4), I feel pretty annoyed that several posts about issues of newer ZWO drivers with the adjustment of the offset parameter in a sequence are not answered adequately. This concerns camera driver version > 3.16 AND ASCOM version > 6.5.1.5. The thread https://bbs.astronomy-imaging-camera.com/d/12956-latest-zwo-ascom-driver-isnt-supporting-offset-correctly was marked as "Answered" by ZWO staff in Ocotber 2021 although the problem is not yet solved. Subsequent posts were ignored.

Please take a look and make sure that this problem will be solved soon. Thanks.

Bernd

Tech@ZWO

bulrichl
Hi Bernd,
Sorry to tell you since SGP will not change ICameraV3 API, if we keep this just for the sake of offset in SGP(only SGP) , then there are many other users who using relatively old computers and do not use SGP, to them, this is completely unusable(compatibility issue), so this is a "weigh the pros and cons" situation, currently the reasonable solution is to ensure "usable" first, so downgrade to ICameraV2 API lead to this offset thing is still unsettled.

mdwetzel

I hope you are all healthy and safe with the recent Covid lockdown in Shanghai.

Suggestions:

Since software and systems are continually advancing, you may consider updating your drivers to support iCameraV3 and offering it as an installation for advanced astrophotographers. Most astrophotographers I know are quite sophisticated and technically oriented.

The other issue I have with the ZWO ASCOM driver for the ASI 2600 is that the gain is limited to 100. I have requested in the past that the user be free to select any gain and offset with the ASCOM driver. This too could be packaged in an installer for advanced users.

Once the general community has caught up to iCameraV3, then your work is already done. and you remain technology and capability leaders that we astrophotographers admire.

Best regards,

Mark Wetzel