Plan for mosaic stops mid session.

JLHerman

I have an ASIair Pro, 120mm mini for guiding, and ASI2600mc Pro as main camera, with AVX mount. I planned a 4 panel mosaic using Telescopius for the Veil Nebula, and moving the plan into ASIair Plan mode was easy. All four Plan panels appeared, were framed green and all boxes were checked. The Plan auto started at 22:00 and was to end when imaging was completed. Panels 1,2 and 3 completed, but then the process stopped. No imaging began for panel 4.
This is the second night in a row that this occurred. The first night the imaging stopped half way through Panel 3, and I figured the first night was operator error. The second night I triple checked all settings, but the problem persisted. Thoughts? I do not want to try another mosaic plan program besides Telescopius . Could this be a glitch in the ASIPro software requiring a reinstall? Any other simple, obvious solution?
Thanks,
JLH

stevesp

Any meridian flip in the session?

JLHerman

Yes. Second night last image was at 12:17 AM with a meridian flip at 11:58PM. The first night the flip would have around that time (not for sure), and the last image was at 11:05PM in pane 3 of 4.

stevesp

I was wondering if the meridian flip could be the reason as it should stop and restart the session with some time windows that you need to setup and I had some issues in the past as I didn’t set them properly
otherwise could be a cable that disconnected?
or just a bug in AAP?
if you check the folders the pictures are not in, correct?

JLHerman

Images were missing from file. I later ran a test session on night with poor conditions with Telescopius, 4 panes, 3 images each, 240 seconds at the same target as before. Worked without issue, but no meridian flip since short run. I’ve never had power issue as I use 120v AC for over 95% of imaging, but do wonder if power issue could have been the cause. I have a Jackery battery I could use, but since I had a successful trial I’m not sure if using it would prove anything. My next imaging will be in 3 weeks or more, and will diligently check (and recheck) all power connections. If reoccurs after that then I’ll reload AAP.
Thx for your thoughts
JL