Switching between ASIImg and ASILive

naz_david

I have been using an ASI Pro for some time now but for various reasons I have migrated over to using ASI Studio (running on a mini PC). I tried running ASIImg and ASILive at the same time connected to a ASI294MM Pro but it does not seem to work - one thing is the camera cooling control gets messed up. Why is this important to me? Most of the time I like to capture my light subs using ASILive (and rough masterflats) to get an idea of stacked data quality. At the end of the session I then use ASIImg to capture flats that I use for more considered processing later. To switch from ASILive to ASIImg the camera has to be turned off when closing former and on after opening latter and then I have to wait for the target temperature to be reached again. Can this be addressed or am I doing something wrong?

ASIStudio@ZWO

Hi David,
You can check "Auto dave single frame during stacking" in Advance Settings, and you can get a stacked image and processing the fits later.

naz_david

Thanks for the reply - actually that is exactly how I capture my subs as I said in my original post. What I want to know is can I run ASIImg and ASILive at the same time? Every I have attempt this it has confused the camera and EFW control and it possibly will do same to the EAF but I have not checked that.
Can you confirm the only option I have is to close ASILive then open ASIImg and then get the camera to cool down again?

ASIStudio@ZWO

naz_david You can only connect to one device with on software at a time.

naz_david

Okay, thanks for the clear response. To avoid all these device conflicts it would be good to combine the functions of ASIImg and ASILive into one program much like the ASIAir app. Much more convenient and really not at all confusing....

ASIStudio@ZWO

naz_david Actually, you do not need to capture images in two software. As I mentioned above, you can enable "Auto dave single frame during stacking", and ASILive will save the single frame, you can use them to do more considered processing, the single frame taken from ASILive and ASIImg are the same quality.

naz_david

Yes, I understand and that is how I capture my light subs. However, at the end of the session I want to capture flat frames and the only way I can do that is to switch over to ASIImg. If ASIlive provided the option when doing flats to also save the single frames then that would solve my problem for sure. But it does not as I have able to figure.

ASIStudio@ZWO

naz_david I got it now. Thank you for the feedback! Noted and will bring back to the team.

naz_david

I should have said I use Astro Pixel Processor (and rarely PixInsight) and have found using master flats, darks and biases produced in APP ensure consistency and provide more flexibility. So that's why I want the flat frames which if I could get from ASILive that would be great!