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Mosaic Mode

Obes

xfirf You have never used the word favorite (ie . Why does that matter? my Seestar knows about "T CrB" as a target. Because ZWO has added that concept (favorites)). I belive currently that bookmark only supports at my guess, {Name, Ra, Dec}. You have only suggested similar but different concepts. What if I want to shoot this next year?

starnet

We do not need favorites or any cosmetic frills like that, we need a simple GoTo RA/Dec function, support for an equatorial wedge, close to 100% stacking efficiency, remote access over WiFi, a scheduling capability and a working mosaic mode (one capable of restarting a previous mosaic operation so that you can spread it over multiple nights). These would increase the enjoyment I am currently getting from this product by an order of magnitude at least. I got it 10 months ago under the expectation that it was an evolving product and things would get better but the app has gone downhill instead - I would revert to one of the spring firmware versions without hesitation if that option would exist.

The post starting this thread and asking for mosaic mode is from Mar 8, 2024! ZWO mentioned in some other post that suggestions made here are forwarded to the product manager? There is a product manager for the S50? Really? If he/she does exist, they must be asleep at the wheels.

xfirf

starnet
Mosaic, Scheduling and remote access over wifi are already possible with seestar_alp.

Additionally to mosaic the beta contains a "guest mode" where you are able to connect more than one device to view what the "controller" is doing.

marvindj

xfirf Is the interface from seestar_alp into the Seestar server published? Does ZWO support this or is it a constant game of catchup? I've not seen an ASCOM driver being available.

rickmurray1989

NGC007 No, the Dwarf III does not have mosaic mode yet - I am one of the fortunate ones to have received my D3 and that feature is not scheduled to be implemented until November per the official DwarfLab release calendar.

xfirf

marvindj it's using the API directly on the device. No drivers needed.

https://github.com/smart-underworld/seestar_alp

djpoppy

Here I found a video about Beta Mosaic mode applied to the Andromeda galaxy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0ET06LAOFo&t=1154s

rickmurray1989

Obes I am not an influencer and I am not socially cancerous. I simply answered a question to correct misinformation about the D3 and mosaic mode. I do not see why you had to become toxic in your response.

The-Patrician

One would hope that Seestar are currently looking to reduce the integration time of each panel of the mosaic, as the leaked "Beta" time of 30sec's for 1 10sec frame is somewhat excessive and of course would increase exponentially with 20 & 30 sec's , with regard to the current internal battery times with & without the dew heater being active.

xfirf

I think that is not possible to have the same usage of the battery with mosaic as without. It has to move more to get the parts needed for the whole mosaic and of course this will drain more energy.
But if possible a improvement of speed would be cool.

NGC007

Were you beaten as a child? I do not envy or consider beta testers cancerous. They do the frustrating work so we don’t have to.

H

NGC007 👍👍

xfirf

Hey @support,
the beta was now available one month ago and still there is no public release available. Can you please give us an update here? Why is it not here yet? Any other features or bugfixes planned in too that take more time?

Thank you

Gulyas K

Why are you guys so impatient? Why do you want to tell people how to do their job? These people who work on the Seestar app/firmware do not tell you how to do your job either. It's so ridiculous when random people think they are the boss of the people working for a company, shop etc.
No serious bugs in the actual app/firmware just tiny ones, Seestar S50 is perfectly usable with these issues till the next SW release coming up in the next days, weeks, months, or whenever.

xfirf

Gulyas K I'm curious for the reasons behind the duration for the release to be done. and I always hope for some more transparency regarding the issues / causes taking the time it takes to get the things done.

Tech@ZWO

Thank you for your support and feedback, the new official version will be released this month.

xfirf

Tech@ZWO

Tech@ZWO cool.
Thank you for the transparency. I appreciate this alot.

Sofarsogood

Tech@ZWO So? The month is almost over – will the update really be released in these last few remaining days?

LA3QMA

Users are impatient but do remember even if the beta testers have used a version for i-e a month. zwo need their feedback. The beta testers also need clear sky for some of the functions. Then zwo need to do changes and release a new beta and again get feedback and at some point its going to be a public upgrade. I'm checking for new versions relatively often. But i'm not going to ask for a release date as development can sometimes need more work. And most companies that actually specify a date for a release get very bad reputation and feedback if they for some reason cannot manage to release to a specific date. But it's also a good sign that people ask. Some companies have specific months for release even minor changes. They could say that updates not security related is only twice a year. So i feel that zwo is updating as often as they can and not all companies work like that. So that part i really like :-)

Gulyas K

Sofarsogood
LOL. It's available for iOS and Android for days man.

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