stepping beyond wrote:
I've tried and tried to get rid of Widows web , I guess they're staying, I keep getting cable snags when I touch her web. I clean her web constantly getting rid of her babbies. I don't understand how to manage the cables after 6 years of trying , I gave up, the web beat me {If it isn't broke don't mess with it, I'll screw it up ALBERIO.} I use N.i.n.a for a backup Sonny , if I can't get it to connect or get frustrated at SGP, I'll disconnect and setup a sequence with N.I.N.A and away I go or I'll just fire up Sharpcap and run live stacking and run. Always have a backup plan fellas it'll save a clear night of frustration.
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Yeah, I can't stand unruly wiring. I guess it's my analness from 42 years in the electrical trades. I use a product known as
Spiral Wrap. I bundle any wiring I can and make it less tangleable.
I use a Startech powered hub mounted on my filter wheel with Velcro. One power wire for all, and one USB3 cable for control and data from my Baby Dell laptop/tablet. Then Tight Vnc as my wireless connection between the inside and outside.
But I never could stand a bunch of loose cables and wires. I have it as condensed as I can now. My Baby Dell gives me visual and a full function computer at the mount, and Wi-Fi's to my router really good now.
A weak router(s) was always a PITA. But this last router has enough power and range it reaches clear out to the mount.
One of the worst things I tried was a micro computer. I wore a path from the inside to the mount outside. Because no display, and it was too weak to Wi-Fi. Even with booster antenna's and Wi-Fi extenders.
I guess I just like the abuse and frustration this sport brings with it.
I did a trial with Sequence Generator Pro, and could see the value in it, but not the price. Nor the way the developer acted to another guy and I for asking if it could save as tiff file format. (At that time it would ONLY save as .fit files) The developer told us to go get NINA if we wanted other file formats.
At the time, they were just changing from a one-time purchase to a rental by the month. I don't buy into rental agreements. And his temper tantrum cost him any future interest by me.
So I downloaded the Free NINA program. But had to get my equipment up to acceptable function to really see results. My (now) old ED80T CF Orion telescope is sporting a few red anodized ZWO gadgets. I'm learning to live with that.
I tend to change as my gadgets fail. So it takes a long time for me to evolve. When my home-grown Electronic focuser finally failed, I got a ZWO EAF focuser. Before that, I upgraded my guiding camera. Now, everything is ready for fully functional remote operation and works great with NINA. I've been developing Sequences and saving them in NINA. My learning process is painfully slow. More like plowing a field with a spading fork. I repeat a mistake until it works. It works when I've finally trained myself to work with it.
I was forced into getting good at guiding at the start. Now, NINA does Plate Solving and centering.
I've been doing a Polar Alignment, then starting a predesigned sequence. NINA takes it from there. I'm almost to AWIS Mode (Astrophotography while I sleep mode.) NINA even parks my mount when done.
If I could get it to pull up a blanket and tuck it in.....
The only thing in the way now is the weather. Oh, and that post processing thing.
But I don't want to rush into anything.
What a long, strange trip it's been.