Hi Aaron. Thanks for all your work on indi-allsky.
My Lat and Long are +50.98, -2.67. The current picture is attached. North is top(ish), East is left. Time is UTC+1, Moon should be at Az 72 El -32, Sun at Az 122, El43 according to Ekos. Indi-Allsky shows correct Elevations in status window.
Kind regards.
Tim

I need to add another screenshot in my project regarding the orbs. The orbs do not reflect the altitude or azimuth, but the local hour angle of the sun and the moon. 12o clock on the local hour angle (top center of the image) should be when the sun/moon reaches the meridian in the sky. The notches on the side are the hour angles for the sun when -6 (civil twilight), -12 (nautical twilight), and -18 (astronomical twilight) below the horizon.

Hi Aaron, thank you. Now I understand. I thought that they indicated the solar and lunar azimuths when those bodies are not visible. My mistake. Thanks again for all your work.
Kind regards
Tim

I considered a few different modes for the orbs, but eventually settled on the hour angle.

I suppose I did pick an "earth centric" view rather than observer centric. I can see how Alt/Az could be helpful.

Tell you what, I will take your post as a request for the ability to change the orbs to show Alt/Az.

Thanks Aaron. I think an alt/az approach would be useful, especially when using indi-allsky to monitor sky conditions for observing.
Kind regards
Tim

I just merged support for two additional modes for the orb rendering. You can now choose from:

• Hour Angle
• Azimuth
• Altitude

Let me know how this works.

The Orbs seem to work in Az, thank you. But I now have a permanent SOI rectangle and focus rings on the stars, whatever the focus settings.
Thanks
Tim

Did you happen to accidentally enable "Mark Detections on Image"?

Near the bottom of this image...

Hi Aaron, that will do it! I think I selected it some time ago, trying to get the highlights on meteor trails, but it had no effect until yesterday...
Thanks again.
Tim

I updated in order to get the new focus model and now it seems to crash when trying to connect to my ASI290mm mini camera:

Aug 13 10:27:06 allsky [INFO] MainProcess allsky._initialize() #335: Found 1 CCDs
Aug 13 10:27:06 allsky [WARNING] MainProcess allsky._initialize() #338: Connecting to device ZWO CCD ASI290MM Mini
Aug 13 10:27:07 allsky [INFO] MainProcess indi.newMessage() #218: new Message 2022-08-13T16:27:06: [ERROR] Error connecting to the CCD (ASI_ERROR_CAMERA_REMOVED).
Aug 13 10:27:07 allsky [INFO] MainProcess miscDb.addCamera() #44: Camera DB ID: 1
Aug 13 10:27:07 allsky [INFO] MainProcess indi.configureDevice() #404: Setting switch DEBUG
Aug 13 10:27:07 allsky [INFO] MainProcess indi.newSwitch() #205: new Switch CONNECTION for device ZWO CCD ASI290MM Mini
Aug 13 10:27:07 allsky [INFO] MainProcess indi.newSwitch() #205: new Switch DEBUG for device ZWO CCD ASI290MM Mini
Aug 13 10:27:08 allsky [INFO] MainProcess indi.updateCcdBlobMode() #228: Set BLOB mode
Aug 13 10:27:09 allsky [INFO] MainProcess indi.configureDevice() #404: Setting switch CCD_FRAME_TYPE
Aug 13 10:28:14 allsky [ERROR] MainProcess allsky.unhandled_exception() #36: An uncaught exception occurred:
Aug 13 10:28:14 allsky [ERROR] MainProcess allsky.unhandled_exception() #37: Type: <class 'indi_allsky.exceptions.TimeOutException'>
Aug 13 10:28:14 allsky [ERROR] MainProcess allsky.unhandled_exception() #38: Value: Timeout finding control CCD_FRAME_TYPE
Aug 13 10:28:14 allsky [ERROR] MainProcess allsky.unhandled_exception() #43: ' File "/home/thomas/indi-allsky/allsky.py", line 128, in <module>\n action_func(*args_list, **kwargs_dict)\n'
Aug 13 10:28:14 allsky [ERROR] MainProcess allsky.unhandled_exception() #43: ' File "/home/thomas/indi-allsky/indi_allsky/allsky.py", line 588, in run\n self._initialize()\n'
Aug 13 10:28:14 allsky [ERROR] MainProcess allsky.unhandled_exception() #43: ' File "/home/thomas/indi-allsky/indi_allsky/allsky.py", line 363, in _initialize\n self.indiclient.setFrameType(self.ccdDevice, \'FRAME_LIGHT\') # default frame type is light\n'
Aug 13 10:28:14 allsky [ERROR] MainProcess allsky.unhandled_exception() #43: ' File "/home/thomas/indi-allsky/indi_allsky/indi.py", line 266, in setFrameType\n self.configureDevice(ccd_device, frame_config)\n'
Aug 13 10:28:14 allsky [ERROR] MainProcess allsky.unhandled_exception() #43: ' File "/home/thomas/indi-allsky/indi_allsky/indi.py", line 405, in configureDevice\n self.set_switch(device, k, on_switches=v[\'on\'], off_switches=v.get(\'off\', []))\n'
Aug 13 10:28:14 allsky [ERROR] MainProcess allsky.unhandled_exception() #43: ' File "/home/thomas/indi-allsky/indi_allsky/indi.py", line 670, in set_switch\n c = self.get_control(device, name, \'switch\')\n'
Aug 13 10:28:14 allsky [ERROR] MainProcess allsky.unhandled_exception() #43: ' File "/home/thomas/indi-allsky/indi_allsky/indi.py", line 644, in get_control\n raise TimeOutException(\'Timeout finding control {0}\'.format(name))\n'

I rebuild indi and redid setup and now camera does connect but after a few images it stops:

Aug 13 12:55:41 allsky [INFO] MainProcess allsky.run() #741: Total time since last exposure 15.0057 s
Aug 13 12:55:45 allsky [INFO] MainProcess indi.newMessage() #218: new Message 2022-08-13T18:55:45: [ERROR] Exposure failed after 3 attempts.
Aug 13 12:55:49 allsky [INFO] MainProcess allsky.run() #607: Camera last ready: 22.3s
Aug 13 12:55:49 allsky [INFO] MainProcess allsky.run() #608: Exposure state: ALERT
Aug 13 12:55:49 allsky [INFO] MainProcess allsky.detectNight() #853: Sun altitude: 68:37:59.4
Aug 13 12:55:49 allsky [INFO] MainProcess allsky.detectMoonMode() #870: Moon altitide: -54:51:10.5, phase 95.7%
Aug 13 12:55:49 allsky [INFO] MainProcess indi.getCcdTemperature() #422: Sensor temperature: 46.6
Aug 13 12:55:49 allsky [INFO] MainProcess allsky._queueManualTasks() #1441: Checking for manually submitted tasks
Aug 13 12:55:59 allsky [INFO] MainProcess allsky.run() #607: Camera last ready: 32.3s
Aug 13 12:55:59 allsky [INFO] MainProcess allsky.run() #608: Exposure state: ALERT
Aug 13 12:55:59 allsky [INFO] MainProcess allsky.detectNight() #853: Sun altitude: 68:38:17.1
Aug 13 12:55:59 allsky [INFO] MainProcess allsky.detectMoonMode() #870: Moon altitide: -54:52:39.1, phase 95.7%
Aug 13 12:55:59 allsky [INFO] MainProcess indi.getCcdTemperature() #422: Sensor temperature: 46.6
Aug 13 12:55:59 allsky [INFO] MainProcess allsky._queueManualTasks() #1441: Checking for manually submitted tasks
Aug 13 12:56:09 allsky [INFO] MainProcess allsky.run() #607: Camera last ready: 42.3s

It seems to work OK when I bring it inside - maybe a temperature issue?

Temp was a red herring, it looks like usb cable problem.