So it looks like a number of odd things
1) the focus after flip was not focusing on the CURRENT filter of the sequence - it went back to HA which was already complete - does focus now ONLY use the filter selected inthe tab and not in the sequence file?
[2021-08-31T02:18:20.309 EDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Changing filter to HA..."
[2021-08-31T02:18:20.312 EDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - ASI EFW : "[INFO] Setting current filter to slot 5 "
[2021-08-31T02:18:20.820 EDT DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.scheduler] - Scheduler iteration never set up.
[2021-08-31T02:18:21.773 EDT DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.scheduler] - Scheduler iteration never set up.
[2021-08-31T02:18:22.311 EDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.focus] - "Focusing inward by 50 steps..."
2) I have positive confirmation that the flip coordinates worked long with align as the image AFTER focus was perfectly placed (and inverted as expected) to a point between the Bubble and M52 - [2021-08-31T02:16:17.718 EDT INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Meridian flip: slewing to RA= "23h 23m 39s" DEC= " 61° 29' 18\"" Hour Angle "00h 00m 48s" - so west facing east and east facing west DID capture that point
3)[2021-08-31T02:23:31.679 EDT DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Meridian flip planned with LST= "23h 42m 53s" scope RA= "03h 23m 39s" ha= 8.32047 , meridian diff= 0.13 , hrstoFlip= -8.19047 , flipDelayHrs= 0 , "Pier Side: East (pointing West)"
[2021-08-31T02:23:31.680 EDT DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.mount] - Setting meridian flip status to "FLIP_PLANNED"
Yeah this is really odd - hours to flip -8.19??? - I think there was an input/replace of the target coordinates and that forces a bunch of calculations that result in incorrect values and eventually a crash - what for hours to flip with a negative even mean to other code - this indicates time travel ?
- this spot in the sky is actually very close to where my session STARTED in the NE about 45 degrees up (to clear trees) and could easily be alone the same line as the bubble - since some of that info is coming from scheduler this gives me the feeling that a buffer has been overrun and we are now seeing another objects data (how many time have I done THAT in structs in c!)
Add to that those warning from align about not enough memory and I am suspecting this is a basic corruption
Day before this I used all the real scope during daytime to slew and flip but never died - and all the numbers looked good - I will try again but turn off logging to reduce IO and load - will see it completes
My big bugaboo here is why when in the middle of shooting OIII the sequence does not take priority of the tab...I could be in the middle of 5 filters and it should STAY on what it is using from sequence - perhaps this is a setting in the focus tab? or I need to NOT select a filter?...I dunno