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Problem with QHY163M in Stellarmate

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Hello everyone,
I bought Stellarmate last week and tried it today with my QHY163M. However, the test was not successful. The main problem was that more than a minute passed between each capture, so that a sequence of 10 captures - each 5 second long - lasted almost half an hour... With my ZWO ASI120 everything worked fine. Maybe it is interesting, that there were two warnings after each capture: "Telescope aperture is missing" and "Telescope focal lenght is missing". Is there Data missing, which causes a problem with data processing after each capture? Did anyone have a similar problem and can help me to fix it?
Thanks and clear sky Jonas
Last edit: 2 years 4 months ago by Jonas .
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Replied by Jasem Mutlaq on topic Stellarmate

Did you check your equipment profile? Are the telescopes selected in there? A minute is too long, should take few seconds, but even then this warning should not have caused this delay.
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Hello,
the mainscope and the guidescope are selected in the equipment profile. But I think I have found a solution for the delay between the captures: I reduced the default value for the "Dialog timeout" (Settings --> Ekos) of 60 seconds to 0 seconds. Now, there are only about 5-10 seconds between the captures. Is that normal?
Unfortunately, I discovered other problems during the further test of the software. When I record a video (in the app via the video camera icon) and then stop the recordig (or after the set time), I can not take photos anymore (Error: Cannot take exposure while streaming/recording is active). I have to close the equipment profile every time and open it again to take a picture after a videorecording. To set Videostream and Videorecording off in the INDI Control Panel didn't help. Further, if I activate streaming, I cant stop it anymore, so that I have to close the equipment profile again. Are there any known solutions for this? 
Thanks Jonas
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