The new feature is available for testing from my KStars copy on branch feature_realign_after_guiding_failure.

I am currently merging the two options for guiding failure and guiding calibration failure into a single one. This update will be available in a couple of hours.

Wolfgang

OK, now the feature is available for testing. It can be controlled by a single option that is valid both for calibration errors and guiding errors:


Its available on my KStars fork on invent.kde.org/wreissenberger/kstars.git from branch <strong>feature_realign_after_guiding_failure</strong>

Thanks Wolfgang. This is one of the missing pieces of my automation jigsaw. I'll test it asap.

Question: Would it be possible for ea-align to include when the guide star jumps out of the box? e.g.
[2020-08-17T22:29:21.703 CEST DEBG ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "findGuideStar found a star at 205.0, 103.5 but it is outside the tracking box"

This can sometimes happen after a dither and can displace the image quite a bit. It would be great if we could re-align on this too.

TIA, clear skies,
Steve

EDIT: Maybe the question should be, 'should we abort when the star is outside the tracking box?'

I suppose a good way to test this is to put your hand in front of the guide scope for a minute, and then take it away to see what happens.

Think I saw some conversation that "Guiding Calibration Failure" and "Guiding Failure" might be rolled into a single checkbox.

Was it decided to do that?

Yepp, it will be one single checkbox. I updated my post from last night, which contained the wrong screenshot.

This is not that easy since re-aligning is bound to a certain guiding event - currently GUIDE_CALIBRATION_ERROR or GUIDE_ABORTED. A guiding star outside of the tracking box leads to GUIDE_REACQUIRE (if it happens a certain number in a row).

Would not that be an overreaction? I would appreciate leaving the decision to the guiding module how to handle such cases. If it gives up in terms of GUIDE_CALIBRATION_ERROR or GUIDE_ABORTED, then it's up to the scheduler now to react.

Hi
Unfortunately, no change here. The option still lists only calibration:

git log
commit b1a7f2137ea1d4ad8741247312257a3560770137 (HEAD -> feature_realign_after_guiding_failure, origin/feature_realign_after_guiding_failure)
Author: Wolfgang Reissenberger <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Mon Aug 17 20:59:33 2020 +0200

Reduced to one single option for re-aligning after guiding or calibration errors

I've not checked the code, but perhaps just the Info text was not updated, maybe just check that last checkbox to enable both.

Hi

Could be, but I see it in Wofgang's screenshot here .


Cheers

Just checked it, my latest build looks like this:

Perhaps a silly question, but if you just compiled from git, do you have 2 versions installed and still running the older one, not the fresh one?