Peter Tijerina
Peter Tijerina created a new topic ' Capture Job Aborted After Meridian Flip' in the forum. 1 year ago

Hello. I ran across an odd behavior in the latest Kstars/Ekos version 3.6.2 stable (which I recently upgraded to) on Ubuntu 20.04. I was running a capture job of 30 x 300 second subs on the Flaming Star nebula. After completing 17 of the 30 images, the logs show dithering, then guiding resumes, then them mount performs a meridian flip, which was expected since the mount was just past the meridian. That's when the job appears to abort. Below are the log entries:
****begin log snip****
2023-01-26T21:20:31.072 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Capturing 300.000-second L-Ultimate image..."
[2023-01-26T21:20:31.122 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI183MC Pro : "[INFO] Taking a 300 seconds frame... "
[2023-01-26T21:21:42.358 CST WARN ][ default] - qrc:/qml/mount/mountbox.qml:502:17: QML MouseArea: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[2023-01-26T21:25:32.027 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI183MC Pro : "[INFO] Exposure done, downloading image... "
[2023-01-26T21:25:32.047 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI183MC Pro : "[INFO] Download complete. "
[2023-01-26T21:25:32.917 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - "FITS" file saved to "/home/enigma/Light/L-Ultimate/IC_405_Light_L-Ultimate_300_secs_2023-01-26T21-25-32_017.fits"
[2023-01-26T21:25:33.301 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Download Time: 1.20 s, New Download Time Estimate: 1.24 s."
[2023-01-26T21:25:33.576 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Received image 17 out of 30."
[2023-01-26T21:25:34.575 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Captured /home/enigma/Light/L-Ultimate/IC_405_Light_L-Ultimate_300_secs_2023-01-26T21-25-32_017.fits"
[2023-01-26T21:25:34.581 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - Dithering...
[2023-01-26T21:25:34.581 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Dithering..."
[2023-01-26T21:25:34.581 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "PHD2: Dithering started."
[2023-01-26T21:25:34.585 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Dithering in progress."
[2023-01-26T21:25:34.922 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "PHD2: Dithering started."
[2023-01-26T21:25:35.867 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "PHD2: Guiding resumed."
[2023-01-26T21:25:35.873 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Autoguiding started."
[2023-01-26T21:25:39.420 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - Dithering succeeded, capture state "Dithering"
[2023-01-26T21:25:39.420 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Dithering succeeded."
[2023-01-26T21:25:39.421 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Dither complete. Resuming in 10 seconds..."
[2023-01-26T21:25:39.425 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Dithering completed successfully."
[2023-01-26T21:25:39.429 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Guiding resumed."
[2023-01-26T21:25:39.510 CST WARN ][ default] - QImage::scaled: Image is a null image
[2023-01-26T21:25:49.611 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Capturing 300.000-second L-Ultimate image..."
[2023-01-26T21:25:49.706 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - ZWO CCD ASI183MC Pro : "[INFO] Taking a 300 seconds frame... "
[2023-01-26T21:29:41.365 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Mount is moving. Resetting calibration..."
[2023-01-26T21:29:41.366 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Calibration is cleared."
[2023-01-26T21:29:41.367 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Mount is slewing. Aborting guide..."
[2023-01-26T21:29:41.375 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "PHD2: Calibration is cleared"
[2023-01-26T21:29:41.385 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "PHD2: Guiding Stopped."
[2023-01-26T21:29:41.386 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "Autoguiding stopped. Aborting..."
[2023-01-26T21:29:41.390 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - "CCD capture aborted"
[2023-01-26T21:29:41.397 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Autoguiding aborted."
[2023-01-26T21:29:41.860 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "PHD2: Guiding started."
[2023-01-26T21:29:41.864 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Autoguiding started."
[2023-01-26T21:29:42.237 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "PHD2: Guiding Stopped."
[2023-01-26T21:29:42.241 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.ekos.guide] - "Autoguiding aborted."
[2023-01-26T21:29:42.432 CST WARN ][ default] - qrc:/qml/mount/mountbox.qml:502:17: QML MouseArea: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[2023-01-26T21:30:02.357 CST WARN ][ default] - qrc:/qml/mount/mountbox.qml:502:17: QML MouseArea: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[2023-01-26T21:30:22.364 CST WARN ][ default] - qrc:/qml/mount/mountbox.qml:502:17: QML MouseArea: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[2023-01-26T21:30:23.442 CST WARN ][ default] - qrc:/qml/mount/mountbox.qml:502:17: QML MouseArea: Detected anchors on an item that is managed by a layout. This is undefined behavior; use Layout.alignment instead.
[2023-01-26T21:30:23.922 CST INFO ][ org.kde.kstars.indi] - iOptron GEM45 : "[INFO] Slew complete, tracking... "
****end log snip****

I was not running this job via the Scheduler. I manually slewed, aligned, focused, and began autoguiding (using PHD2 service through Ekos interface), and then started the capture from the capture tab.
This worked fine in the prior version I had (3.5.x? cant recall exact version). Am I missing a new setting somewhere in v3.6.2, or is this potentially a bug?
Thanks,
Peter

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