[Emil]

A aparut o noua versiune prerelease.
Link to Microprojects Equinox added (Mac). You can now send guide commands to the mount attached in Equinox (bringing a whole host of mounts into play for the Mac)
- Dark frame mode now takes and averages 5 darks instead of just 1
- Pixel squaring added as-needed on SX cams
- Fixed some bugs in the usability of the auto-find-star routine
- Fixed display for for low-res screens (e.g. 800x480 monitors)
- Updated Dec guide routines. All algorithms now have a "Max dec duration" parameter to limit things. The "resist switch" algorithm has been substantially re-tuned to be more intelligent as well.

Numai bine
Emil

[Emil]

Vesiunea 1.11.3 in pre-release

PHD Guiding 1.11.3 Download OS X (Universal binary),Download Windows
- (1.11.3) Fixed issue with "hide" and "clear" button in graph log and added mouse-over tips.
- (1.11.3) In graph log, user can now change colors for lines. Shift-click RA/Dec button to change RA color. Ctrl-click to change Dec color.
- (1.11.3) Can now tweak numerous guide parameters on Graph Log window on the fly
- (1.11.2) When guide output is disabled, PHD will now track the star as it moves anywhere on the screen and not be confined by the search region (useful when doing PEC training)
- (1.11.2) Manual Guide dialog will now send commands even when guiding is active
- (1.11.1) Fixes for >1 SX camera on Macs - still an issue on PPC Macs
- (1.11.1) Fixes to the auto-star find routine (thanks Sander), but may still not be perfect
- (1.11.1) Removed warning about checking IsPulseGuiding -- handles it transparently as it really didn't matter
- (1.11.1) PHD can now remember which camera was last used. Shift-click on the camera button to connect to your last-used camera.

http://www.stark-labs.com/prerelease.html

[Emil]

PHD 1.12.2

This pre-relese includes:

- (1.12.2) Tweak to Star Mass tolerance. Hopefully, it's less prone to rejecting things now. You can disable it entirely (promise!) by setting it to 1.0. Also, it will only reject two frames in a row because of this.
- (1.12.2) Calibration portion of log file cleaned up to put commas between values for easier analysis
- (1.12.2) If entering calibration data manually, current value will be pre-filled in dialog
- (1.12.1) Log file changed: Another column has been added to list what kind of fault PHD might have found with a star during guiding. 0=OK, 1=saturated (but still trying to work with it), 2=Low SNR, 3=Low star mass, 4=High change in star mass, 5=Large motion detected. Anything above 1 causes PHD to sit still and not move.
- (1.12.1) "Max RA Duration" parameter added to Advanced menu(default is 1000 ms). Can be used to cap the RA duration during guiding.
- (1.12.1) Flip RA data entry added to Tools menu to flip the vectors post meridian-flip
- (1.12.1) "Star mass tolerance" added to Advanced menu (default is 0.3). If the change in mass from one time to another exceeds this fraction, the current sample is rejected and not used for guiding. So, if the star mass on one sample is 10000 and the next it is 12000, the command is sent. If the next is 14000 (or 6000) it isn't (with the threshold set at 0.3 -- if it were at 0.4, these would be sent).
- (1.12.1) Reworked Advanced dialog

[Emil]

PHD 1.12.3
This pre-relese (1.12.3 on Windows only) includes:
- (1.12.3) Allowed ranges on parameters in graph log and advanced dialog synced.
- (1.12.3) Support for "late bound" ASCOM cameras ("ASCOM (late) camera" in menu). This will allow in v4 and v6+ ASCOM cameras and any v5 cameras that did not support the (now defunct) "early binding" mode.
- (1.12.3) Support for "subframe" mode on late-bound ASCOM cameras
- (1.12.3) Last-used ASCOM camera now remembered in ASCOM Chooser dialog

- (1.12.2a) Mac-only fix to >1 Starlight Xpress camera
- (1.12.2) Tweak to Star Mass tolerance. Hopefully, it's less prone to rejecting things now. You can disable it entirely (promise!) by setting it to 1.0. Also, it will only reject two frames in a row because of this.
- (1.12.2) Calibration portion of log file cleaned up to put commas between values for easier analysis
- (1.12.2) If entering calibration data manually, current value will be pre-filled in dialog
- (1.12.1) Log file changed: Another column has been added to list what kind of fault PHD might have found with a star during guiding. 0=OK, 1=saturated (but still trying to work with it), 2=Low SNR, 3=Low star mass, 4=High change in star mass, 5=Large motion detected. Anything above 1 causes PHD to sit still and not move.
- (1.12.1) "Max RA Duration" parameter added to Advanced menu(default is 1000 ms). Can be used to cap the RA duration during guiding.
- (1.12.1) Flip RA data entry added to Tools menu to flip the vectors post meridian-flip
- (1.12.1) "Star mass tolerance" added to Advanced menu (default is 0.3). If the change in mass from one time to another exceeds this fraction, the current sample is rejected and not used for guiding. So, if the star mass on one sample is 10000 and the next it is 12000, the command is sent. If the next is 14000 (or 6000) it isn't (with the threshold set at 0.3 -- if it were at 0.4, these would be sent).
- (1.12.1) Reworked Advanced dialog
If you're running an Orion autoguider and you've not upgraded their drivers for some time (you're not on 1.12 already) and things don't work - upgrade their drivers from their site.

[Emil]

PHD 1.12.4
This pre-relese includes:
- (1.12.4) Added Preference to scale dither commands sent via capture program (e.g., Nebulosity). Default is 1 (to keep things at +/- 0.5, 1, 2, 3, and 5) but you can now multiply these levels by anything you want.
- (1.12.4) Updated to new drivers for Fishcamp Starfish (Win)
- (1.12.4) Fixed issue that could make the Advanced dialog be super-tiny (came in from a nice feature in OpenPHD). If you're stuck with a small dialog, on Windows fire up RegEdit (Start, Run, enter in "regedit") and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\StarkLabs\PHDGuiding. You'll see an entry there for "Advanced dialog fontsize". Just delete that key.
- (1.12.4) Fixed issue on Mac with incorrect positioning of guide box for some odd image sizes
- (1.12.4) Added ability to save star images as FITS files (hold down shift while pulling down Enable Star Image Logging)

- (1.12.3) Allowed ranges on parameters in graph log and advanced dialog synced.
- (1.12.3) Support for "late bound" ASCOM cameras ("ASCOM (late) camera" in menu). This will allow in v4 and v6+ ASCOM cameras and any v5 cameras that did not support the (now defunct) "early binding" mode.
- (1.12.3) Support for "subframe" mode on late-bound ASCOM cameras
- (1.12.3) Last-used ASCOM camera now remembered in ASCOM Chooser dialog
- (1.12.2a) Mac-only fix to >1 Starlight Xpress camera
- (1.12.2) Tweak to Star Mass tolerance. Hopefully, it's less prone to rejecting things now. You can disable it entirely (promise!) by setting it to 1.0. Also, it will only reject two frames in a row because of this.
- (1.12.2) Calibration portion of log file cleaned up to put commas between values for easier analysis
- (1.12.2) If entering calibration data manually, current value will be pre-filled in dialog
- (1.12.1) Log file changed: Another column has been added to list what kind of fault PHD might have found with a star during guiding. 0=OK, 1=saturated (but still trying to work with it), 2=Low SNR, 3=Low star mass, 4=High change in star mass, 5=Large motion detected. Anything above 1 causes PHD to sit still and not move.
- (1.12.1) "Max RA Duration" parameter added to Advanced menu(default is 1000 ms). Can be used to cap the RA duration during guiding.
- (1.12.1) Flip RA data entry added to Tools menu to flip the vectors post meridian-flip
- (1.12.1) "Star mass tolerance" added to Advanced menu (default is 0.3). If the change in mass from one time to another exceeds this fraction, the current sample is rejected and not used for guiding. So, if the star mass on one sample is 10000 and the next it is 12000, the command is sent. If the next is 14000 (or 6000) it isn't (with the threshold set at 0.3 -- if it were at 0.4, these would be sent).
- (1.12.1) Reworked Advanced dialog
If you're running an Orion autoguider and you've not upgraded their drivers for some time (you're not on 1.12 already) and things don't work - upgrade their drivers from their site.

[Emil]

PHD Guiding 1.13.2

Prelease
- (1.13.2) Fix to long-exposure webcams. Was not remembering port number
- (1.13.2) Changed name of Open SSAG on Mac
- (1.13.1) Beta-level support for Orion StarShoot Autoguider on Intel based Macs via Open SSAG (Thanks to Eric Holmes for 99.9% of the work on this!)
- (1.13.1) Updates to The Imaging Source (TIS) cams on Windows to use default FPS setting (changing to 5 FPS was giving issues on some cams).
- (1.13.1) Updates in place for ASCOM v6 (e.g., should detect color sensors and strip off matrix)
- (1.13.1) Updated to current SBIG library for support of STi cameras
- (1.13.1) Mac build now requires Intel processors and 10.5+
- (1.13.1) Windows build now bundles VC2005 libraries needed for some clean installs (e.g. XP)
- (1.13.1) Should now save the Dec slope weight parameter
- (1.13.1) Small bug-fix tweaks to find-star routine (thanks Tom H!)

[jimao22]

Am o problema cu ultima varianta de PHD, 1.13.2.
Cand incerc sa conectez montura, imi da mesajul asta de eroare in doua ferestre succesive, ca aici. Oare ce e gresit? Am reinstalat versiunea veche (1.11.3) si merge bine, ca inainte.
Pe calculatorul asta cu pricina am W7 pe 32 biti.

[Emil]

A aparut versiunea 1.13.4 la Pre-release

- (1.13.4) Updates to LE webcams to make them more reliable on capture in progress (clean up)
- (1.13.4) Updates to LE webcams to go COM1-COM16 as trigger options
- (1.13.4) Updated dark frame handling to ensure no strange values
- (1.13.4) Ability to load/save dark frames
- (1.13.4) SX "Superstar" properly named
- (1.13.3) Ability to connect to EQMac (think EQMod but for Macs http://hulse.id.au/eqmac/) for control over Atlas type mounts
- (1.13.3) Minor adjustment to DCAM/Firewire/IIDC cams on Mac (thanks Ken)
- (1.13.3) Load/save settings feature added. Anything PHD normally saves (e.g., Advanced dialog) will be saved to a user-specified file.
- (1.13.2) Fix to long-exposure webcams. Was not remembering port number
- (1.13.2) Changed name of Open SSAG on Mac
- (1.13.1) Beta-level support for Orion StarShoot Autoguider on Intel based Macs via Open SSAG (Thanks to Eric Holmes for 99.9% of the work on this!)
- (1.13.1) Updates to The Imaging Source (TIS) cams on Windows to use default FPS setting (changing to 5 FPS was giving issues on some cams).
- (1.13.1) Updates in place for ASCOM v6 (e.g., should detect color sensors and strip off matrix)
- (1.13.1) Updated to current SBIG library for support of STi cameras
- (1.13.1) Mac build now requires Intel processors and 10.5+
- (1.13.1) Windows build now bundles VC2005 libraries needed for some clean installs (e.g. XP)
- (1.13.1) Should now save the Dec slope weight parameter
- (1.13.1) Small bug-fix tweaks to find-star routine (thanks Tom H!)

[Emil]

PHD Guiding 1.13.5
http://www.stark-labs.com/prerelease.html

- (1.13.5) Fixed bug in Ctrl-Click not letting you set the Dec color (thanks Igor!)
- (1.13.5) Automatic detection of shutter and use of it when taking dark frames (SBIG, SX, ASCOM, Atik in place)
- (1.13.5) Updated Atik to latest library
- (1.13.5) New server command (id=14) to auto-find star (same as pulling down this from the menu)
- (1.13.5) "None" camera added to list and calling the camera connect dialog up and pressing cancel will no longer disconnect (Thanks Nicola)
- (1.13.4) Updates to LE webcams to make them more reliable on capture in progress (clean up)
- (1.13.4) Updates to LE webcams to go COM1-COM16 as trigger options
- (1.13.4) Updated dark frame handling to ensure no strange values
- (1.13.4) Ability to load/save dark frames
- (1.13.4) SX "Superstar" properly named
- (1.13.3) Ability to connect to EQMac (think EQMod but for Macs http://hulse.id.au/eqmac/) for control over Atlas type mounts
- (1.13.3) Minor adjustment to DCAM/Firewire/IIDC cams on Mac (thanks Ken)
- (1.13.3) Load/save settings feature added. Anything PHD normally saves (e.g., Advanced dialog) will be saved to a user-specified file.
- (1.13.2) Fix to long-exposure webcams. Was not remembering port number
- (1.13.2) Changed name of Open SSAG on Mac
- (1.13.1) Beta-level support for Orion StarShoot Autoguider on Intel based Macs via Open SSAG (Thanks to Eric Holmes for 99.9% of the work on this!)
- (1.13.1) Updates to The Imaging Source (TIS) cams on Windows to use default FPS setting (changing to 5 FPS was giving issues on some cams).
- (1.13.1) Updates in place for ASCOM v6 (e.g., should detect color sensors and strip off matrix)
- (1.13.1) Updated to current SBIG library for support of STi cameras
- (1.13.1) Mac build now requires Intel processors and 10.5+
- (1.13.1) Windows build now bundles VC2005 libraries needed for some clean installs (e.g. XP)
- (1.13.1) Should now save the Dec slope weight parameter
- (1.13.1) Small bug-fix tweaks to find-star routine (thanks Tom H!)

[auriga]

un articol de Craig Stark despre PHD, aflat de cateva zile pe prima pagina CN:
http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=2755

[Emil]

PHD Guiding 1.14.2

- (1.14.2) Based on OpenPHD craig branch r237
- (1.14.2) OpenCV camera support for webcams on Mac and Windows
- (1.14.2) Updated Mac SX library for SuperStar
- (1.14.2) ASCOM ROI download bug fixed
- (1.14.1) Based on OpenPHD craig branch, r211
- (1.14.1) Adjusted B level by using FiltMin rather than Min
- (1.14.1) Minor cleanup in dark routine
- (1.14.1) QHY5L-II support (Windows)
- (1.14.1) Tweak font size in graphs to deal with different user font size selections
- (1.14.1) Fix in FindStar() to avoid a divide by zero (causing issues on SSPAIG and should have been on others)
- (1.14.1) Fixed crash on TakeDark (issue #39).
- (1.14.1) Added server call to get count of images captured in looping state (useful for determining when images have actually been captured when controlling PHD with another application).