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PHD2 v2.6.5dev6

25 October 2018

- New Meridian flip calibration tool
- New: ToupTek camera support for Windows; using ToupTek SDK version 30.13059.2018.1003
- Guiding Assistant: improved min-move recommendations
- Guide camera pixel scale is now shown in the new profile wizard and the stats window
- Added a button to reset camera gain to camera's default value
- Altair cameras: update to SDK version 30.13010.2018.0926
- Altair cameras: new option to use older SDK for 2015/2016 era cameras
- Altair cameras: prevent connecting to the wrong camera when reconnecting after a disconnect
- Lowpass2: insure guide pulse never goes in the wrong direction; more debug logging
- Fix glitchy display when changing profiles by clearing the displayed image
- New profile wizard: center the dialog on the screen, not on the gear dialog
- Windows: fix PHD2 crash when opening the mount setup dialog after the RPC server has been terminated
- Fix bug in ProfileWiz - camera properties were being displayed on AuxMount tab if camera was Simulator
- Ensure backlash compensation is enabled only when Dec guide mode is Auto
- INDI: fix problem connecting Aux Mount that does not provide guiding properties
- Event server: send calibration step events
- Updated Traditional Chinese Translation
- Help file: add help for too-little east/south moves in calibration; fix broken link re focusing with Star Profile tool

Download.

http://openphdguiding.org/phd2-2.6.5dev6-installer.exe

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PHD2 v2.6.5dev7

29 January 2019

- Guiding Assistant: new feature to review prior G.A. run results
- Guiding Assistant: avoid too large min-move recommendations
- Guiding Assistant: check for poor camera focus
- Guiding Assistant: recommend binning when image scale is too low
- Calibration review: show calibration side of pier
- Add menu items for toolbar button functions
- Backlash compensation: better resiliency against stiction
- Dark libraries: fix problem loading the wrong dark frame for exposures below 0.02s
- Connect gear: only enable camera selection button when camera driver supports multiple cameras
- ASCOM scopes: better handling for ASCOM drivers that terminate outside of PHD2
- Altair cameras: update to SDK version 30.13270.2018.1102
- ToupTek cameras: update to SDK version 33.13814.2019.0120
- ZWO cameras: use snap mode for USB cameras USB2 mini cameras - fixes various guiding stability problems caused by video mode
- Linux: add Touptek camera support
- Linux: fix a potential crash related to INDI text properties
- Fix long-standing possible crash when Manual Guide tool is run with On-camera mount
- Updated French and Traditional Chinese translations

Download.

https://openphdguiding.org/phd2-2.6.5dev7-installer.exe

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PHD2 v2.6.6 24 March 2019

Changelog.

- Lots of improvements to the Guiding Assistant
- Updated camera support: Altair, QHY, SBIG, SSAG (Mac), ZWO ASI
- New ToupTek camera support for Windows
- New MallinCam SkyRaider camera support for Mac
- INDI SBIG AO support
- Better detection of problems like runaway guiding, excessive backlash, and calibration problems
- Improved backlash compensation
- New Meridian flip calibration tool
- New ZFilter guide algorithm
- Guide algorithm None has been removed
- INDI improvements
- Various minor user interface fixes
- Updated Help file
- Updated translations

Download.

https://openphdguiding.org/phd2-2.6.6-installer.exe

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PHD2 v2.6.6dev1 23 May 2019

- Equipment profile wizard and Guiding Assistant now recommend Lowpass2 Dec guiding for mounts with high-res encoders or near-zero backlash
- Calibration is now automatically cleared if the camera selection is changed
- Predictive PEC: enable the model retaining option by default for new profiles
- ZWO cameras: update to SDK version 1.14.0227 (Windows, Mac, and Linux)
- New Omegon Pro camera selection
- INDI mounts: fix incorrect LST fallback calculation for mount drivers that do not provide LST
- Guide log: ensure monotonically increasing timestamps regardless of changes to the system clock
- Minor debug log cleanup
- Camera simulator: fix crash when no mount or AO is selected
- Fix crash in connect equipment or advanced dialog when AO is selected but mount is None
- Updated French translation

Download.

https://openphdguiding.org/phd2-2.6.6dev1-installer.exe

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PHD2 v2.6.6dev2 10 September 2019

- New button on the main toolbar for auto-selecting a star
- New option to enable/disable audible beep for lost star
- Soften wording of some calibration alert messages to be more advisory in nature
- Fix various problems running the Guiding Assistant with an AO unit
- Changing the Dec Flip calibration option now triggers a new calibration
- Guiding Assistant: better recommendation for polar alignment
- Guiding Assistant: rework min-move recommendations to handle long G.A. runs
- Guiding Assistant: fix incorrect display of +/- symbol
- New profile Wizard: added an option for auto-restoring calibration
- Polar drift: allow window to be resized; save size and position across sessions
- Altair cameras: update to SDK version 38.15031.2019.0706 (Windows)
- INDI cameras: new option to suppress fallback to streaming mode
- INDI cameras: do not start exposure until prior exposure has completed
- INDI: ensure device names always include "INDI"
- ASCOM cameras: fix crash attempting to set cooler after camera is disconnected
- Server: add star HFD to guide step event
- Server: new ConfigurationChange event
- Server: allow clients to send multiple overlapped requests
- Updated French translation
- Updated Traditional Chinese translation
- Updated Help content

Dpwnload.

https://openphdguiding.org/phd2-2.6.6dev2-installer.exe

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PHD2 v2.6.6dev3

7 December 2019

-Mac: 64-bit version of PHD2 for macOS Catalina
-QHY cameras: update macOS SDK to version V20191115_0 (32-bit and 64-bit)
-QHY cameras: log the QHY SDK version in the debug log
-ZWO cameras: update to SDK version V1.14.1108 (windows, mac, linux)
-Workaround for imaging apps which fail to un-pause PHD2: stop button un-pauses guiding
-Updated French translation
-Updated Traditional Chinese translation
-Fix potential crash when AO graph is updated by a thread other than the main UI thread
-Fix unlikely crash if imaging app tells phd2 to start guiding just as user closes app
-Extend auto-adjustment of guiding params for changes to pixel size, binning, or focal length

Download.

https://openphdguiding.org/phd2-2.6.6dev3-installer.exe

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