Crash of SGP

pk825 · July 8, 2017, 9:42am

Hi,
I work with SGP from long time and now I’m using it on a new amateur remote observatory. The systems works fine, but I have a not identified problem with SGP: it crashed and the log reports only these lines:
[07/07/17 02:48:03.903][DEBUG] [Unknown] GlobalExceptionHandler caught : Input string was not in a correct format.
[07/07/17 02:48:03.903][DEBUG] [Unknown] Runtime terminating: True

The environment is:

Windows 7 64bit on i5 desktop
eqmod 1.27g to control a neq6 via eqdir
CCD Atik 383l with its driver
Filter Wheel Atik GW2 with its driver
Moonlite focuser and rotator with its driver
Arduino Weather Station (GitHub - manojkoushik/Arduino_ObservingConditions: Ascom Observing Conditions Driver Based around Arudino and Weather shield)
Lodestar connected via PHD2 2.6dev3
Scopedome dome 3m USB v1.1 with its driver

Regional setting is UK and location is Italy (Windows was installed in italian)

The nights before I have a problem at more or less the same time with tracking and loss the stars on different subjects. I don’t know if there is a correlation or it is a simple coincidence.
I attached the full log file.
sg_logfile_20170706224024.zip (35.5 KB)

Ken · July 8, 2017, 5:33pm

@pk825

This is odd indeed. I would need to see a couple more instances to establish a pattern, but looking at this one there appears to be corrupt memory issues, specifically:

[07/07/17 02:47:51.045][DEBUG] [Camera Thread] ASCOM: AF Exposure DL speed: b

“b” is not valid for speed. I am curious to see if the other crashes are similar.

pk825 · July 8, 2017, 8:07pm

It’s real odd. I add you the logs of the other two sessions with the star lost problem.
Is the DL speed set to b the Bulb option? I see that the thread call it every time in this way and it always work and set the time exposition in the line before (ASCOM: AF Exposure length: 10 seconds).
sgp log.zip (114.5 KB)

pk825 · July 21, 2017, 8:18am

It’s seems that I have a problem with phd2: four times doesn’t work and one hang sgp.
I add the last two logs, could you help me to understand if there is a problem with phd?
log.zip (664.9 KB)

Ron_Kramer · July 27, 2017, 1:59pm

I have lots of crashes and am starting to think it’s the relationship (server?) between SGP adn PHD2.
OR - I wonder if it’s a matter of two ZWO cameras both operating at the same time.
1600MMC and a 290MM on the guider. It sometimes switches them. I have to use caution to make sure
that the guider is set to connect to the 290 rather than the 1600. I sometimes wonder if there is a conflict.
Trying to test another older laptop with different install.