Sequence do not keep running after autofocus completes

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I did an upgrade to the latest version of SGPro before an imaging session last night. However, the session was a failure as the sequence did not continue capturing (the Run/Resume button is greyed out saying “Aborting …”) after autofocus routine was successfully run (stuck at that focus window, need to close it manually).

This happened at around 7pm (then I left it unattended). By the time I realise that it was stuck, it was around 8:30pm. I fixed it up once again, then realise it was still no good at around 9:30-10pm where I called the quits.

No settings were changed between this session and the flawless sessions before the update.

Attached is my log from last night. I had a brief look, but can’t make sense of what could be wrong or which subsystem was faulty.

sg_logfile_20190603181010.txt (378.2 KB)

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It looks like the first abort happened due to the guide star being lost around 7:30.

[06/03/19 18:54:13.113][DEBUG] [PHD2 Listener Thread] Error: Guide star reported as lost!
[06/03/19 18:54:13.113][DEBUG] [PHD2 Listener Thread] Adding sequence level notification: Guide star lost!
[06/03/19 18:54:13.114][DEBUG] [PHD2 Listener Thread] Sending Notification: Warning - Guide star lost!
[06/03/19 18:54:13.382][DEBUG] [Guider Camera Thread] Frame restart: Guide star was lost.
[06/03/19 19:01:10.123][DEBUG] [PHD2 Listener Thread] Error: Guide star reported as lost!
[06/03/19 19:01:10.123][DEBUG] [PHD2 Listener Thread] Adding sequence level notification: Guide star lost!
[06/03/19 19:01:10.124][DEBUG] [PHD2 Listener Thread] Sending Notification: Warning - Guide star lost!
[06/03/19 19:01:10.633][DEBUG] [Guider Camera Thread] Frame restart: Guide star was lost.

The hanging of the AF window is a little more of a mystery. Have you seen this behavior before? I’ll have to attempt to duplicate this.

Thanks,
Jared

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Thanks Jared. I haven’t had that issue before I don’t recall. If that was to happen, it happens when I run an autofocus manually, not as a part of the sequence step.