cant run phd and stellarium telescope control same time

Could be some condition that PHD2 is not expecting – but is perfectly legitimate – occurring when Stellarium is present… hence triggered by the presence of Stellarium – but caused by PHD2’s inability to handle the condition. So both packages changed a lot… which is why I’m not 100% ready to blame Stellarium. But now that I switched to communicating with the mount directly from Stellarium (via the ASCOM driver), the problems began to happen.īUT – at the same time I upgraded Stellarium and started using direct communication via ASCOM to the mount – I upgraded PHD2 to the new version that supported multi-star guiding. I’ve used Stellarium (with the Stellarium Scope software) for years without any of these problems. Compared to Stellarium it is a very poor substitute (in my opinion). I’ve used Cartes du Ceil before – but frankly – I dislike the user interface a LOT.

I also use SGP to manage my imaging sessions, and I’ve gotten it working to the point that it handles slewing and centering of the targets, so I don’t need Stellarium for that process. It’s also nice to be able to easily see where the mount is pointing during an imaging session, but that is really not necessary. Right now, the only thing I actively use Stellarium for (with the mount control) is to have the mount slew to the location that I want to use to calibrate PHD2 against. I understand that might be the “fix” – if only for now – and I’m prepared to do that.

Cant run phd and stellarium telescope control same time