SGP sequence start time

[KathyNS]

I want my sequence to start at 1:00 am, when the CDS chart says the sky should be clear. How do I set a sequence start time?

I can set a Start Capturing time on a specific target, but then I would have to click the Run Sequence button in daylight. When I google the subject I see lots of people complaining that it tries to plate solve right away when you do that, obviously failing because it is still light outside.

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I see that there is a clock icon under the Target List in the Sequence View, but it is grayed out. My guess is that that is where I would set a sequence start time, but how do I enable it? I can't find anything useful in the help files.

There's got to be a way to do it, otherwise what's the point of automation software?

P.S. It's nearly 8:00 now. An answer by 10:00 would be most helpful!

[KathyNS]

Well, I got brave and experimented. It looks like the target start time is the way to do it. When I hit Run, it connected PHD, but didn't try to do anything. It says it is waiting until 1:00 to go to work.

[JayTee]

After a little checking, did you put "time constraints" in each target you have checked?

JT

[KathyNS]

We posted simultaneously. Yes, and it looks like that is the only way to do it. Seems to be doing the right thing (i.e. nothing yet).

[OhNo]

Did it work properly for you?

[KathyNS]

Did it work properly for you?

It did indeed. After I clicked 'Run', it sat there until the prescribed time, then ran the sequence. I independently scheduled the dome to open and track the scope at the same time as the sequence start. Within SGP, I had it run a script at the end of the sequence to close the dome. I forgot to tell it to park the mount at the end, so it was still tracking when I woke up this morning. Other than that one omission, the session went flawlessly, with me sound asleep.

[OhNo]

While I haven't tried it, the mount can be instructed to Park once the session is over, right from within SGP.

I'm on personal quest to get SGP working with a couple different camera options. But I should start another thread for that, it's been a challenge (yup, "challenge" is the right word for not getting banned on the forum)

[KathyNS]

While I haven't tried it, the mount can be instructed to Park once the session is over, right from within SGP.

Yes it can. I simply forgot to check that option. I thought I had done it, but apparently not. I'll get it tonight, though