[APBeta] DSS downloads

Thu Feb 5 20:17:39 PST 2009

Seeing the same here. Sometimes it works, sometimes it hangs.

Never noticed it before the AP site was down the other day for a couple 
hours. Could be coincidence.

Craig

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>   1. Re: DSS servers not working? (Bob)
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>   3. Re: v2.0b19 (Paul Rodman)
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>   5. Re: DSS servers not working? (David Crum)
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> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 19:40:39 -0500
> From: "Bob" <bobrose at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] DSS servers not working?
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> I have actually tried a variety of plates, resolutions and sizes for 
> various
> objects. This morning I was trying to populate a new plan with some images
> and it downloaded 3 before it just seemed to stop.  Restarting did no 
> good.
> This evening it did one then seemed too hang again.
>
> I just tried on 1.6 and downloaded 1 and stopped. Then after two more 
> tries
> it started working.
>
> Tried again on V2b19 and it download 8 before stopping again. Restarted
> Image download ( not AP) and got 2 more.
>
> Tried it on the laptop and pretty much the same thing. It must be my ISP
> monkeying with me. I'll go get the aircard out of the truck and stick it 
> in
> the laptop to see if that makes a difference.
>
> Bob
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> [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of Paul Rodman
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 7:12 PM
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> Subject: Re: [APBeta] DSS servers not working?
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>
>
> Not seeing a problem here.
>
> When in doubt, try V1.6. If it also has problems, then it's probably at 
> the
> server end.
>
> Also, different data sets come from different servers, so what exactly are
> you trying to download? (e.g. NGC123 30'x30' 2nd Gen Red).
>
> Have you tried quitting and restarting AP?
>
> Paul R.
>
> On Feb 5, 2009, at 04:02 PM, Bob wrote:
>
>
>
> Is anyone having trouble downloading DSS images? I can get one real quick
> with a plan then it just stops and will not download another one. The
> progress bar goes part way and that is it even after a couple of hours. I
> don't know if is AP, the DSS servers or something on my end.
> Bob
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> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 13:58:22 +1300
> From: Paul Kemp <paul at bluedahlia.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] DSS servers not working?
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> Bob,
>
> I am seeing the same thing.
>
> Gets a fraction of the way along and then nothing.
>
> Paul Kemp
> "Identifying Bugs on the Winscreen (XP and Vista) for Astroplanner v2"
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Bob <bobrose at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>  Is anyone having trouble downloading DSS images? I can get one real 
>> quick
>> with a plan then it just stops and will not download another one. The
>> progress bar goes part way and that is it even after a couple of hours. I
>> don't know if is AP, the DSS servers or something on my end.
>>
>> Bob
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> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 17:11:51 -0800
> From: Paul Rodman <paul at ilanga.com>
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] v2.0b19
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> On Feb 5, 2009, at 04:12 PM, Anthony Tripodi wrote:
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>> Thanks for answering so quickly, Gentlemen.
>>
>> Here's what I did:
>>
>> I used the link that Paul sent, the one that announces a new build.
>> It was 18. I clicked on the OS X version, and downloaded the new app
>> to my desktop. When it opened to the finder window that shows the AP
>> app and the little blue folder, I dragged the AP app to the blue
>> folder. "Do you want to replace earlier version?" Yes.
>>
>> I close everything out. I then launch AP. Normally, everything goes
>> well. But this time, I got the crash. I did not investigate what
>> happened until after I sent the bug report. So, since things were
>> not working, I started to manipulate files; nothing dangerous, I
>> just wanted to investigate the behavior of the crash by poking
>> around in the blind. It may be interesting to note that when the app
>> crashed, the window behind the crash window was the setup wizard.
>>
>> Then, Paul sent the newer b19. Since I was having so much trouble, I
>> trashed b18 before installing b19, but I kept all of the data in the
>> application support folder. B19 installed ok, but would not read my
>> preferences or resources. Catalogs and saved plans were OK. I had to
>> re-enter all of my preferences and resources. I saved a new "Test"
>> plan to see where AP would save it to. It saved it to my users
>> folder; not in any existing AP folder, mind you, but appended it to
>> the bottom of the list. When I used AP "help, where's my stuff" to
>> find it, AP crashed. I trashed the "test" folder and created a new
>> "test" using the plan creation wizard, and use the "save as"
>> command. This time, AP saved it into a folder in "documents".
>>
>> All is working properly now. I have closed AP and opened it several
>> times, all with the same pleasing response. Magic.
>
> What can happen (on Mac OS X) is that if an app crashes, it can leave
> files in a state where they can't be read. This can usually be
> resolved by running the same app once or twice more, or by logging out
> and in again, restarting, etc.
>
> This might be the case here.
>
>> The FOV magnitude problem still exists. I don't know if you tried to
>> fix it yet, but if you did the problem has returned.
>
> Nope. I assume you mean:
>
> <http://www.astroplanner.net/reports/details/1700/1715.shtml>
>
> in which case it's still open.
>
> Paul R.
>
>
>> V1 no longer exists on my machine. I trashed it just before I
>> installed V2. All the stuff in the AP folder was from V2, perhaps
>> corrupted by 18.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> Tony
>>
>> Paul Rodman wrote:
>>>
>>> On Feb 5, 2009, at 01:10 PM, Anthony Tripodi wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello, Paul.
>>>>
>>>> V2b19 opens ok now. But...
>>>>
>>>> It has installed as if it was brand new. It will not recognize any
>>>> resources or preferences. What's worse, I still have all
>>>> preference and resource data in application support, but when b19
>>>> installed itself, it installed not in the Astroplanner folder in
>>>> Applications, the program installed itself and replaced the
>>>> Astroplanner folder, thus replacing all the previous data. All
>>>> lost. No matter to me, but others may have a problem.
>>>
>>> (Note: Anthony is a Mac user)
>>>
>>> You dragged the AstroPlanner app to your Applications folder,
>>> right? Even if you already had a folder in there called
>>> "AstroPlanner", it should get overwritten, since the application is
>>> called AstroPlanner.app (although the extension is probably hidden
>>> on your system).
>>>
>>> What was in the AstroPlanner folder? V1?
>>>
>>> AstroPlanner V2 keeps all its stuff in ~/Library/Application
>>> Support/AstroPlanner/, not in the Applications folder.
>>>
>>>> I still have the data in the support folder. I copied that to a
>>>> new Astroplanner folder that I created, placed the AP program in
>>>> that folder, rebooted the computer, and restarted AP. No help.
>>>
>>> No. AstroPlanner V2 _always_ uses the above folder. It ignores
>>> where it's running from.
>>>
>>>> I still have to re-enter all data as if the program was new.
>>>
>>> You can use the V1-to-V2 Converter app on your V1 files.
>>>
>>>> So, I tried both ways: I allowed AP to install itself over the
>>>> existing previous version, and I tried to move the data files
>>>> about manually. All with no positive result.
>>>
>>> I have not seen this behaviour myself (yet). I don't have much of a
>>> clue what's going on (assuming I understand the problem).
>>>
>>> Paul R.
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> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 20:17:59 -0500
> From: "Bob" <bobrose at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] DSS servers not working?
> To: "'AstroPlanner Beta Testers'" <apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net>
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> Paul K,
>
> I am seeing this in both versions of AP and on 2 different machines and 
> two
> networks, so it may be the DSS servers are little busy.
>
> Bob
>
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> [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of Paul Kemp
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 7:58 PM
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> Subject: Re: [APBeta] DSS servers not working?
>
>
> Bob,
>
> I am seeing the same thing.
>
> Gets a fraction of the way along and then nothing.
>
> Paul Kemp
> "Identifying Bugs on the Winscreen (XP and Vista) for Astroplanner v2"
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Bob <bobrose at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> Is anyone having trouble downloading DSS images? I can get one real quick
> with a plan then it just stops and will not download another one. The
> progress bar goes part way and that is it even after a couple of hours. I
> don't know if is AP, the DSS servers or something on my end.
>
> Bob
>
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> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 20:26:51 -0500
> From: David Crum <crum.david at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] DSS servers not working?
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> I've tried it a few minutes ago, no problem at all.  I looked up NGC
> 7320, 7318, and a few Abells.  Pulled them right up :)
>
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Paul Kemp <paul at bluedahlia.co.nz> wrote:
>> Bob,
>>
>> I am seeing the same thing.
>>
>> Gets a fraction of the way along and then nothing.
>>
>> Paul Kemp
>> "Identifying Bugs on the Winscreen (XP and Vista) for Astroplanner v2"
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Bob <bobrose at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Is anyone having trouble downloading DSS images? I can get one real 
>>> quick
>>> with a plan then it just stops and will not download another one. The
>>> progress bar goes part way and that is it even after a couple of hours. 
>>> I
>>> don't know if is AP, the DSS servers or something on my end.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
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> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 14:44:21 +1300
> From: Paul Kemp <paul at bluedahlia.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] DSS servers not working?
> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers <apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net>
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> Must have been a server issue. No issues now.
>
> However, I had to press the Fetch button twice, this must be a bug.
>
> Paul Kemp
> "Identifying Bugs on the Winscreen (XP and Vista) for Astroplanner v2"
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 2:26 PM, David Crum <crum.david at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've tried it a few minutes ago, no problem at all.  I looked up NGC
>> 7320, 7318, and a few Abells.  Pulled them right up :)
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Paul Kemp <paul at bluedahlia.co.nz> wrote:
>> > Bob,
>> >
>> > I am seeing the same thing.
>> >
>> > Gets a fraction of the way along and then nothing.
>> >
>> > Paul Kemp
>> > "Identifying Bugs on the Winscreen (XP and Vista) for Astroplanner v2"
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Bob <bobrose at comcast.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Is anyone having trouble downloading DSS images? I can get one real
>> quick
>> >> with a plan then it just stops and will not download another one. The
>> >> progress bar goes part way and that is it even after a couple of 
>> >> hours.
>> I
>> >> don't know if is AP, the DSS servers or something on my end.
>> >>
>> >> Bob
>> >>
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