[APBeta] APBeta Digest, Vol 10, Issue 11
Peter B
peter_4059 at yahoo.com
Thu Feb 12 01:37:41 PST 2009
Paul,
I loaded up V2b20 tonight and like the improvements you've made since V2b17. I tried it with ascom EQMOD and have not found any bugs yet. The only thing I've found is the ascom window does not close when I disconnect the scope. Some time (5 minutes) later it decides to close. Not sure if this is related to ascom or AP.
Thanks,
Peter
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Today's Topics:
1. AstroPlanner V2.0b20 released (Paul Rodman)
2. The last Vesions (Pep)
3. Re: The last Vesions (Paul Rodman)
4. Re: DSS downloads (Jeff Young)
5. Re: The last Vesions (Pep)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 18:01:53 -0800
From: "Paul Rodman"
Subject: [APBeta] AstroPlanner V2.0b20 released
To: apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net
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Folks,
AstroPlanner V2.0b20 is now available for download from:
This is a BETA pre-release. This means it is still a work in progress. At this stage, new features are unlikely to be added. This version may contain bugs and inconsistencies. Please report them. Use it at your own risk.
A list of fixes, enhancements and new features is given below.
Enjoy,
Paul Rodman
NOTE:
Fixes, Enhancements, etc. in V2.0b20:
[Fixed] 1940: Open windows
[Fixed] 1926: Progress bars display incorrectly (Windows)
[Fixed] 1907: Scripting: APObservation Plan property
[Fixed] 1942: Scripting: Sort out user-defined fields
[Fixed] 1230: Scripting: private constructors
[Fixed] 1923: Startup splash window
[Fixed] 1920: Unhandled Exception: Out Of Bounds Exception
[Fixed] 1930: V1.5 and V2 Display Different Times
[Implemented] 1936: Catalogue selection for DSS image ID
[Implemented] 1938: Easy way to delete "orphaned" user-defined field values
[Implemented] 1953: Marking DSS images
[Implemented] 1937: Scripting: Create user field definitions
[Implemented] 1908: Scripting: Deleting User Fields
[Implemented] 1533: Scripting: Enforce putting main program in Main() sub
[Implemented] 1845: Scripting: Find functionality for Framework Reference
[Implemented] 1902: Scripting: Method for deleting attachments
More details can be found on beta page noted above. You can also use the Revision Notes feature in the Help menu.
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:51:18 +0100
From: Pep
Subject: [APBeta] The last Vesions
To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
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Hi Paul,
Why when the program loses the focus, it stops calculating " Air Mass",
"Hour Angle"...?
Regards,
Jose
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:00:28 -0800
From: Paul Rodman
Subject: Re: [APBeta] The last Vesions
To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
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Yes. That's by design. Is it a problem?
Paul R.
On Feb 9, 2009, at 09:51 PM, Pep wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> Why when the program loses the focus, it stops calculating " Air
> Mass", "Hour Angle"...?
>
> Regards,
> Jose
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:56:16 +0000
From: Jeff Young
Subject: Re: [APBeta] DSS downloads
To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
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I was getting the hang from the POSS 2nd Gen server tonight so I switched to POSS 1st Gen, which seems to be working fine.
-- Jeff.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of
> Craig Starnes
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 4:18 AM
> To: apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] DSS downloads
>
> 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)
> > 2. Re: DSS servers not working? (Paul Kemp)
> > 3. Re: v2.0b19 (Paul Rodman)
> > 4. Re: DSS servers not working? (Bob)
> > 5. Re: DSS servers not working? (David Crum)
> > 6. Re: DSS servers not working? (Paul Kemp)
> >
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> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 19:40:39 -0500
> > From: "Bob"
> > Subject: Re: [APBeta] DSS servers not working?
> > To: "'AstroPlanner Beta Testers'"
> > Message-ID: <473E76B7C6EC4664AE950EDAE67E63AB at BobPC>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net
> > [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of Paul Rodman
> > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 7:12 PM
> > To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
> > Subject: Re: [APBeta] DSS servers not working?
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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> > Message: 2
> > Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 13:58:22 +1300
> > From: Paul Kemp
> > Subject: Re: [APBeta] DSS servers not working?
> > To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
> > Message-ID:
> > <2613d9cb0902051658u3b6c09fjc5eea48bf2c38248 at mail.gmail.com>
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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 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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> > Message: 3
> > Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 17:11:51 -0800
> > From: Paul Rodman
> > Subject: Re: [APBeta] v2.0b19
> > To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
> > Message-ID: <1A818BA8-46EF-4DF7-86FA-C768EA404EF3 at ilanga.com>
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> >
> > On Feb 5, 2009, at 04:12 PM, Anthony Tripodi wrote:
> >
> >> 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:
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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> > Message: 4
> > Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 20:17:59 -0500
> > From: "Bob"
> > Subject: Re: [APBeta] DSS servers not working?
> > To: "'AstroPlanner Beta Testers'"
> > Message-ID: <5F96B59E2F6F4F508B97E06AEE494696 at BobPC>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >
> > 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
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net
> > [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of Paul Kemp
> > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 7:58 PM
> > To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
> > 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 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
> > Subject: Re: [APBeta] DSS servers not working?
> > To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
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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
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 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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> >>>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >
> >
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> >
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 14:44:21 +1300
> > From: Paul Kemp
> > Subject: Re: [APBeta] DSS servers not working?
> > To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
> > Message-ID:
> > <2613d9cb0902051744t2bbedau26bf7350438d06fa at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> > 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 wrote:
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