2023-02-07, 05:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 2023-02-07, 05:29 PM by theskyhound.)
Hi Phil,
I only discovered the session billing when I looked at their interface on the web site for generating plans and it had a selection for it. That's my simple way of keeping up with them, as their documentation is scattered to the wind (web pages, new web pages, forum, discord, etc.).
The reason the #waitfor command caused an error is that you didn't schedule the plan during the time that the Schedule was created for. The #waitfor command tells the telescope when to start taking images. It is assumed that the schedule starts at the same time that the Scheduler said to start taking images. If it had been, it would have worked. I never intended the #waitfor command to be used for iTelescope. Its there only to support ACP users with private systems so they can tell it wait for a specific time before starting imaging. You can just delete that line without it harming anything.
The MPC just numbered its first minor planet above 619999 and that broke their antiquated packed number system. They introduced a modification to their system to handle larger numbers. I have implemented a fix for that too. SkyTools should ignore the new packed number when reading MPCORB, so it should not really cause much trouble, but I am going to release an update soon for these two issues so that nobody experiences more problems.
I only discovered the session billing when I looked at their interface on the web site for generating plans and it had a selection for it. That's my simple way of keeping up with them, as their documentation is scattered to the wind (web pages, new web pages, forum, discord, etc.).
The reason the #waitfor command caused an error is that you didn't schedule the plan during the time that the Schedule was created for. The #waitfor command tells the telescope when to start taking images. It is assumed that the schedule starts at the same time that the Scheduler said to start taking images. If it had been, it would have worked. I never intended the #waitfor command to be used for iTelescope. Its there only to support ACP users with private systems so they can tell it wait for a specific time before starting imaging. You can just delete that line without it harming anything.
The MPC just numbered its first minor planet above 619999 and that broke their antiquated packed number system. They introduced a modification to their system to handle larger numbers. I have implemented a fix for that too. SkyTools should ignore the new packed number when reading MPCORB, so it should not really cause much trouble, but I am going to release an update soon for these two issues so that nobody experiences more problems.
Clear skies,
Greg
Head Dude at Skyhound
Greg
Head Dude at Skyhound
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