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AstroSuite

To improve the presentation and manageability of the various VB.Net programs that I use for astronomical use they will be gradually brought together under  "AstroSuite' umbrella term, for my sole private used. 

(This term and its reference in my website pages should not to be confused with any other ASTRO Suite , Astro Suite or AstroSuite products or brands. Some companies or research projects called 'astro' have nothing to do with Astronomy, ( e.g. one  lies field of web services and service-oriented applications, with a focus on the integration of business processes that are distributed among disparate entities)  or are related to Astrology )

I'm aware that some of the intended names are the names of existing software developed by other Astronomers or Astronomical Software Companies (My use is not a case of copying the name but a result of convergent evolution. I'm  looking for a AstroName for my own tool for astronomical observation planning/scheduling  but note there is noth an existing AstroPlanner  shareware application (by AstroPlanner.net)  and AstroScheduler software (by SkyMonsters.net). 

Currently programs have imprecise, non related or legacy names, such as CCDApp2, CCDApp3_AllSky, WeatherStationRepeater, SqlForm2 & ObservatoryOverSeer,   but these will change to AstroMain?, AstroAllSky, AstroWeather, AstroSchedular, and AstroOverseer.  

So for example my "CCDApp3_AllSky" program will change as AstroAllSky.   It's VB.Net project name will stay as "CCDApp3_AllSky" at least in the medium term since project names are rather tricky to change in VS2017.   In the short term the program executable will stay as "CCDApp3_AllSky.exe", but will change to "AstroAllSky.exe"  and be 'published' in an AstroAllSky program folder  through a change process

Three new programs are currently being introduced AstroLoader, AstroMover & AstroGuard.  These are utility programs that simplify the launching of observatory software, including automated start-up of programs on reboot (AstroLoader),  enable the efficient transfer of files and software across various computers on the LAN (AstroMover), and close the Shutter and Park the Dome upon unexpected crash/restart of the Observatory Computer (AstroProtect)

AstroSuite umbrella also includes  AstroRichweb  (astro-richweb website) and AstroDatabase (Sqlite database of targets, plans projects etc)

The names of the AstroSuite programs may still change, its a case of deciding which word best encapsulates the function(s) of each program  (AstroScheduler or AstroPlanner, AstroLoader or AstroLauncher, AstroCCDApp2 or AstroMain / AstroController / AstroObserver ) .     There is an exist AstroPlanner product so I might

Diagram showing deployment of AstroSuite Programs across the Home Network

Diagram showing the interdependancies between the various AstroSuite Programs

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AstroLaunch

AstroLaunch is a new utility program that is designed to simplify the launching of various observatory software, including the automated start-up of programs on computer reboot.  The program will sit on several computers (Observatory, AllSky and Development/General)

The program operates in one of several different modes depending on the computer it is located on and the services required.   For example

- Observatory Mode (for Observatory Computer)
- AllSky/Weather Mode (for AllSky Computer)
- Analysis Mode  (for Development/General Computer)
- Development Mode  (for Development/General Computer)
- Test Mode   (for Development/General Computer & Observatory Computer)

Progam mode is set on a 'Settings' tab.  AutoLoading of Software upon program start-up can be enabled or disabled.    If autoloading is enabled the launch process can still be aborted (on not run) within the first 5 seconds after program start-up. 

Some screenshots are shown below:

AstroLaunch (Various Screenshots)

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AstroMove

AstroMove is a new utility program that is designed to enable the efficient transfer of files and software across various computers on the LAN. The program also enables the launching of explorer windows to access files on the local and networked computers, and the lauchning of UltraVNC remote connections, and the backup of certain folder  (such as various VB.Net projects)

The program will sit on the main Development/General Computer with files pushed to and pulled from the Observatory and AllSky Computers.  The program has a a number of tabs for performing different operations:
- From Observatory (for pulling particular key files and data from the observatory computers)
- To Observatory (for pushing particular key files and data to the observatory computers)
- Folders (short cuts to various folders on the local and observatory computers)
- Backup (for backing up databases and software projects)
- Remote Control (shortcuts for launching UltraVNC connections to observatory computers)

Backup of software projects can be made locally, to a relevant (BackUp Copies) folder, or externally to a network computer, dependant on a checkbox setting

Software can be 'published' from either a projects Debug or Release Configuration, dependant on a checkbox setting.

Some screenshots are shown below:

AstroMove (Various Screenshots)

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AstroSuite Program Development & Deployment

The conceptual flow path from development through to deployment on Local Computer and Observatory Computers is illustrated below.

All programs are standalone .EXE programs (with a few associated DLL files), which don't depend on a windows installation / registration process.
Updating a program is normally involves no more than copying in a new .EXE file. 

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AstroObsCam - New Application for capturing WebCam pictures of the Observatory Interior (2021-02-18)

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Change Logs

• AstroMain
• AstroPlan
• AstroDatabase
• AstroAllSky
• AstroWeather
• AstroLaunch
• AstroMove
• AstroGuard
• AstroProtect
• AstroVOE
• AstroShCap

ChangeLog - AstroMain

V3.33

3.33.3 (2020-01-03)  S844

• Bug fixes (Latest Pulsar Trace Log when Dome.Validation file is present)
• Precautionary fixes (delay for Setting Guide Rate,   and Select SBIG Camera equipment for PHD2)

3.33.2 (2020-01-02)  S843

• Added 'Backdoor' user option added to allow hard-coded high humidity check to be disabled if required.

3.33.1 (2020-12-30)  S843A (2nd part)

• Temporary version to get around hard-coded high humidity check (that was preventing dome from being opened during S843A session attempt)

3.33.0 (2020-12-30)  S843A (1st part)

• Program rebuilt after installed ASCOM 6.5 Developer Components

V3.32

3.32.15 (2020-12-09)  S839 - S842

3.32.14 (2020-12-08)

3.32.13 (2020-12-02)  S838

3.32.12 (2020-12-02) S837

• Supports download of TNS ID & Type from Database
• Compatible with AstroPlan 1.18.0

3.32.11 (2020-11-29)  

3.32.10 (2020-11-28)   S836

3.32.9 (2020-11-26)   S834 - S835

3.32.8 (2020-11-24)  S833

3.32.7 (2020-11-21)  S832

3.32.6 (2020-11-14)  S830 - S831

• Added extra log tracking to understand issue that prevented correct uploading of Sky Condition Charts to Website (unclear where Session.SkyConditionsTab01.png was been created/saved)
  

3.32.5 (2020-11-08)   S829

• Bug fixes (Foc2 Focusing)
• Supports copying  of multiple Sky Condition Charts to the Live folder for upload to Website
  (Session.SkyConditionsTab01.png, Session.SkyConditionsTab02.png, Session.SkyConditionsTab03.png)
  Compatible with AstroPlan 1.17.3
• Prototyping of FirstFrameLocate facility,  using new global variable  bLocateFirstFrame,  and new routine LocateImageLite() which calls existing routines PositionAndSync() and CalculatePointingError().  Issues :  reporting is not lite enough and unnecessarily reports 'jog required'. Solveable by adding a 'bLite (bool) parameter to the called routines
• Fixed bug associated with ">> Open FV" (Report line not closed)

3.32.4 (2020-11-07)   S828

• Bug fixes (Position Error circles appearing on all JPG images)

3.32.3 (2020-11-05)   S827

• ShCap Events are now used to monitor progress and completion of ShCap Methods for Focusing and Acquiring LiveStack Image Sets
  Compatible with AstroShCap 1.3.3
• Code scetion for holding Job Queue whilst bSoftSuspend or bHardSuspend are raised are merged into common wait loop
• The role of bSoftSuspendOk and bHardSuspendOk flags are merged into a single flag called bSuspendOk

3.32.2 (2020-11-04)  

• New ShCap methods  StartFocusFrames () and TakeFocusProfile() , which replace the former FwhmMonitorV3() method
  Compatible with AstroShCap 1.3.4

3.32.1 (2020-11-03)   S826

• Fixes and improvements

3.32 (2020-11-02)  

• Supports retrieval of GRB PositionalErrorRadius (in arc mins)
  Compatible with AstroPlan 1.17 and AstroVOE 1.5

V3.31

3.31.7 (2020-11-01)  

3.31.6 (2020-10-30)   S825

3.31.5 (2020-10-29)   S824

3.31.4 (2020-10-29)   S823 (2nd half)

3.31.3 (2020-10-29)   S823 (1st half)

3.31.2 (2020-10-26)   S822

3.31.1 (2020-10-25)   S821

• Bug fixes and improvements to 3.21

3.31 (2020-10-23)   S820

• Large number of fixes and enhancements since last Live Session version (3.30.6, S819) as listed under 3.30.7 and 3.30.8

V3.30

3.30.8 (2020-10-23) 

• Large number of fixes and enhancements

3.30.7 (2020-10-15) 

• Obs.Manager can identify the Stalled Dome situation and send appropriate Alert Messages. This uses a function 'Dome.TestForStalledDome' to run a couple of quick tests to confirm conclusively whether the Dome Driver/Dome Slaving is stalled or not.   Result of test saved as the variable Dome.bDomeIsStalled (boolean)
   
• A routine "Restart DeviceHub" can be run via a button function to restart the DeviceHub application. This including managing the disconnection of observatory telescope/dome clients and reconnecting those clients again afterwards. Dome is closed as a precaution.  (The RestartDeviceHub isn't automatically run for the time being in order that activity log messages can be manually copied and saved for later problem investigation and diagnosis)
   
• Can send 'Disconnect' and 'Connect' messages to AstroGuard to request AstroGuards Services (includig Telescope & Dome) to be disconnected or (re)connected.
  Compatible with AstroGuard 1.4.6

3.30.6 (2020-10-13)  S819

• x

v3.30.5 (2020-10-11) 

• x

v3.30.4 (2020-10-09)  S818

• x

v3.30.3 (2020-10-08)  S817

• x

v3.30.2 (2020-10-07)  S816 (part2)

• x

v3.30.1 (2020-10-06)  S816 (part1)

• x

v3.30 (2020-10-05) 

• x

V3.29

v3.29.5 (2020-09-30) 

v3.29.4 (2020-09-29)  S815

v3.29.3 (2020-09-28)  S814

v3.29.2 (2020-09-27) 

v3.29.1 (2020-09-26)  S813

v3.29 (2020-09-25) 

• Fixed bug where bSwitchLockIsOn wasn't getting set to False at the end of Scope.SetPowerOff() routine

V3.28

v3.28.9 (2020-09-19)  S812

• Fixes bugs

v3.28.8 (2020-09-17)  S810 - S811

• Fixes bugs

v3.28.7 (2020-09-16)  S809

• Fixes bugs

v3.28.6 (2020-09-10)  S808

• Fixes bug in ParseDomeLogRecord()  which was causing exception converting string to double (fields(0) )

v3.28.5 (2020-09-09)  S807

• Uses modifed ParseDomeLogRecord() and DomeRecord structure to access ShutterStatus , Azimuth and Slewing State from Pulsar ASCOM log which is independant of data being provided by DeviceHub which seems to be prone to a bug where dome information stops being refreshed.
  (this contains a significant bug that prevents prevents DomeLog Record from being read, this was fixed in v3.28.6

v3.28.4 (2020-09-05)  S806

v3.28.3 (2020-09-02)  S804 - S805

• Fixes and improvements to AutoFocusing
• Fix to issue where dome at Az 90.1deg times out after 3 minutes.

v3.28.2 (2020-08-31)  S803

v3.28.1 (2020-08-29)  S800 - S802

v3.28 (2020-08-24)  S799

• Supports output of 'alarm.dat' file to Live Folder for upload to web and use by new Observatory Alarms Web App
  This is a proof of concept version for testing & development of Observatory Alarms system.
  Compatible with AstroPlan 1.16+
  
• Bug fixes/improvements for Foc1 & Foc2 focusing
  

v.28 beta (2020-08-12)

V3.27

v3.27.3 (2020-08-10)   S798

• Fixes and enhancements to new 'AutoStart' observatory mode.

v3.27.2 (2020-08-09) 

• Fixes and enhancements to new 'AutoStart' observatory mode.

v3.27.1 (2020-08-08)  S797

• Fixes and enhancements to new 'AutoStart' observatory mode.
• Fixed bug associated with new Foc2 Wide Search Focusing

v3.27 (2020-08-04)

• Introduction of new 'AutoStart' observatory mode where Obs.Manager enters a state when conditions and sun alt are monitored and if acceptable criteria are met a New Live Session is started, Night Services begun and the Observatory placed into normal Automated mode.

V3.26

v3.26.2  (2020-08-03)  

• Extension to Foc1 Focus Routines (e.g TakeFocusLocateFrame() ) to enable a precursive '_wide'  profile creation to search for approximate best focus from a wider range than used for standard focus profiles..  Added new checkbox 'Use Wide Search' to Focuser1 (TCF-S)  tab.  Wide and Standard Focus Modes into same routine ObsConsole.MeasureFocusProfile_Foc1() with action controlled by global boolean variable  bFocusProfileWide
• Updated to Foc2 Focus Routines to incorporate Wide and Standard Focus Modes into same routine Focuser2.MeasureFocusProfile_Foc2() with action controlled by the global boolean variable  bFocusProfileWide

v3.26.1  (2020-07-29)  

• Extension to Foc2 Focus Routines (e.g TakeFocusLocateFrame() ) to enable a precursive '_wide'  profile creation to search for approximate best focus from a wider range than used for standard focus profiles..  Added new checkbox 'Use Wide Search' to Focuser2 tab.
  (Compatible with AstroShCap 1.2.23 (2020-07-29) )
• Fixed bug in DrawGraphFocusProfile() that was causing Y Axis range to be incorrectly shown when grFocusProfileYMax was equal to 30 (specifically when > 20)
• Automated Foc1 Focus Profiles plots are initiated with a 0 to 12 FWHM range, in case manual focusing or Foc2 focusing had changed grFocusProfileYMax to value other than 12.

v3.26 (2020-07-19)  S796   (no backup of this version)

V3.25

v3.25.9  (2020-07-15)   S795

v3.25.8  (2020-07-07)   S794

v3.25.7  (2020-07-07)   S793

v3.25.6  (2020-06-29)   S792

v3.25.5  (2020-06-28) 

v3.25.4  (2020-06-25) 

v3.25.3  (2020-06-18)  

v3.25.2  (2020-06-09)   S791

• DeviceHub is now the default hub (was POTH Hub in v3.25.1).  Follows successful live session use of DeviceHub in S790

v3.25.1 (2020-06-08)  S790

• Add new DewHeaters class (TDewHeaters) to encapsulate dew heater related routines previously held under Observatory Manager and PowerBox modules.

v3.25.0 (2020-06-06)

• Added handling to use DeviceHub as alternative to POTH Hub
• Rationalisation of routines associatiated with Scope Connect/Disconnect and Dome Connect/Disconnect
• POTH made the default Hub (due to problems connecting to MeadeLX200GPS.Telescope from DeviceHub 6.4.1.7)
• Adjustment to algorithm for temperature-feedbacked Dew Heater Control

V3.24

v3.24.6 (2020-06-04)

v3.24.5 (2020-06-04) 

• Small fixes and improvements

v3.24.4 (2020-06-01)  S789

v3.24.3 (2020-05-31)  S788

v3.24.2 (2020-05-30) S787

v3.24.1 (2020-05-29) S786

v3.24 (2020-05-28) S785

• Updated to read new format Cloud Sensor data records including Relay Information sent from AstroWeather
• Relay information shown on Obs.Manager tab and Obs.Viewer
  Compatible with AstroWeather 1.10+

V3.23

v3.23.3 (2020-05-26)

• Rolled back earlier workaround for the issue that UPB's Humidity values were dropping to 90% from 98%. This issue has been fixed with installation of UPB v1.6 firmware on 2020-05-25, and leaving the workaround in place could led to false 98% Humidity values being generated and used if the AstroMain program started up when it has no RH history and its first value from UPB happened to be a real 90% reading.

v3.23.2 (2020-05-25)

v3.23.1 (2020-05-24)

v3.23 (2020-05-23)

• Add new Chart  'Session.GuideSummChart2'  for showing Guiding Summary by Ra & Dec   (Av RMS Ra& Av RMS Dec)
  Uses the object GuideSummChart2 As New TGuideSummChart, opened using GuideSummChart2.OpenChart(2)
  Earlier GuideSummChart object renamed as GuideSummChart1 and now opening using GuideSummChart1.OpenChart(1)
  Compatible with AstroPlan 1.15

V3.22

v3.22.5 (2020-05-22)   work version preparing for v3.23

v3.22.4 (2020-05-21)   work version preparing for v3.23

• Focuser1.Temperature is now a 10min rolling average of objFocuser1.Temperature
• Added Slew Path for Mapping Points

v3.22.3 (2020-05-19)   S783 - S784

• Supports the insertion of new Session Alerts into the Database for the current session
  (Compatible with AstroPlan 1.15+, Database 1.7)

v3.22.2 (2020-05-15)   work version

• Supports the uploading of up to 5 Session.TargetInfo Charts (Session.TargetInfo1.png to Session.TargetInfo5.png)
  (Compatible with AstroPlan 1.14.6)

v3.22.1 (2020-05-13)  S782

• Bug fixes for v3.22

v3.22 (2020-05-12)    S781

• Multiple fixes and enhancements
  (Compatible with AstroShCap 1.2.22)

V3.21

v3.21.7 (2020-05-11)   work versions preparing for v3.22

v3.21.6 (2020-05-06)    S780

• Further fixes to new method for autofocusing guidescope (fModeSharpCapV3) .
  (Compatible with AstroShCap 1.2.21)

v3.21.5 (2020-05-05)    S779

• Fixes to of new method for autofocusing guidescope (fModeSharpCapV3) .
  (Compatible with AstroShCap 1.2.20)

v3.21.4 (2020-05-04)    S778

• Consolidation of new method for autofocusing guidescope (fModeSharpCapV3) . Includes call to ShCap.TakeFocusLocateFrame
  (Compatible with AstroShCap 1.2.19)

v3.21.3 (2020-05-03)    S777

• New method for autofocusing guidescope based on taking Focus Frames with SharpCap but with FWHM Analysis in CCDSoft (fModeSharpCapV3)
  (Compatible with AstroShCap 1.2.17 & AstroShCap 1.2.18)

v3.21.2 (2020-05-01)    work version only

• Fixed bug associated with TakeSnapImage_SharpCap() (called by SelectGuidescopeFocusStar() )
  (Compatible with AstroShCap 1.2.16)

v3.21.1 (2020-04-29)   

• Fixed bug that was stopping download of MPCORB.DAT file (Minor Planets). Revised web location and inserted code line   
    ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = 3072
• Extended PHD2 Lock Shift to also work on Object Type = 'Minor Planet'

v3.21 (2020-04-27)    S775 to S776

• Release  of new  Best Focus charts feature  (saved to live folder as 'Session.BestFocus.png' etc). 
  (Compatible with AstroPlan 1.14.2)

V3.20

v3.20.8 (2020-04-xx)  Work Version Only

v3.20.7 (2020-04-23)  S774

v3.20.6 (2020-04-23)  S773

v3.20.5 (2020-04-22)  S772

v3.20.4 (2020-04-21)  S771

v3.20.3 (2020-01-28)  S749 to S770

v3.20.2 (2020-01-26)   S746 to S748

v3.20 .1 (2020-01-25)  S745

v3.20 (2020-01-23)   

V3.19

v3.19.9 (2020-01-20) 

v3.19.8 (2020-01-xx)  S743 to S744

v3.19.7 (2020-01-19)  S743

v3.19.6 (2020-01-18)  S742

v3.19.5 (2020-01-15)  S741

v3.19.4 (2020-01-12) 

v3.19.3 (2020-01-11)  S740

v3.19.2 (2020-01-08)  S739

v3.19.1 (2020-01-xx)

v3.19 (2020-01-05)  S737 to S738

V3.18

v3.18.13 (2020-01-04)    S736

v3.18.12 (2020-01-04)   

v3.18.11 (2020-01-02)    S735

v3.18.10 (2019-12-31)    S734

v3.18.9 (2019-12-xx)    S733

v3.18.8 (2019-12-xx)    S731 to S733

v3.18.7 (2019-12-21)   

v3.18.6 (2019-12-15)    S729 to S730

v3.18.5 (2019-12-xx)   

v3.18.4 (2019-12-11)    S728

v3.18.3 (2019-12-09)   

• Release  of new  Focus Temp charts feature  (saved to live folder as 'Session.FocusTempChart.png' etc). 
  Compatible with AstroPlan 1.13.6+
• Code added to repeat request to Close Shutter if the session is suspended and Shutter is still open after 100s
• Code added to drop session back to suspended if the session is resuming and the Shutter hasn't opened after 100s
• Code added to make up to 3 attempt to close shutter during session closing where shutter Shutter hasn't opened after 120s

v3.18.2 (2019-12-04)   S726 to S727

• Fixed bugs that were causing Program to recently fail with unhandled exception

v3.18 .1 (2019-12-01)    S725

v3.18 (2019-11-29)    S724

V3.17

v3.17.9 (2019-11-20)   

• Fixed bug where there was slight clipping of S (south) on Centering Plot. 
• Change text 'JogWAdj'  to 'Jog Adjustments, W' on Centering Plot
• Fixed bug that was incorrectly reporting NaN results from Calc Angular Separation routine
• Default step size for Foc2 Focus Profiles reduced to 10
• CcdTemp Chart is 'closed off' at end of session, taking out the latest data table on right hand side.  
     (using new CcdTempChart.SaveFinalChartToFile() routine )
•  'Star trim' field added to Manager tab that that has the effect of relaxing the threshold for suspending session (Softsuspend) when there are too few stars. Used by user when moon in bright, as fewer stars are detectable when sky is bright / partially masked by  moon. 
• An initial (Foc2) focusing of secondary scope is now performed at start of session using the same star field that is used for initial focusing of main scope

v3.17.8 (2019-11-18)     S723

• Modified the method of calculating Telescope Slew Angle for purposes of calculating telescope slew speed.  New method sums the angular change in RA and the angular change in Dec. The RA change has to ensure that this isn't a change across the North Position (Az 360 )
• Fixed bug where Av.Slew Error and Slew Adjustment values were still slightly overposting on Centering Chart
• Resolved issue where Foc2 Focus Profiles are aborting themselves when routines takes succesive null FHWM valus as indicating that Star has been lost. when profile was still usable.
• Ambient Temperature added to tabulation of latest data on CCD Temperature Chart
• Options on Manager Tab reordered into a better logical order and legacy items moved to 'Main Scope / legacy tab

v3.17.7 (2019-11-15)     S722

• Fixed bug where FWHM value of vcNull was sliiping through and messes up the calculation of the Quadratic Fits to Focuser2 focus data from SharpCap
• Fixed issue where HFD values  for focus profile step points for Focuser 2 / focus data from PHD2 was not being collected correctly
• Supports new ShCap method 'TakeLocateFrame'
• New routine added (MeasureGuidescopeOffsets()) to calculate the offsets required for centering a target in the Camera 2 FOV / Secondary Scope. The routine takes two of the current star field, one through the Main Scope (using CCDSoft) and the second  through the Secondary Scope (using SharpCap). Then after plate solving the two images, it calculates the N and W offsets from the two sets of Ra/Dec coordinates.
  
• Compatible with AstroShCap 1.2.10

v3.17.6 (2019-11-14)   

v3.17.5 (2019-11-12)   

• Fixed issue with annoying command window popups each time locate/ target, sharpcap images is saved to Jpg for upload to website (ConvertFitsToJpg & ConvertZwoPngToJpg). Fixed by running shell with AppWinStyle.MinimizedNoFocus
• Fixed issue where report messages were producing too much white space above the line 'Adjust Focus'
• Fixed issue in SlewTheSkyScopeToRaDec where slew to one target (DY Per) took an unexpectedly long time (6 mins) during to a rogue NaN value.
• Fixed issue in SlewTheSkyScopeToRaDec whereby scope path were sometimes being generated with l anomalous paths that apparent slewed around the N (Az 0 / 360 deg) position and below the horizon.
• Fixed issue that Target Frames are being saved to JPG for the second frame of a given target rather than the first frame as intended
• After finishing 'Process All' reduction the AstroMain program window is now  be brought to the front when the process finishes
• Session Data File Read/Write extended to allow a session resume restarts with more data from the first run. (eg SlewAdjW, SlewAdjN etc)
• Fixed issue whereby "Scholz's Star" was being shortened to "Scholz's". Problem caused by the apostrophe when saving name to FITS file.
  Two new functions are added to the program  "TrimAndFix()" is used when writing to  Image.FitsKeyword("OBJECT"), whilst "TrimAndUnFix()" is used when reading from the FITs Keyword.
• Adding handling to allow Focus Profile to be generated in AstroMain from FWHM Measurements made using SharpCap
  Added new ShCap methods  'StartFwhmMonitor',  'MakeFwhmMeasurement', 'GetFwhmScore'.
  Compatible with AstroShCap 1.2.8

v3.17.4 (2019-11-08)   

• Bug Fixes

v3.17.3 (2019-11-08)   

• Bug Fixes

v3.17.2 (2011-11-07)

• Update Scope Power Status from ObsMonitor, rather than ObsOverseerer

v3.17.1 (2019-11-06)   

• Added 'Snow Protection' feature that when enabled keeps the observatory pointing into the wind direction and thereby reducing the chances of snow entry via the top slit on the shutter in the event of a blizzard.   The protection starts to operate once the shutter is closed.  The protection stops the Shutter from being opened.
• Removed the Semi-Automated mode as it has never been used and had been deprecated some time ago.
• Extra checks made before Fully Automated mode is entered to ensure that Dome and Scope are connected
• Range of cosmetic improvements
• Introduced SU.SlewAdjW and SU.SlewAdjN slew adjustments to improve accuracy of target slewing.
• Mosaic code incorporated into classOB   (Job Queue.vb)
• Take MosaicPoints Code uses TSlewAdjN and TSlewAdjW adjustments to improve accuracy of mosaic point slewing, based on Initial Locate Frame.
• PositionAndSync uses FitsKeyword 'SKY6NAME' value (if available) to set  an ObjectProxy for defining the Target's coordinates (this allows Summ File pointing error to be for targets such as SHK 1 (which uses the Sky6Name  PGC 32808)

v3.17 (2019-11-04)   

• Incorporated Secondary Scope OffsetN/OffsetW parameters  for  storing the offset between the secondary and main scope. Add handling to allow the main scope to accurately centre a target on the secondary scope's FOV.
• Job Queue OB uses new TOffsetN, TOffsetW to store the total offset of a target for main scope slewing/centering.
• Code for calculating telescope slew and dome slew times and speeds move to routine with Scope object
• New routine for generating table of sessions various slews  '(slewtable).dat ' and copying it to the Live Folder as 'Session.SlewTable.dat' for upload to website.

V3.16

v3.16.8 (2019-11-03)   

• Live Pictures (_JPGS, _JPGS_sm and _ZWO) are now saved to the session's Analysis folder, rather than the session's New folder
• Allows the uploading of up to 50 live target images  (SessionImages.maxTargetFrames = 50). Compatible with AstroPlan 1.12.10
• Scope,Old Session, Camara and Observing Tabs on Observatory Form modified and restructured

v3.16.7 (2019-11-03)    - Observatory Test 2019-11-03

• Re-factored Focusing Systems to use Focuser1 & Focuser2 objects based on classFocuser, classFocuser1, classFocuser2.
  (SU.Foc1 and SU.Foc2 data structures removed)
• Extended Dome Slewing Chart to include Scope Slewing Chart
• Added workaround for the UPB Humidity issue where Humidity rises to 97-98%+, the UPB reading drops to a constant value of 90%,  until actual Humidity falls again
• More than 1 locate image is now used to whilst centering ShCap Imaging targets (ensuring that better than 1 arc min pointing accuracy)

v3.16.6 (2019-11-01)  

• Created new routine  'Scope.SlewTheSkyScopeToRaDec()' to perfom asynchronous slews to a Ra,Dec position., including determination of actual individual slew times for both the Scope and the Dome (Scope.LastSlewSeconds & Dome.LastSlewSeconds), plus overal slew time (Scope.LastSlewSecondsOverall).   Routine also calculates a cummulative actual Slew Distance for the scope (Scope.LastSlewAngularChange)
• Dome Speeds are now reported as actual speeds (in deg/min) rather than apparent speeds.  Telescope Speeds are now also reported (in deg/sec)

v3.16.5 (2019-10-31)  

• Removed ObsToolBar from AstroMain Project (toolbar had already been deprecated, this was the final step to remove this no longer used feature)
• FocusProfile Chart widened by extra 100 pixels to allow longer Field/Target Names to be shown without clipping
• Shutter Status is written to Session.Header.js file for prominant display on the Current Session Web Page.
• Current Target Information is written to 'Session.TargetInfo1.png' for display on the Current Session Web Page.
• Various legacy 99.0, 999, 9.995 constants replaced with vcNull (this may introduce certain side-effects/ bugs)
• Fixed bug Focus Profile sometimes showing the FWHM value 99.00 whilst making profile.
• If Observatory if on Fully Automated Mode when night data changes, mode is dropped back to manual mode.This is to ensure that a Fully Automated Session will only kick off the following night when user explicitly intends.

v3.16.4 (2019-10-30)   S718

• Session Number & Session State added to ObsViewer  (ObsPic).
• Fixed bug : 'Checking PHD2 Connections'  message is now indented
• Fixed bug: AstroMain/AstroPlan going into loop Create & Load Multiple Observing Plan
• QC checks for a Focus Profile are slightly relaxed (acceptance of quadratic 'c' term is now 'c > 50')
• SoftSuspend flag is immediately lowered by Obs.Manger if the conditions are seen to improve
•  The session event 'Queue Resumed after Hard Suspend'. This event is record as a Logfile entry instead.
• A new session event for 'Soft Suspend called' has been added.  Reason for soft suspend (stars <20 or clarirty <24) is included)
• Shutter Closure events associated with Suspending the Session are distinguished from those associated with Closing the Session (flag_yellow for Shutter Closures for Suspension, retaining flag_green for Shutter Closures for Shutdown )
• Fixed bug: Guiding Stats Results file sometimes lacking white space line between consecutive targets
• If Shutter is already closed or is closing when Session enters 'Suspended' State , an appropriate confirmatory Report messages should be issued

v3.16.3 (2019-10-29)   S717

• Fixed issues with SoftSuspend and New 'Suspend when Star Count below 20'

v3.16.2 (2019-10-27)  

• Fixed issue : Telescope not connected when initially starting Observatory Services
• Fixed Issue : Automated Observing allowed to continue even though cloud had developed and blocked out a large proportion of stars. AllSky Stars Count used to soft suspend session when Stars Count drops below 20., when option 'Suspend if stars<20' is checked.

v3.16.1 (2019-10-26)   S716

v3.16 (2019-10-25)    S715

• Continuing of coding changes to make AstroMain code to become more object orientated with code arranged by principle classes 
• 'classQueue' and 'classOB' classes create in new module (JobQueue.vb) for QsoQueue and OB objects
  (new handling for TakeFrameJobsQSO and TakeImageT_QSO, TakeMosaicT_QSO etc
• Fixed bug that was preventing the objScope ASCOM service from starting when Observatory Services were restarted

V3.15

v3.15.4 (2019-10-23)   S714

• Fixed bug introduced in 3.15.3 that was causing Observatory Shutdown process ('Closing') to stall after parking the Scope
• Add Target/Field Name to top left of Focus Profile plots

v3.15.3 (2019-10-22)    S713

• Continuing of coding changes to make AstroMain code to become more object orientated with code arranged by principle classes 
• Observatory Services tasks moved to a new module (Services.vb)
• Description of 'Target Started' SessionEvents for SharpCap Targets now indicate the use of SharpCap
• Automated the specification of desired SharpCap Camera using 'Auto', but with flexibility to choose a specific other camera if required
• The name of the Focus Field used for taking Initial Telescope Focus is now displayed in the 'txtCurrentObject' field
• Created new routine 'SaveZwoPngToJpg' for automating the file conversion, image size reduction & saving of LiveStack Images to the Live Folder for upload to the WebSite.
• The 'Taking SharpCap ImageSet' report message modified to show the Image Specification (Frames, Exp, Gain etc)
• Blank Line to inserted before the final 'Current AllSky Meas' to provde additional white space in Report File
• Fixed Bug : AstroMain's "SharpCap Browser/Summary Builder" now shows SharpCap folders and files from the Session.
• Fixed Bug:  Resolved issue where SharpCap Image set results for M39 were reported as "FailedImag"

v3.15.2 (2019-10-20)    S712

• Continuing of coding changes to make AstroMain code to become more object orientated with code arranged by principle classes  (TScope, TDome, TSession etc) contained in separate vb files (Scope.vb, Dome.vb, Session.vb etc)
• New TScope class / Scope instance added that acts as high level interface  to the objScope Ascom object.). TheSky6 Telescope object remains separate for now.
• New boolean TClass field .".ShCapImaging" to indicate if target is due for SharpCap Imaging or not.

v3.15.1 (2019-10-18)  

• Commencement of coding changes to make AstroMain code to become more object orientated with code arranged by principle classes  (TScope, TDome, TSession etc) contained in separate vb files (Scope.vb, Dome.vb, Session.vb etc)
• New TDome class / Dome instance added that acts as high level interface to the objDome Ascom object.
• Further routines to support Automated SharpCap Imaging. The subroutines ActivateShCap(), &  ActivatePhd2() allow the ZWO ASI camera to be passed back and forth between the two applicatiions

v3.15 (2019-10-17)   S711

• Upgraded support for SharpCap control so that SharpCap Service (ShCap) can be started /stopped like other observatory services (eg Dome, PHD2 etc)
• ShCap includes a 'Request Disconnect'  method

V3.14

v3.14.7 (2019-10-15)   S710

• Scope Power Flag is set to Yellow on Obs.Viewer/Obs.Pic until the power has been on for more than 60s.  
• Modified ShCap.ConnectShCap to connect to SharpCap 3.2

v3.14.6 (2019-10-15)   Day-time Jog Testing

• Added handling in TakeFrameJobsQSO and ImageTargetT_QSO to repeat a target attempt if the initial attempt was aborted because of Session Suspension (HardSuspend) nd the end slot time has not been reached (the re-attempt resumes post slew, post centering or post focusing depending on where it had previously reached,  unless Tracking had been turned off in the meantime)
• Added handling in LoadPlanFromDB to repeat a target attempt if the loaded target had failed or was incomplete and the end slot time has not been reached (the re-attempt begins from scratch, ie. re-checks/re-slews/re-centers)
  
• ConnectCamera, ConnectScope, ParkDome, ParkScope, CloseDown Camera are now run in their own threads, so that the host routine or the UI are not frozen out during execution of the task

v3.14.5 (2019-10-14)  ,  Day-time Jog Testing

• Corrected application of HardAzimLimit so that it doesn't apply to Altitude positions > 65° (notionally Altitude of North Celestrial Pole i.e. Latitude)
  This is to fix issue seen in S709 where the  Job Queue was aborted when S Cyg (lying between Zenith and North Celestrial Pole) moved across the Meridian.
• Moved 'FocusScopeNearZenith' into TakeFrameJobsQSO in order to avoid freezing the Obs.Manager for up to 5 minutes.
• Resolved issue where messages appearing after session unexpectedly 'finished' or service stopped saying "Write to PHD2     Fail     PHD2 is not connected".
• Obs.Overseer will now execute a MakeObservatorySafe routine via a thread operation 10 mins after the Job queue is deemed to have frozen. This routine closes the shutter, turns off telescope tracking and slews the dome to the 90 deg position. This is to fix the issue where shutter may remain open for 5 hours or more.
• Attempted a fix to get around the issue that Job Queue will sometimes hang when conducting a Telescope Jog.
• Includes a special routine for conducting live jogs of the telescope in an attempt to test code that will reconnect TheSky.Telescope connection in the event that it hangs whilst conducting a telescope jog
  

v3.14.4 (2019-10-12)   S709

• Tightened up QC of Focus Profile to reject quadratic forms that are not of the correct/expected form (i.e. a < 0 or c < 100)
• Resolved issue with new 'FocusScopeNearZenith' routine.  Dome Slaving is now turned on before slewing to the Focus Field.
• Fixed bug that was including vcNull temperatures within AvTemp causing invalid Focus Offset to be saved & applied
• Focus Profile Results are appended to a Master Focus Results file  (C:\Data\CCD Imaging\Analysis\Reference\Master_Focus2.dat)
• Added new utility functions  "SecondSince(TimePoint)"  & "MinutesSince(TimePoint)" that return the second/minutes since a specified datetime point
• Added v1 attempt at automated dew heater control. When session is running Dew Heater Power % = Humidity % (like Pegasus Astro's automated control),
  When session is suspended Dew Heater Power is mutlipled by a 0.8 factor. When session is Finished/OnManual Dew Heater Power is multiplied by a 0.3 factor

v3.14.3 (2019-10-11)  S708

• Added 'SaveImageToJpg' handling for Mosaic Frames
• Added reference file for storing Focus Fields  ( C:\Data\CCD Imaging\Analysis\Reference\FocusFields.txt) with appropriate opening/saving
• Added FocusScopeNearZenith routine that is used at beginning of session to focus scope on a suitable high altitude star that is selected from a set of FocusFields based on finding field with lowest Hour Angle (i.e. closest to Local Meridian)
• A 'No. of Rogue Jogs' counter is added to the bottom right corner of Centering Chart
• Fixed Issue connected with converting Dec & RA decimal values to text.
• Add Test Buttons/Routines for switching on & switching off power to the LX200 Telescope Mount.

 v3.14.2 (2019-10-08)  

• Autoguiding manager send 'get_lock_position' requests to PHD2  every 10s (this is to use later to ensure focus star doesn't move out of FOV) during Lock Shift Guiding).
  Results stored to Phd2.LockX and Phd2.LockY
• Width of Master Frame File Name fields increased on AstroMain'sReduction tab
• Session data file is created to contain counters etc, that can be called up in the event that AstroMain program has to be restarted (due to user intervention or crash). Data currently comprises  nOpenShutterRequests, nCompletedShutterClosures,  nRogueJogs etc
• Fixed issue with output of report messages concerning Corrective Jogs (rogue jog remediation)

v3.14.1 (2019-10-08)  S707b

• Fixed Bug. Resolved issue where the latest image frames weren't being shown in correct order on session_current.htm webpage.

v3.14 (2019-10-07)  S707a

• Added RainTrim handling to relax critical rain thresholds used by Obs.Manager in the rare occasion that recent rain has 'upset' the background (no rain) sensor reading.  This new facility has to be used in association with equivalent RainTrim value entered in AstroAllSky to again relax critical rain on the Scorecard/Synopsis,  plus temporary relaxation of the Rain threshold values used in the CloudSensor's sensor head

V3.13

v3.13.5 (2019-10-07)

• Red 'Shutdown Session' button on the Observatory Tab renamed 'Close/Finish Session'.  The facility has been modified however to place the CloseAndFinish code within the Observatory Manager loop (activated via a new bCloseAndFinish flag) and to add a session event recording the User Interventation to Close & Finish the session.
• A new Session State 'Continuing' has been added to replace the pseudo state 'Reinitiating'. This state is entered after one observing plan has completed and it is required to continue the session with a further plan.   This avoids Camera, Telescope reconnections etc
• Replaced residual calls to objconsole.UpdateSynopsisFields() by the raising of the bUpdateSynopsisFields flag to signal to ObsWorker to do this task.

v3.13.4 (2019-10-06)  S706

• Job Queue operations slightly speeded up by the setting the Wait option for SaveFitsToJPG Shell command to false. This allows the next job execution task (next frame etc) to proceed without having to wait for the bat file with ImageMagicK file conversions to finish execution.
• Format of  'Session.Slew file reformat so that data columns are of consistent width for all rows. File is now named Session.Slew.dat
• Format of Slew.dat records modified so that an image link failure is shown with '-'  (ImageTargetT_CentreTarget)
• Fixed bug:  Fixed issue where incorrect Flag/Text was showing when LX200 Scope Power was On
• Fixed Issue : TargetState routine in AstroMain has been updated so the state of RegularTargets (Monitored objected) is not overwritten as being completed.

v3.13.3 (2019-10-03)  S705

• Saves new images as 'Session.ImageFrameXX.jpg' &  'Session.TargetFrameXX.jpg'
  (this in place of  'Session.LatestLocateFrame.jpg', 'Session.LatestTargetFrame.jpg', 'Session.LatestImageFrame.jpg' )
• PowerBox Services now automatically uses the new UPB Ascom Switch Driver.  Temporary Use UPB Switch Ttest checkbox removed..
• Fixed Bugs:
   - Session wasn't immediately closing/finishing when queue ended (and session was in state of resuming)
   - Active Plan wasn't being updated to 'Executed' when queue ended (and session was in state of resuming)
   - Dew heater wasn't being shown as On on ObsViewer when they actually were

v3.13.1 (2019-10-01)  S703

• Saves new images as JPG files in _JPGS and _JPGS_sm folders.
• Copies new images to  'Session.LatestLocateFrame.jpg', 'Session.LatestTargetFrame.jpg', 'Session.LatestImageFrame.jpg'  
  for upload to website by AstroPlan 1.12.1+
• Bug fixes :

v3.13 (2019-09-29)  S702

• Observatory Report files renamed as 'Session.LatestReport.htm'  & 'Session.ObservatoryReport.htm'
  A flag file 'Session.ObservatoryReportFlag.dat' is written to indicate that Session.ObservatoryReport.htm' is non-null (for website use)
• Observatory Log files renamed as 'Session.LatestLog.log'  & 'Session.ObservatoryLog.log'
• Fixed Issue where a delay of up to 2 minutes was occuring between Job Queue 'paused & ready' following a HardSuspend and the Session actually then going to Suspended State.
• Code changes to JogQSO routine to make corrective jog if the first set of jogs produced a jog discrepency of between 5 & 60 arc min
• Code changes to JogQSO routine to apply a JogW adjustment (JogWAdj) to the required east and west jog amounts in order to workaround a noticeable bias in jog outcomes, whereby scope always moves 0.5 to 2 arc min further east than commanded. Machine learning is used to improve the initial value of jogWAdj so that centering should get better and better through a session.
  
  Compatible with AstroPlan 1.12

V3.12

v3.12.3 (2019-09-28)  S701

• Annotated the first and last columns on the graphs of SkyConditions Tab with HH:mm times
• Extended PHD2 GuideStep parsing to read  star HFD (available for first time with PHD2 2.6.6.dev2)
• Extended Guiding Monitor to access and report Star HFD.
• Guiding Information is output to GuideSumm.dat file for upload to website by AstroPlan.
• Fixed bugs :
  - fixed issue with ResetLiveFiles, where Session.Observatory (report).htm wasn't being reset
  - fixed issue with invalid Sun Alt value at start of session (due to conflict with DataTime manipulation in AstroPlan schedule building)
  - fixed issue that was creating blocks of consequetive AbortTarget IamALive Start messages
  - fixed bug that prevented final 'Session.latest (run).log' & 'Session.latest (report).htm' being generated at very end of session
  - fixed bug that prevented 'Session.Observatory (run).log' from being uploaded to website at very end of session
  - resolved issue where the UI was temporarily freezing whilst Observatory Services were starting
  - fixed bug that was leading to program crash w ('LoadImageToViewer' )
  - fixed bug that was producing 'Exception Writing to Monitor File' messages

v3.12.2 (2019-09-27)  S700

• Bug Fixes and small improvements

v3.12.1 (2019-09-26) 

• Bug Fixes : fixed 'GetRawFoldersList() : error : Argument 'Length' must be greater or equal to zero' error
• Cleaned up log file output,  reducing incidences of 'floating messages' continued further in v3.12.2

v3.12 (2019-09-25) 

• ObsManager Tab,  Services Panel and Sky Conditons Tab are captured every 2 mins for uploading to website
• New background process (ReportQueueManager) added for managing the writing of comments to Console's txtLogBox using a FIFO queue collection  (qQueue).  Items pushed into using queue using '.enqueue' and taken off using 'dequeue'
• New background process (ObsOverseer) added for monitoring the status of ObsManager & Job Executor  and initiating regular tasks including update synopsis field, take screen shots (Control.SaveToBitMap)

V3.11

v3.11.9 (2019-09-22) 

• Title of Centering Charts is now drawn bold

v3.11.8 (2019-09-22)  S699

• Fixed Bugs : Centering Chart now shows slew points based on the first successfully linked locate frame.
  (previousy some points were missed when the 1st locate frame was used regardless of whether it linked on not)
• Session's slew/centering performance chart to be renamed as CenteringChart.yyyyMMdd.png
• Colour Legend added to Centering Chart, thresholds adjusted and tied in with SU.AcceptablePointingError value.

v3.11.7 (2019-09-21)  S698

• Fixed Bugs:  Previous Focus Profiles on website no longer overwritten when Autofocus run fails.
• Fixed Bug: Session Closing and Session FInished are now displayed on ObservingResult Chart at end of night.
• Timestamp added to the report line " Obs. Manager Warning Job Queue appears to have frozen."
• Session Events are created for Focusing Profile attempts that fail, and reason is given.
• Creates a ResumeSession trigger file to communicate with AstroPlan
• Obs.Manager writes 'Session.Header.js file to live folder (for uploading to website by AstroPlan)

v3.11.6 (2019-09-20)  S697

• Fixed Bugs:  CenteringChart now displays slew points and correctly displays center points

v3.11.5 (2019-09-19)  S696

• Observatory Mode creates and maintains a 'Session.Name CenteringChart.png' picture file for each session containing graphical display's of the pointing error after slew and after centering. If session is live this file is copied to live folder as 'Session.CenteringChart.png', which is uploaded to website by  live file uploader in AstroPlan 1.10.4.
  (graphing is performed by calls to CChart object (CenterChart.vb))

v3.11.4 (2019-09-18) 

• Fixed bug:  AstroPlan version appears in Session Event correctly

v3.11.3 (2019-09-15)   S695 - S694

• Fixed Bug : Obs.Manager can now employ more than one Observing Plan extension

v3.11.2 (2019-09-12) S693

• Obs.Manager can now employ more than one Observing Plan extension. At the moment the Obs. Manager unchecks the 'Continue with New Plan' checkbox after loading the first Observing Plan extension. Instead Obs. Manager can now add further observing plans provided the sun altitude is below a certain value. (at the moment this is a hard coded value -14).
• Obs.Manager can move directly to Suspended State and launch TakeFrameJobsQSO from there using 'bLaunchQsoFromSuspended', if Equilibrating has been waiting on weather for more than 10 minutes.
• 'Refresh List' button on Reduction Tab moved to a new position just below the Reduction Folder list.

v3.11.1 (2019-09-08)  S692

• Event Level for  ,"Services%" , "Obs.Manager%" event changed to Level 2  (this was due to have happened in 3.11, but they were missed)
• Fixed issue with output of Session.FocusProfile charts to the website

v3.11 (2019-09-07) 

• Event Level for several types of session events  ("Shutter%" , "Dome%" ,  "Telescope%" ,  "Queue%" , "HardSuspend%", "Equilibrating%"  ,"Services%" , "Obs.Manager%") changed to Level 2 in order to give some better structure to resulting Event Table output.
• During Observatory Shutdown, a Shutter is Already Closed event is now produced to confirm that the shutter is closed in situations where it is already closed.

V3.10

v3.10.9 (2019-09-06)  ,  Session S690b

• Added debugging Log File output lines to SaveSlewFileToLive routine
• Flag.State for Queue Resumed event (resumed from HardSuspend) changed from Yellow to Green
• ReportLine added above 'Queue Resumed after HardSuspend' report line (to close off the 'Session Suspended/Shutter Closed' section)

v3.10.8  (2019-09-06)  Session S691- S690a.    Major Change

• AdvPlan signalled to upload fresh Observing Plan/Observing Results charts every 10 minutes when waiting in equilibrating & suspended states.
• CCD Set Temperature reviewed and if appropriate updated  every 10 mins whilst waiting in equilibrating & suspended states.
• Antialias method of drawing is applied to observatory's circular dome and other items in Obs Viewer / ObsPic charts
• TakeFrameJobsQSO routine heavily re-factored, with revised HardSuspend routine, use of EarliestStartTime, LatestStartTime
• Added new function:  Function GetSecsTaken(TimeStart As Date, UseBrackets As Boolean) As String
• After starting a plan it's description is saved to the database as 'ACTIVE PLAN'
  ACTIVE PLAN's can be reloaded (they may have been stopped early in process),
•  'EXECUTED PLAN' can not be reloaded. If highest version is 'EXECUTED' a fresh new plan will be generated , reinitiating the session.
• Focusing Events (Stared, Ended, Aborted, Completed etc) are now saved as Level 4, so that they sit below the level of Targets

v3.10.7  (2019-09-04)

• Save's a version of Slew File to LiveFolder after each centering operation.
• 'Missed Target' events are now saved to database with FlagState.Yellow  (rather than .Green)
  

v3.10.6  (2019-09-03)  S689

• Fixed bug in 'ImageMosaicT_QSO'  that  was causing Mosaic Targets to slew to an incorrect Ra/Dec location.
  The routine now calls the LookupKeyTargetInfo' to correctly set T.Ra &T.Dec
• Added a check in the SlewToRaDec routine  to ensure that proposed coordinates are above the horizon.
• Latest Observatory Viewer picture (ObsPic) is automatically copied to ..\Live\Session.ObsPic.gif'
• Three latest focus profile pictures are automatically copied to ..\Live\Session.FocusProfile1.gif'. ..2.gif, '...3.gif'
• Signal is sent to AstroPlan when a New Live Session is created.
• Signals are sent to AstroPlan to upload 'Observing Plan', 'Observing Result' and 'Session Events' when they are loaded to the database

v3.10.5  (2019-08-31)  S687 - S688

• Small fixes/improvements to Obs.Manger's log file messages
• Attempted fix to resolve certain HardSuspend Issues

v3.10.4  (2019-08-26)  S685 - S686

• Small fixes.

v3.10.3  (2019-08-25)  S684

• Fixed bug - target fields are now set to blank where older Image sets don't have FIT files with Target ID in their header
• 'Targets Cancelled' Events created for each target that is passed during a session suspension due to cloud etc
• Text improvements/correction to Events created in AstroMain.

v3.10.2  (2019-08-21)  S682 - S683

• Program Name added to Target Details in Analysis / ImageSets / Target Tab

v3.10.1  (2019-08-09) S681

• ProposeCcdTempSetPoint modified to use ambient temperature of UPB Env Temp rather than Outside Temperature,  and to use revised temperature criteria for proposed CCD Temperature SetPoint.    (typically the band cutoffs have be increased by 1.5 to 3 degC)
• Obs Console / SBIG Camera section modified to display Ambient Temperature and use fullname for Propose and Update buttons (instead of P and U).
• Connect Camera routine modified to turn SBIG Camera Fan on when connecting to the camera.

v3.10  (2019-08-07)  S680

• Fixed Bug that was causing Premature End of Session (due to incorrecly aborting targets which are still waiting for their start times to arrive)

V3.9

v3.9.7  (2019-03-18)  S673 - S679

v3.9.6  (2019-03-09)  S672

v3.9.5  (2019-03-04)  S669 - S671

v3.9.4  (2019-02-24)  S667 - S668

• Handling for FastReact ToO targets to support GRB detection project
• Writes ObsStatus.dat file every 5 secs when Obs.Manager main loop is actively cycling.
   (a File containing an out-of-date timestamp signifies that Obs.Manager is not  running or is frozen and not responsive)

Compatible with AstroVOE v1.1+,  AstroPlan 1.8.1+,  AstroGuard 1.2+

v3.9.3  (2019-02-20)   S665 - S666

• Fixes and small enhancements

v3.9.1  (2019-02-12)  S662 - S664

• Added additional telescope protection. ObsManager aborts current target if telescope moves beyond Az 348°  and intervenes to slew the scope to a safe position if the telescope moves beyond Az 349°  (this measures are intended to help prevent cable wrap and associated damage)
• Added rough maxpixel based cutoff for focus star focusing.  Designed to avoid 'dim star' focusing

v3.9  (2019-02-08)  S661

• Added capability to auto-load a 'Cycle Plan' if it is the latest plan

V3.8

v3.8.8  (2019-02-07)  S660

• Added Build Session Workbook button on Reduction Tab to create a session workbook incorporating the session's Fits Summary.dat file

v3.8.7  (2019-02-03)  S657 - S659

• Added New 'Reduce All Folders' button on Reduction Tab to speed up the reduction of a session Raw FITs files.
• Various small fixes and other improvements

v3.8.6 (2019-02-02)  S656

v3.8.5 (2019-02-01)  S654 - S655

v3.8.4  (2019-01-30)   S653

• Added Obs.Manager Option to drop back to Manual Mode after Job Queue complete (instead of going to Session Closing state)
• Added Obs.Manager Option to create & start a New Observing Plan after Job Queue completes (instead of going to Closing State)
• Added facility to perform FastFocus before each target (intended as a trial to understand limitations of the method)
• Bug Fixes and other improvements

v3.8.3  (2019-01-29)  S652

• HFD Fast Focus Method added (only available from a manual button)

v3.8.2  (2019-01-25)  S650 - S561

• fixes ?

v3.8.1  (2019-01-25) S649

• Several Bug Fixes

v3.8  (2019-01-17) S648

• Revamped Session Handling (including GUI for Creation/Selection, File Naming and Locations
• Deactivated File 'Achiving' as files are session log & data files are automatically written to session _LOG folder
• Monitoring & Display of Pulsar Dome Data (Battery Level, Temperature, Voltage, Amperage) via ASCOM Log file
• Inclusion of Dome Battery Level & Temperature in ObsEnv record sent to AstroWeather
• Several Bug Fixes
  
  Compatible with AstroWeather 1.5+

V3.7

v3.7.1  (2019-01-03)

• Fixed bug that was saving TARGETID keyword to FITs images as a string rather than an integer.
• Corrected and added Session Event save points

v3.7  (2019-01-02)  S647

• Added Flag column to SessionEvents record
• Session Event records sent to SQLite Database for key operations
• Added New code to check Dome Lock prior to going into Fully-Automated Mode, with option to remove a current lock
• Added 'Force New Plan' checkbox to allow user to force ObsManager to create a new plan, even if an earlier one exists
• Added New Log/Report File Handling
• TargetID saved to Images using the FITS keyword 'TARGETID'
• Fixed Code so that Target's Of Opportunity always start immediately (wait time is set to 0)
• Relaxed allowed Target Start Times to allow some imaging to take place rather than wasting sky time waiting for the next Target's Start Time.
  
  Requirements:  AstroDatabase  1.6+, Compatible with AstroPlan 1.6+

V3.6

v3.6.1  (2018-12-29)  S646

• Adjusted FocusProfile algorithm
• Fixed Bug or two

v3.6  (2018-12-28)  S644 - S645

• Added capability to save SessionEvent to to SqlDatabase
• Fixed bug in order to preserve image background & range during Hot/Cold Pixel Repair
  
  Requirements:  AstroDatabase  1.5+, Compatible with AstroPlan 1.5+

V3.5

v3.5.10  (2018-12-17)  S642 - S643

• Removed legacy code for handling Agents
• Fixed Bug that was stopping Meade LX200GPS/R scope from connecting after using "Setup POTH"
• Added new FailureStates for failures due to Software & due to Hardware
• Added new Observation State for Cancelled
  
  (equivalent to AstroPlan v1.4.2)

v3.5.9  (2018-12-15),  S640 - S641

• New code to monitor Scope serial port and connect scope using currently active Port
• New Code for taking Snap Images with ZWO Camera
• New Code for handling  & copying FIT files in "_ZWO"  folder

v3.5.8  (2018-12-11)

• New code to monitor UPB serial port and restart PowerBox Connections if Port changes

v3.5.7  (2018-12-10)

• Added Azimuth Checking prior to Slew (looks at SU.HardAzimLimit)
• Added new FailureState for a failure due to AzimLimits
• Added new settings field for Hard Azim Limit
• Fixed Bug that was causing Focus Box Y-Axis Recentering issues in S640
• Fixed Bug that was generating invalid XY location for Brightest Star

v3.5.6  (2018-11-28)    S638 - S640

• Fixed some issues with formatting of (Monitor).dat file

v3.5.3  (2018-11-28) 

• New code  to automatically Set the correct Com Port in ASCOM.Pulsar_Observatories_Dome.Dome ' profile prior to Dome Connection
• New code  to the Monitor Port which the USB-Serial Port to Dome is currently on and compare against the port that dome was on when connection was originally made
• New code to check that a 'real' dome has been connected to (tests Can_Park to ensure that it is true. If it was false the connection is now valid and is disconnected.
• Improvements to the Obs.Viewer Plot to better show the state of connection/disconnection to Dome & to Scope.

v3.5.2  (2018-11-27) 

• Option to set Program Mode to 'Observatory'  which will by-pass the Main Form when the program is opened and closed (other functions, save files, saving set up etc are unaffected)

v3.5.1  (2018-11-26)

• Bug Fix.  (stopped blank lines going to log file every 5s from ObsEnv Service's main loop)

v3.5  (2018-11-25) 

• Name change from CCDApp2 to AstroMain
• Formal version numbering started
• Modifications to enable operation with AstroPlan v1.3

Earlier versions to be added

 (Other Change Logs : AstroMain, AstroPlan, AstroDatabase, AstroAllSky, AstroWeather, AstroLaunch, AstroMove, AstroGuard , AstroProtect  )

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ChangeLog - AstroPlan

V1.18

v1.18.0 (2020-12-02)   

• Supports storage and editing of TNS ID and Type. 
  Compatible with AstroSN 1.0

V1.17

v1.17.5 (2020-11-18)   

• Fixed bug that was wiping the target name from 'observation' table for a session after modifying/saving session data (setting the rejected flag).

v1.17.4 (2020-11-14)   

• Fixed bug that was prevent v.1.7.3 from uploading multiple Sky Condition Charts (corrected code to upload .png files instead of .jpg files): Session.SkyConditionsTab01.png, Session.SkyConditionsTab02.png, Session.SkyConditionsTab03.png)
  
  Compatible with AstroMain 3.24.5+

v1.17.3 (2020-11-09)   

• Supports upload of multiple Sky Condition Charts to Website (Session.SkyConditionsTab01.png, Session.SkyConditionsTab02.png, Session.SkyConditionsTab03.png)
  
  Compatible with AstroMain 3.24.5

v1.17.2 (2020-11-07)    S828

• Added a Last Upload timestamp to Main Form..

v1.17.1 (2020-11-03)   S827

• FixString() routine added to allow a text value to be fixed by trimming it and replacing any double spaces with single spaces (double _ and double - are also corrected)
  Just works with Targets Form at present.

v1.17 (2020-11-02)  

• Supports storage, retrieval and editing of GRB PositionalErrorRadius (in arc mins)
  
  Compatible with AstroVOE 1.5 and AstroMain 3.32

V1.16

v1.16.9  (2020-10-24)

• Fixed bug that allowed Development computer to continue to upload two files to website (this hadn't been disabled after earlier testing of Alarms, added in v1.16.0)

v1.16.8  (2020-10-23 S820

• Supports uploading of the Session.Cam2TempChart.png file to website

v1.16.7  (2020-10-17)

• Fix to allow Observation Target Name to be displayed on Session Form for manually initiated single targets/mosaics where TargetID is 0
• Fix to allow Observing Result Chart to plot manually initiated single targets/mosaic observations where TargetID is 0

v1.16.6  (2020-10-13) S819

• Added button and functionality to AstroPlan Target to fill in Object Type by looking up Target's object information in TheSky6. New function ( GetObjectType) written and added to   that are called from new  '<<'  button (btnFillObjectType)

v1.16.5 (2020-10-09) S818

v1.16.4 (2020-10-05) S816-S817

v1.16.3 (2020-10-03)

v1.16.2  (2020-09-26) S813 -S815

• Button on Target Form to centre TheSky6's virtual sky on target's Ra/Dec location.

v1.16. '1'  (2020-09-02) S812

• Saves a _Scope when NextTarget(0) changes, so that we can always have a AllSky picture for each target even if Target is Cancelled whilst session is  suspended.

v1.16  (2020-08-24)   S799

• Supports upload of alarm.dat and time.dat for use by new Observatory Alarms Web App
  Compatible with AstroMain 3.28+

V1.15

v1.15.5  (2020-08-10)  

• Supports additional labelling on a session's Observing Result chart :  'Monitoring',  "AutoStarting"
• Modified SaveHtmReport() to handle 3 modes ('LiveCharts' & 'General' (-10) reports written to LiveFolder and 'Session written to Session Folder)
  "General" htm report is written to "General.Events_Full.htm"
• Supports uploading of  "General.Events_Full.htm" to website.

 v1.15.4  (2020-08-07)   S797

• Supports upload of two AutoStart related files: Session.LatestAutoStartLog.log &  Session.LatestAutoStartReport.htm

v1.15.3  (2020-06-02)   S792 - S796

• Supports 3 new FailureStates  (LowTemperature, HighHumidity and LowBattery)

v1.15.2  (2020-05-26)   S789 - S791

• Fixed issue that Faint Objects (galaxies, nebulae) where being scheduled on bright summer twilight nights where Solar Depression Constraints are automatically relaxed.   Issue fixed by Relaxing Solar Depression Constraints by only 1° for C1/P1 constrained targets and by only 1.6° for C2/P2/T constrained targets.  Solar Depression Contraints fully relaxed for all other targets.

v1.15.1  (2020-05-23)   S784 - S788

• Supports the uploading of new Chart  'Session.GuideSummChart2'  for showing Guiding Summary by Ra & Dec
• Supports the uploading of renamed Chart 'Session.GuideSummChart1' (shows Guiding Summary Av RMS and Worse RMS)
  (Compatible with AstroMain 3.23+)

v1.15  (2020-05-18)   S783

• Supports the storage of Session Alerts for the current session (in table 'sessionevent' accessed from 'SessionAlertsForm') and the production of an htm table of Events
  (Compatible with AstroMain 3.22.3, Database 1.7)

V1.14

v1.14.6  (2020-05-15)  

• Supports the uploading of up to 5 Session.TargetInfo Charts (Session.TargetInfo1.png to Session.TargetInfo5.png)
  (Compatible with AstroMain 3.22.2)

v1.14.5  (2020-05-13)  

v1.14.4  (2020-05-05)   S779-S782

• Supports the uploading of 'Session.ShCapReport.htm' to website (Compatible with AstroMain 3.21.5)
• Default Start/End Solar depression set to 10 deg (from 11 deg to allow summer observations)

v1.14.3  (2020-04-29)   S777 to S778

• Bug Fix for GetActiveTargetSet exception Index out of Bounds / No Active Targets message.
  TS array limit (nMaxTargets) increased to 3000, from 1000 beforehand

v1.14.2  (2020-04-27)   S775

• Supports the uploading of 'Session.BestFocusChart.png' to website (Compatible with AstroMain 3.21)

v1.14.1  (2020-04-21)   S771 to S774

v1.14 (2020-01-24)  S745 to S770

V1.13

v1.13.12  (2020-01-23)

v1.13.11  (2020-01-21)

v1.13.10  (2020-01-12)

v1.13.9  (not archived)  S740 to S744

v1.13.8  (2020-01-05)  S737 to S739

v1.13.7  (not archived)  S735 to S736

v1.13.6  (2019-12-09)   S728 to S734

• Supports the uploading of Focus Temp charts to website ('Session.FocusTempChart.png' etc). 
  Compatible with AstroMain 3.18.3+

v1.13.5  (2019-11-22)   S725 to S727

• Supports the uploading of Guiding Results charts to website ('Session.GuidingChart1.png' etc). 
  Compatible with AstroMain 3.17.9+

v1.13.4  (2019-11-20)  

• Supports the uploading of Foc2FocusProfile charts to website ('Session.Foc2FocusProfile1.gif etc). 
  Compatible with AstroMain 3.17.9+

v1.13.3  (2019-11-18)  

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v1.13.2  (2019-11-17)  

• .

 v1.13.1  (2019-11-12)  

• Fixed bug that was stopping the upload of new session's  Session.NightSummary6.jpg file to website.

v1.13.0  (2019-11-05)  

• Supports the uploading of 'Session.SlewTable.dat' to website. (compatible with AstroMain 3.17+)

V1.12

v1.12.10  (2019-11-03)  

• Supports the uploading of up to 50 live target images   ( Compatible with AstroMain 3.16.8)
• Attempt made to resolve issue that the Image.JS file uploaded to website is out of sync with the Images that have been actually uploaded (uses 'FlagImageJsForUpload' flag

v1.12.9  (2019-10-25)  

• Fixed issue with new session NightSummary6 plot not uploading to website.

v1.12.8  (2019-10-13)  

• Corrected the application of HardAzimLimit so that it doesn't apply to Altitude positions > 65° (notionally the Altitude of North Celestrial Pole i.e. Latitude)
  This is to fix issue seen in S709 where the  Job Queue was aborted in AstroMain when S Cyg (lying between Zenith and North Celestrial Pole) moved across the Meridian.

v1.12.7 (2019-10-09)  S708 - S709

• Fixed Bug : Dec display
• LST added as extra field to ProfileTime and calculated using  calcLST routine (AstroRoutines module)
• Target's HourAngle added as extra field to Airmass Profiles  and calculated using GetLHA routine ( Databases module)

v1.12.5 (2019-10-07)  S707

• LoadResultEvents routinue updated to recognise 'Session Continuing ' as a key event to plotted on Observing Results (Session) Chart.

v1.12.4 (2019-10-05)  S706

• File Uploader modified  to upload Session.Slew.dat instead of Session.Slew.htm
   (this is a new file with consistent column widths for displaying in website)

v1.12.3 (2019-10-04)  S705

• File Uploader extended to upload new images as 'Session.ImageFrameXX.jpg' &  'Session.TargetFrameXX.jpg'
  (this is replace of  'Session.LatestLocateFrame.jpg', 'Session.LatestTargetFrame.jpg', 'Session.LatestImageFrame.jpg'  
  File is now named Session.Slew.dat

v1.12.2 (2019-10-02)  S704

• Bug Fixes:
  - 'Blank' Session.NightSummary6 wasn't getting uploaded to website when resetting live files for New Session

v1.12.1 (2019-10-01)  S703

• File Uploader extended to upload 'Session.LatestLocateFrame.jpg', 'Session.LatestTargetFrame.jpg', 'Session.LatestImageFrame.jpg'  
• Bug Fixes: fixed issues with  NightSummary6 plot ,  Session.ObservatoryLog.log

v1.12 (2019-09-30)  S702

• Modified to use renamed Observatory Log files  'Session.LatestLog.log'  & 'Session.ObservatoryLog.log'
• Modified to use renamed Observatory Report files  'Session.LatestReport.htm'  & 'Session.ObservatoryReport.htm'
• File Uploader extended to upload a flag file 'Session.ObservatoryReportFlag.dat' that indicates to website that the Session.ObservatoryReport.htm' is valid as opposed to being a null file (ie not available)
• File Uploader extended to upload 'Session.AstroGuardTab.png' & Session.AstroGuard.htm'

V1.11

v1.11.3 (2019-09-28)  S701

• File Uploader extended to upload 'Session.GuideSumm.dat

v1.11.2 (2019-09-26)  

• Series of fixes to Schedule Builder (GA section) to reduce/eliminate the issue of variable stars being scheduled at time where airmass will fail airmass or indeed horizon checks during actual session running in AstroMain
• Fix to Schedule Builder (GA section) to 'top up' plans that have shortening through the process of mutation/breeding

v1.11 (2019-09-25)  

• File Uploader extended to upload 'Session.ObsManagerTab.png',  'Session.ServicesTab.png', 'Session.SkyConditionsTab.png'

V1.10

v1.10.9 (2019-09-23) 

• File Uploader working and optmised

v1.10.8 (2019-09-23) 

• Testing for fix to bug in File Uploader

v1.10.7 (2019-09-22)  S699 (test)

• Testing for bug in File Uploader

v1.10.6 (2019-09-22) S699

• Fixed Bug: Fixed problem that was caused some extra Plans to be created and passed over due to the overwriting of PlanType variable by a newly introduced routine.
• Composite Plan Plotter can not plot up to 30 plans on one plot. The previous limit of 10 plans was exceeded in S698.
• Plan names/versions on Composite Plan chart are shortened were there is risk of text overposting
• Fixed Bug : Composite Plan charts now display the correct Session Number
• Main Form nows show the total MB uploaded since last New Session call

v1.10.5 (2019-09-21) Current version, S698

• Fixed Issue : Try Catch End Try placed around code in AdvMainListener loop to prevent AstroPlan from repeatedly crashing when resuming a new live session
• Plots 'Plan Start and Plan End' virtual events on live Observing Result Charts (Best Plan & Active Plan)
• Responds to 'ResumeSession' trigger from AstroMain,  and updates the Night Data.
• Uploads 'Session.Header.js file to website

v1.10.4 (2019-09-19)  S697

• Uploads 'Session.CenteringChart.png', to website when file's timestamp changes.
• Compatible with AstroMain 3.11.5

v1.10.3 (2019-09-18)

• Session Events added to Observing Results Chart
• Rejected Observations can be shown on Observing Results chart as failed/rejected (salmon)

v1.10.2 (2019-09-16)

• Schedule Builder can start at a time specified by user (txtUserStartTime & checkboxStartTimeFromUser)
• Schedule Builder plans now taken into account 'MustInclude' targets
• Schedule Building times are significantly reduced
• Final Plan is cropped to the Scheduled End Plan Time.
• An airmass tolerance field is added, that allows airmass limit to be relaxed to enable more targets to be included in the plan or tighten airmass limits in event of higher haze levels and/or horizon cloud.

v1.10.1 (2019-09-12)  S694

• Cosmetic improvements to Plan & Session Charts
• Inclusion of new Status type 'Waiting To Start' (WaitingToStart = 7)

v1.10 (2019-09-11)

• Composite Plans integrated into Live Chart plotting

V1.9

v1.9.8 (2019-09-10)

• Fixed 'thick' line issue on Obs.Plan/Obs.Result Charts where end of one target is just 1 pixel off the start of the next target.
• Test new Composite Plan Plotting.

v1.9.8 (2019-09-08) Current version

• Uploading Live Chart Plans also uploads a small .js (javascript file) called Session.Chart.js that contains a timestamp variables for the lefthand and right margins of the Current/Latest Observing Plan and Observing Results charts.  This allows the webite page (session_current.htm) to drawn the position of  'up-to-date' current time on the charts as a vertical red line.
• Report File is now created a date named file based on current Night Date.   File will be closed and a new one automatically open for each new night.
• Schedule building has been speeded up. Writing to log file has been disabled to give a 45% reduction in time taken to build an observing plan.

v1.9.7 (2019-09-07)

• Bug fix :  Recently added 'Now' Line feature was appearing on Observing Plan and Observing Results charts produced used form buttons when they shouldn't (they should only appear on LiveCharts).   This bux was delaying the creation of post session plots
• Deactivated WriteLogFile routine in order to save 2-3 minutes on creating schedule. Calc. Fitness is presumed to write heavily to the log file, producing a log file up to 1.2 GB in size.

v1.9.6 (2019-09-06)

• Session.Event_Short corrected to output events in HH:mm:ss format (fix missed in v1.9.4)

v1.9.5 (2019-09-06)

• New Button added to Session form to open the session's folder
• New Button added to Events form to open the session's log folder
• Code section to fix Set sessionevent.Level = 4 where Name is like "Focusing%"

v1.9.4 (2019-09-04) 

• Session Event tables output event times in HH:mm:ss format, rather than earlier HH:mm format
• 'Now' line drawn  on Live versions of the Observing Result and Observing Plan charts.
  (red vertical line at appropriate position on charts labelled 'Now')

v1.9.3 (2019-09-01) 

• Proof Of Concept testing for Current Session Comms & Upload
• Responds to signals from AdvMain to reset (blank) the Session Pictures and documents that are uploaded to website
• Responds to signals from AdvMain to produce and upload Session Event tables, Observing Result Charts & Observing Plan Charts
• Runs Thread to monitor for updated ObsPic picture,  Focus Profiles charts and upload them to website.

v1.9.2 (2019-08-22) 

• Lists of Plans and Sessions are refreshed before moving to the respective form from the Main Menu.
• Schedule Builder modified to start/end plans at -11 deg Sun Altitude rather than -12 deg. 
• General C3 constraint and Main Variables P3 constraint both modified to use a Sun Altitude criteria of -11 deg

v1.9.1 (2019-08-17)

• Button widths on Target/Frames Tab / Capture Area box widened in order to fully display the  "1/2",  "1/4" names
• ">> Store" button added to Target Form to open the relevant Target Folder from the Store directory)
• ">> Charts"  button added to Plan Form to open the Charts Folder

v1.9 (2019-03-12) 

• Small Change/Correction (details not recorded)

V1.8

v1.8 (2019-02-22)

• Added Azimuth Checking, so that no targets are scheduled with Azmith > AzLimit (340 deg)

V1.7

v1.7 (2019-02-08)

• Added TargetSet and TargetSetList Form for creating and managing Target Sets
• Added 'targetset' and 'targetsetheader' tables to database
• Added button on Targets Form (TargetList)  for adding a selected target to the active Target Set.
• Added 'Run Alt to create an Observing Plan based on a selected Target Set

V1.6

v1.6.2 (2019-01-21) 

• Data Lock on Plan Form is automatically set for any currently executing plan (to prevent accidental data lost)

v1.6.1 (2019-01-20)

• Added Data Lock to Plans and Sessions Forms, so that data for the current NightDate can't be accidently deleted or interferred with
  (data lock is automatically set dependant on the current date, but can be toggled off/on by the user if particularly required)
• Session Form widened in order to show Status column
• Tightening up of code

v1.6  (2018-12-30) 

• Added Flag column to SessionEvents table
• Added Events Report Output (.htm file)
• Plan and Session Chart images now saved as .png files  (instead of .jpg files)

Compatabile with AstroMain v3.7+, Dependant on AstroDatabase 1.6+

V1.5

v1.5.1  (2018-12-27)

• Resolved Issue that was including Mosaic Targets in Scheduled Plan in situations were mosaic file was missing

v1.5  (2018-12-22)

• Added new SessionEvents table to SqlDatabase with support for table creation, and row insertion & deletion
• Added new SessionEvents form for display and edit of session events
  
  Compatabile with AstroMain v3.6+, Dependant on AstroDatabase 1.5+

V1.4

v1.4.2  (2018-12-19) 

• Added new FailureStates for failures due to Software & due to Hardware
• Added new Observation State for Cancelled
• StartTime delay of 8mins added when making a Plan that starts from "Now"
• Automatically finds Constellation based on RaDec Coordinates
  
  Equivalent to AstroMain v3.5.10

v1.4.1  (2018-12-12)

• Added new FailureState for a failure due to AzimLimits
• Added new settings field for Hard Azim Limit (not yet implemented in Target Fitness)
• Stopped the automatic saving of unnecessary iGen Charts to file (they can still be saved via an optional checkbox)
• Fixed Bug with 'fMoonDistance' parameter which was causing an inverted curve in Convergence Plots

V1.3

v1.3.1 (2018-11-26) 

• New GA Convergence Plot Facility (that shows progression in Plan fitness against generation number)

v1.3  (2018-11-25)

• Name change from ObservingTool  to AstroPlan
• Formal version numbering started

Earlier versions to be added

 (Other Change Logs : AstroMain, AstroPlan, AstroDatabase, AstroAllSky, AstroWeather, AstroLaunch, AstroMove, AstroGuard , AstroProtect  )

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ChangeLog - AstroDatabase

v1.7 (2020-05-18)

• Added new SessionAlerts table
  
  Compatible with AstroMain 3.22.3+ and AstroPlan 1.15+

v1.6.4 (2019-10-06)

• Nearby Stars, Variable and selected comets had theirTargetState field reset to 'Regular Target' (6) and Active field reset to True (1)
  (this was done by manual edits using the AstroPlanTarget Form)

v1.6.3  (2019-09-07)

• Set sessionevent.Level = 2 where Name is like "Shutter%" , "Dome%" ,  "Telescope%"
  Set sessionevent.Level = 2 where Name is like "Queue%" , "HardSuspend%"
  Set sessionevent.Level = 2 where Name is like "Equilibrating%" 
  Set sessionevent.Level = 2 where Name is like "Services%" , "Obs.Manager%"

v1.6.2  (2019-09-06) 

• Set sessionevent.Level = 4 where Name is like "Focusing%"

v1.6.1  (2019-09-04)

• Set sessionevent.Flag = 2 where Name is like "Missed Targets%"

v1.6  (2018-12-30 )

• Added new Flag column to SessionEvents table
• Event data manually entered for sessions S645-646

Compatible with AstroMain 3.7+ and AstroPlan 1.6+

v1.5  (2018-12-22 )

• Added new SessionEvents table

Compatible with AstroMain 3.6+ and AstroPlan 1.5+

v1.4  (2018-11-25 )

• Name change from Targets Database  to AstroDatabase
• Formal version numbering started

v1.3  (2018-08-09)

Earlier versions to be added

 (Other Change Logs : AstroMain, AstroPlan, AstroDatabase, AstroAllSky, AstroWeather, AstroLaunch, AstroMove, AstroGuard , AstroProtect  )

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ChangeLog - AstroAllSky

V3.6

v3.6.1 (2020-09-02)  S804

• Saves _scope pictures for targets which are cancelled whilst session is suspended due to cloud or other reason.

v3.6 (2020-06-01)  S789 - S803

• Protective Relay Flag is shown on NightSummary6 plot
  Compatible with AstroWeather 1.10+

V3.5

v3.5.1 (2019-11-20)    to S788

• NightSummary6 plot is flagged for uploading whenever there is a Scope Change. (only operates during live sessions)

v3.5 (2019-10-07)  S707

• Added RainTrim handling to relax critical rain thresholds used by Scorecard/Synopsis in the rare occasion that recent rain has 'upset' the background (no rain) sensor reading.  This new facility has to be used in association with the use of equivalent RainTrim value in AstroMain to again relax critical rain used by Obs.Manager, plus temporary relaxation of the values used in the CloudSensor's sensor head

V3.4

v3.4.12 (2019-09-27) 

• 4 arm compass on the AllSky annotated and AllSky flips plots improved by the use of thicker lines

v3.4.11 (2019-09-26) 

• Fixed Bug  'Session.NightSummary6.jpg' is now saved at Sunrise at end of the Night, before going to Day Mode, (rather than at sunset the next evening).  This is to ensure the image is produced for the intended night, as soon as possible.

v3.4.10 (2019-09-25) 

• Saves 'Session.NightSummary6.jpg' if the previous night had a live observing session, indicated by the presence of _SCOPE folder containing Obs. Picture is produced at the same time as .PreviousNightSummary6.jpg is made (at sunset before the 'live' NightSummary6 plot is overwritten with data from the new night.

v3.4.9 (2019-09-18) 

• Fixed Bug: 'Comet' Scope Pictures are now saved ok. Comet targets with  '/' backslash character in their names were previously failing to save.

v3.4.8 (2019-09-15)    S694

• Fixed Bug: Immediately uploads AllSky.LatestImage.an.jpg to website when there has been a Scope/Target Change

v3.4.7 (2019-09-12)  S693

• Immediately uploads AllSky.LatestImage.an.jpg to website when there has been a Scope/Target Change

v3.4.6 (2019-09-05) 

• Antialias method of plotting of horizon circle & compass arms applied to AllSky  flip view

v3.4.5 (2019-09-04) 

• Modified Weather Forecast file name to 'WeatherForecast.yyyy-mm-dd.png' (instead of 'AllSky yyyy-mm-dd.WeatherForecast.png')
• Incorporate a YSectionOffset parameter (hardcoded to 15 in NormalBuild) to allow N-S section to pass slightly further south to avoid light shield installed to block security light in the northern sky (at ~357 deg).   This should improve NightSummary Plot No's  2, 4 & 5.

v3.4.4 (2019-08-31) 

• Fixed a newly introduced bug where Cloud Cover line on NightSummary6 Plot was able to take on negative values (ie less than 0%) when using Clarity based Cloud Cover (>-14 sun alt)

v3.4.3 (2019-08-31) 

• Cloud Cover line on NightSummary6 plot between -12 and -14 deg is now a computed merge between AllSky and Clarity based Cloud Cover values.  Cloud Cover Axis is now added to DaySummary6 plot
• Saves previous night's northern sky summary plot (NightSummary5.jpg)  to AllSky.PreviousNightSummary5.jpg at sunset before creating a fresh NightSummary5 plot for the new night

v3.4.2 (2019-08-30) 

• Archive a copy of each night's NightSummary5 plots to 'NorthSky Summary' folder
• Downloads a copy of SAMNET'S Crooktree (Crk2) Magnotometer Plot

v3.4.1 (2019-08-28) 

• Incorporated AntiAlias Line drawing on AllSky Images for Horizon Circle, Compass etc
  Uses   'g.SmoothingMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.SmoothingMode.AntiAlias'

v3.4 (2019-08-24)

• Includes hardcoded BuildType option (NormalBuild or PleskoBuild)
• Saves previous night's summary plot (NightSummary6.jpg)  to AllSky.PreviousNightSummary6.jpg at sunset before creating a fresh NightSummary6 plot for the new night
• Saves a copy of the Weather Forecast Chart at sunset (session name.WeatherForecast.jpg)
• Calculates and displays on Night and Day SummaryPlots a cloud cover line derived from clarity data where Sun Alt > -11
  (Clarity values associated with 0% cloud cover and 100% cloud cover are set up on the Settings Form.)

V3.3

v3.3.10  (2019-03-11)

v3.3.8  (2019-01-30) 

• Wind Direction Plotted even when WindSpeed is 0 (Wind Direction sensor more sensitive than Wind Speed)

v3.3.7  (2019-01-25) 

• Scorecards Plots are now saved as .png files instead of .jpg. This is a significant saving in fileszie (33kb vs 170kb)
• .png version of ScoreCard is updated to website. 
•  Website updated to display .png version of the ScoreCard

v3.3.6  (2019-01-08) 

• Add 'Stars' label to axis annotation of NightSummary6 plot

v3.3.5  (2018-12-27) 

• Attempt at Fixing bug that would cause exception and stop plotting Weather Station data (occurs when calculating AvWindDirection and Sum of WindSpeed values are 0)

v3.3.4  (2018-12-02) 

• Added Stars Curve to NightSummaryPlot6
• Fixed bug that been introduced in v3.3 which had caused FITs images to be saved in the wrong folder
• Added new field to main AllSky tab to display SessionName

v3.3.3  (2018-11-30) 

• Added AstroAllSky title to main AllSky tab
• Minor fixes

v3.3.2  (2018-11-28)  Current Version

• Fixed web upload issue that was preventing the upload of LatestDaySummary log since extra graphs were added to AstroWeather on 2018-11-25.  (FtpQueueMax has been increased from 100 to 130)
• Cosmetic Changes  to forms

v3.3.1  (2018-11-25) 

• Name changed from CCDApp3_AllSky  to AstroAllSky
• New ability to Autostart operations when program is launched (flagged by presence of an autostart.dat file)

v3.3  (2018-11-23)

• Removal of Legacy Code, Components and Forms (removal of hidden stuff relating to old CCDApp2 program prior to software separation)
• Formal version numbering started

v3.2  (2018-08-09)

Earlier versions to be added

 (Other Change Logs : AstroMain, AstroPlan, AstroDatabase, AstroAllSky, AstroWeather, AstroLaunch, AstroMove, AstroGuard , AstroProtect  )

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ChangeLog - AstroWeather

v1.10.13 (2020-09-20)  

• Pressure graphs (16h and 5d) are now drawn using temperature corrected pressure.   This is required as the pressure sensor readings are too low when afternoon temperature measured by the base station can reach as high as 35-40 degC. Correction begins when base station temperature exceeds 17 degC.

v1.10.12 (2020-09-16)  

v1.10.11 (2020-08-24)  

• Allows LAPTOP7A host to import the obsenv file from Observatory Computer

v1.10.10 (2020-08-18)  

• Inclusion of IndoorTemperature and IndoorHumidity within the Weather data validation for identifying broken comms with base station.

v1.10.9 (2020-07-07)  

v1.10.8 (2020-06-28)  

v1.10.7 (2020-06-20)  

v1.10.6  (2020-06-16)  

v1.10.5  (2020-06-08)  

• Graphs 11 width changed from 8 hr to 16h
• Graph 38 width changed from 8 hr to 16h ,  height increased by 100px, Y Axis max value increased to 10 and Y Major changed to 1.
• Graph 37 height increased by 50px, Y Axis max value increased to 10 and Y Major changed to 1.

v1.10.4  (2020-06-07)  

• Fixed issue where zero line was plotting outside of graph area on 8 hour temperature plots

v1.10.3  (2020-06-06)  

v1.10.2  (2020-06-04)  

• Calculates and displays Av Dew Heater 2 (Graphs 17 & 50)

v1.10.1  (2020-05-30)   S789

v1.10  (2020-05-28)  

• Includes Relay Flags in Cloud Sensor data sent to Observatory Compulers (Laptop7 and Laptop9)  and Remote Computer (Laptop10)
• Cloud Sensor Data also sent to Obsevratory Computer (Laptop9) on Port 4011
  Compatible with AstroWeather 1.10+ and AstroMain 3.24+

v1.9

v1.9.8 (2020-05-23) 

v1.9.7 (2020-05-22) 

v1.9.6 (2020-05-21) 

• Fix issue where all Weather Station Curves flat-line due to lost communication between Weather Station Base Unit and AllSky/Weather Computer (Laptop7)

v1.9.5 (2020-05-20) 

• Fix issue with infill appearing below 0 deg  on 8 hour DPD Chart when Tube Temperature or Tube Temp Difference from Dep Point is vcNull (GraphID 38)
• Fix issue with gaps in Wind Speed Data (GraphID 4)
• Fix issue with small gaps in curves in Shutter Health Charts (Graph ID 15, 28, 40, 45)

v1.9.4 (2020-05-18) 

• Adjusted Y range on DPD Charts  from -2 to 6, to a new range of -2 to -8 (GraphID 37, 38)
• Added an Outside Temperature line to Temp Difference from Outside chart (GraphID 8)
• Added '+' sign to positive values on UPB Env Temp Difference box. (GraphID 43)

v1.9.3 (2020-05-16) 

v1.9.2 (2020-05-15) 

• Added Legend  for Curves on Wind Graphs.  Add legend for Wind Speed and Av Wind Speed (GraphID, 4, 9, 49) 
• Adjusted position of Curve Key Legend for DPD &Temp Difference Charts. Move legend from Top to Bottom so that it is less commonly overposted by the curves themselves (Graph ID, 8, 37, 38)
• Fixed the problem of flat line sections on Shutter Health Charts (where temperature, voltage, current go flat and show the same values for up to several hours at a time. Curve values set to vcNull in such section and there show as a gap on the graphs.  (Graph ID 15, 28, 40, 45)

v1.9.1 (2020-05-13)  S782

v1.9 (2020-05-11)  S781

• New Graphs added for 16h Wind Speed, Pressure & Humidity
   - Graph 12  (16 hour - Pressure)
   - Graph 49  (16 hour - Wind Speed)
   - Graph 51  (16 hour - Humidity)
   
• Added UPB Env Temperature to 5d Pulsar Dome Temperature Plot (Graph 15)
• Add new button 'Import ObsEnv' &  routine to import ObsEnvData.dat file from Observatory Computer
  (this is to allow data gaps due to the AllSky/Weather computer being offline to be filled in with Observatory data
   weather data will remain lost however)

v1.8 

v1.8.7 (2020-05-04)  S778 to S780

• Fixed bug which was displaying Wind Direction data at times when wind readings were stuck on same value rather than showing a data gap.
  (Graph42)
• Replaced legacy '-99' assignments in program code to vcNull equivalent.

v1.8.6 (2020-04-26)  S763 to S777

v1.8.5 (2020-03-xx)  S760 to S762

v1.8.4 (2020-02-xx)  S749 to S759

v1.8.3 (2020-01-09)  S745 to S748

v1.8.2 (2019-11-30)  S725 to S744

• Fixed bug where test code accidentally left active was overriding certain rain forecast data on weather forecast chart
• Fixed issue with legend on  the 5 day plot of clarity, light  & stars (graph ID 25)

v1.8.1 (2019-11-22)   S724

v1.8 (2019-11-20) 

• Added Probability of Snow (%) / Accumulation of Snow (cm)  to 24 hr Weather Forecast Graph
  (only visible when "precipitation_type=snow" is in the forecast)
• Fixed bug on Graph37 where colour fill to OTA DPD line wasn't plotting if DPP fell below -2 (ie. was the bottom of the graph)
• Observatory Humidity and Temperature are set to Null if both data values have been flat-lining for more than 20 minutes.

v1.7 

v1.7.9 (2019-10-06) 

• Fixed CPU problem with ObsEnv Listening routine that was causing AstroWeather to consume around 40-55% of CPU.   CPU now dropped to 7-20%

v1.7.8 (2019-09-10)

• Graphs changed to show 15 min moving average data where appropriate
• Colours for Observatory Temp, Humidity, & Difference to Outdoor changed to Cyan.

v1.7.7 (2019-09-09) 

• Changed Graph 11 (was Env Temp - Env DewPoint) to show OTA Temperature overlaid onto Dew Points Temperature (Outside and Env)
• Modified Graph 31 to also show Observatory Dew Point.

v1.7.6 (2019-08-29) 

• Minor fixes

v1.7.5 (2019-08-28) 

• Added Wind Direction on Weather Forecast Graphs
• Added a red "Now" line and a light grey background to highlight night time.
• Modified Graph 22 (Latest Light Value) to also include Latest Clarity Value and Latest Stars Count
• Changed Graph 23 (was latest Clarity value) to show Temperatures over a 16 hour window.

v1.7.4 (2019-08-27)  Next Version

• Fix to Weather Forecast Graph to correct Night Bar problem (when plotting chart in early mornings) and simplify the code for drawing Day/Night Bar, Sunset/Sunrise times
   

v1.7.3 (2019-08-25)  Current Version

• Improvements to Weather Forecast Graph
   - Day/Night Range, Sunset/SunRise, Pressure, Cosmetic changes
• Revised Graphs 
   - Graph 4  (8 hour - Wind Speed)
   - Graph 30 (8 hour - Temperature Chart, with data-dependant Y Scale),
   - Graph 31 (8 hour - Humidity Chart)
   - Graph 11 (8 hour - Env DPD with OTA)
   - Graph 38 (8 hour - Outside DPD with OTA)
   - Graph 49 (5 day  - Env DPD with OTA)

v1.7 (2019-08-22) 

• Generate Weather Forecast Graph

v1.6

v1.6.1 (2019-08-21) 

• Testing of a new Weather Forecast Graph functionality

v1.6 (2019-08-19) 

• BuildType :  NormalBuild (AstroSuite) or PleskoBuild (D.Plesko)
• PleskoBuild allows use of Boltwood2 CloudSensor file
• Eurotech CS or Boltwood2 records (as appropriate) are sent to AstroAllSky
  
  (Note: at the moment AstroAllSky isn't set up to parse Boltwood2 records)

v1.5.4 (2019-02-21)   Last Version

v1.5.3 (2019-02-19) 

v1.5.2 (2019-02-31) 

 v1.5.1 (2019-01-29) 

• Dome Volts and Amps read from ObsEnv record sent by AstroMain
• Dome Volts and Amps added to Observatory Temperature Graph (id 28 & 40)
  
  Compatible with AstroMain 3.8

v1.5 (2019-01-17) Current Version

• Dome Battery Level & Temperature read from ObsEnv record sent by AstroMain
• Dome Temperature added to Observatory Temperature Graph (id 15)
  
  Compatible with AstroMain 3.8

v1.4.3  (2019-01-03) 

• 5 day barometric pressure graph changed to allow plotting beyond normal graph range to see rare very high and very low pressure values without compressing the graph range unnecessarily

v1.4.2  (2018-12-16)

• New validation code added for ObsEnv data (when Env Temperature & Env Humidity are both 0, they are set to vcNull (-99) )

v1.4.1  (2018-11-30) 

• Cosmetic Changes  to form
• New Graphs for Av Wind Direction (5 day) & Env Temp. Difference

v1.4  (2018-11-25) 

• Name changed from WeatherServer to AstroWeather
• Formal version numbering started
• New Graphs for Obs Dew Point Depression

v1.3  (2018-11-01)

• New ObsEnv Service, that imports information from Pegasus PowerBox (Temperature, Humidity, DewPoint) and TCF-S Tube Temperature
  (Auto Dew Setting and Dew Heater power levels are imported but are not tied in with actual values from the PowerBox)
• New Graphs for ObsEnv data (Temperature, Humidity, DewPoint, Dew Point Depression)

v1.2 

• New WeatherForecast Service, that imports information from DarkSky.Net and sends key data to AstroAllSky (CCDApp3_AllSky at the time) across port 4008
• New Graphs

v1.1

• New Graph Producing Service for producing graphs additional to those produced by Virtual Weather Station (vws)
• Graphs for data across 5 hours and 5 days periods

v1.0

• Initial Program released
• Weather Station Service that imports weather data from Virtual Weather Station and repeats th data to AstroMain (CCDApp2 at the time) and AstroAllSky (CCDApp3_AllSky at the time) across port 4001
• Cloud Sensor Service that imports data from Eurotech/Aurora Cloud Sensor and repeats the data to AstroMain and AstroAllSky  across port 4005

 (Other Change Logs : AstroMain, AstroPlan, AstroDatabase, AstroAllSky, AstroWeather, AstroLaunch, AstroMove, AstroGuard , AstroProtect  )

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ChangeLog - AstroLaunch

v1.4.6 ()

•   Fixed bug that that was allowing more than one copy of SharpCap to be open at same time
• Support the launching of AstroSN

v1.4.5 (?)

v1.4.4 (2020-10-14 am)

v1.4.3 (2020-09-25)

v1.4.2 (? )

v1.4.1 (2020-09-01)

v1.4 (2020-06-06)

• ASCOM.DeviceHub added to list of items checked/killed by 'Kill Stranded Processes'  facility.

v1.3.6 (2019-12-01)

• A

v1.3.5 (2019-10-31) 

• SharpCap added to list of Observatory Apps on AstroLaunch Menu

v1.3.4 (2019-09-06) 

• Pre-Launch Delays associated with program launching are removed for the first application in the selected list.
  This speeds up the re-launching single programs as might occur when program version has been updated

v1.3.3 (2019-09-04) 

• Added Refresh Buttons to allow AppVersions to be redisplayed with latest values
• Extended Kill Stranded Process to kill ASCOM drivers.

v1.3.2  (2019-08-21)

• Added AstroVOE program version number to AstroVOE launch option
• Add launch option to open TextPad program (Analysis Tab)

v1.3.1  (2019-02-22)

v1.3  (2019-02-10) 

• Automatic display of the results of the AstroProtect run from the last computer reboot.  Log ('AstroProtect_last.log' ) is automatically loaded and presented to user following computer restart & login to check that Observatory has been safely shutdown(This only operates on the Observatory Computer, LAPTOP9)
• Added additional launch buttons for FV,  Web Expression4

v1.2.5  (2019-01-31) 

• Added Launch Button to open FITS_Summary.xls Workbook

v1.2.4  (2019-01-19)

• "More" button converted into a "More" / "Less" toggle
• New Tab added for launching Support Applications
• Launching of Cloud Sensor III and Virtual Weather Station is performed via Task Scheduler on AllSky/Weather PC (Laptop7) in order to avoid windows 10 message that requires user confirmation to start these two applications.

v1.2.3  (2019-01-02) 

• New routine to support disabling of AstroProtect during the next restart
  (this is to allow Dome to be kept open during a user initiated computer restart, rather than introduce a delay whilst Shutter is closed/reopened and Dome is parked/reslewed)
  (protection is automatically reenabled ready for the following restart)

v1.2.2  (2018-12-11) 

• New code to set UPB serial port before launching Pegasus Powerbox

v1.2.1  (2018-11-27) 

• Modifications to enable operation with newly organised VS project names & locations
• Backed up source folder now show the relevant version number
• Corrected time part of backup timestamps from mmss to HHmm

v1.2  (2018-11-25)

• Name changed from AstroLoader to AstroLaunch
• Modifications to enable operation with newly renamed AstroSuite programs
• New Launch operation for AstroGuard
• Displays version numbers of the various Progams being launched
• Fixes

v1.1  (2018-11-24)

• Improvements to layout and operation of the Main Form
• New Launch operations for AllSky & Observatory
• Formal version numbering started
• First Installation on observatory computers (Laptop9 Observatory & Laptop7 AllSky/Weather)

v1.0  (2018-11-22)

• Initial Program coded
• Launch operations for Analysis (TheSky6, CCDSoft, CCDApp2)
• Ability to Autostart application launching when the program is started

 (Other Change Logs : AstroMain, AstroPlan, AstroDatabase, AstroAllSky, AstroWeather, AstroLaunch, AstroMove, AstroGuard , AstroProtect  )

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ChangeLog - AstroMove

V1.5

v1.5.4 (2020-10-26)

• Handles the transfer and backup of AstroSN

v1.5.3  (2020-09-28)

v1.5.2  (2020-09-22)

v1.5.1  (2020-05-13)

• Fixed bug associated with Transfer-Record.dat. An updated file with new date/time is now only created when transferring Database to the Observatory
  (in v 1.5 the Transfer file was also created in error when copying  the Database from the Observatory)

v1.5  (2020-05-12)

• Creates a file (Transfer-Record.dat) with the date & time that Targets Database is transferred to the Observatory Computer.
  (this file can then be read by AstroMain on the Observatory Computer allowing a warning to be given if the Database might not be up to date version before a new Session is started on an 'old version' of the Database)

V1.4

v1.4.4  (2020-01-28)

v1.4.3  (2020-01-xx)

v1.4.2  (2020-01-21)

v1.4.1  (2019-11-09)

v1.4  (2019-11-08)

• Added options for copying a session's SharpCap Files from the Observatory Computer
• Copy Analysis files extended so that it copies the Session's SharpCap logs from the Observatory Computer

V1.3

v1.3.8  (2019-10-16) 

• Added options for copying the latest AstroShCap.py file to local computer and Observatory Computer
• Added options for backing up AstroShCap project

v1.3.7  (2019-09-29) 

• Added new option to copy Session's ObsPics from Observatory
• Automatically Updates App Version numbers when moving to MoveToObservatory and BackUp tabs

v1.3.6  (2019-09-23) 

• Added new option to copy Session's ObsPics from Observatory

v1.3.5  (2019-09-21) 

• Added new option to copy AstroMain Source Code to Observatory  Computer (for potential post-crash debugging)

v1.3.4  (2019-09-16) 

• Copy 'Targets Database' checkbox moved from bottom of 'Load from Observatory' tab to the top in order to improve post-session efficiency

v1.3.3  (2019-09-10) 

• Added new button "List Program Versions" that lists the version number of AstroSuite programs sitting on Observatory, AllSky/Weather & Local Computer and in the VS Project.
• Copy Ws, Cs & ObsEnv Files option extended to also copy 'AllSky (Stars).dat' file
• Fixed bug associated with copying correct  Cs Data ( Ws, Cs & ObsEnv Files option)

v1.3.2  (2019-09-05) 

• 'Move From Observatory' has new options to transfer 'WeatherForecast.yyyy-mm-dd.png'  and Aurora related files ('AllSky yyyy-mm-dd.NightSummary5.jpg'  and 'mkstackplot_yyyy-mm-dd.gif', etc)  from Laptop7

v1.3.1  (2019-09-04) 

• New Option to copy Ws, Cs & ObsEnv Files from Observatory (Laptop7) to C:\Data\CCD Imaging\Local Copies\ 
  allowing retrospective graphs to be generated on the Development/Analysis Computer (Laptop10)
• New Ping Status flag (Laptop7) added to Backup tab showing the Ping Status of Laptop7 where backups can be written to.

v1.3  (2019-08-27) 

• New Option to copy Ws, Cs & ObsEnv Files from Observatory (Laptop7) to C:\Data\CCD Imaging\Local Copies\ 
  allowing retrospective graphs to be generated on the Development/Analysis Computer (Laptop10)
• New Ping Status flag (Laptop7) added to Backup tab showing the Ping Status of Laptop7 where backups can be written to.

v1.2.8  (2019-08-21) 

• Program Version Numbers added to i) Backup App Options and ii)   Copy To Observatory Options

v1.2.7  (2019-08-17) 

• AstroMove "From Bars & Results" are now cleared after changing session

v1.2.6  (2019-02-22) 

v1.2.5  (2019-02-12) 

v1.2.4  (2019-01-24) 

• Added extra Folder Links

v1.2.3  (2019-01-08) 

• New ability to copy session charts from Observatory (plans are suffixed "_orig" to prevent confusion with a locally generated versions)
• Fixed bug opening Session Folder where session doesn't exist on the local computer '
• Added All/None buttons for selecting what to copy from Observatory

v1.2.2  (2018-12-17) 

• Changed 'Session Reporting' to ensure 'Latest Session" find latest live session (ignoring Test Sessions)
• Fixed "Copy Recent Logs" to use 'Date Last Modified'  (LastWriteTime) instead of Date Created

v1.2.1  (2018-11-30)

• Reporting changed to shows names and version numbers of moved executable files
• Cosmetic improvements and small fixes

v1.2  (2018-11-25) 

• Name changed from AstroMover to AstroMove
• Modifications to enable operation with newly renamed AstroSuite programs
• New Folder link for Laptop7's AllSky/Server
• Fixes

v1.1  (2018-11-24)

• Improvements to layout and operation of the Main Form
• Ability to backup AstroSuite source code either locally and/or remotely (laptop7)
• Formal version numbering started
• Installation on main computer (Laptop10 Development/General )

v1.0  (2018-11-22)

• Initial Program coded and released for testing  (AstroMover)
• Ability to Transfer Files from Observatory computers onto the main Computer (Session Files, Target Database )
• Ability to Transfer Files to Observatory computers from the main Computer (Program Executables)
• Ability to launch VNC Connections to the Observatory Computers

 (Other Change Logs : AstroMain, AstroPlan, AstroDatabase, AstroAllSky, AstroWeather, AstroLaunch, AstroMove, AstroGuard , AstroProtect  )

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ChangeLog - AstroGuard

v1.4.7  (2020-11-30)  

• 'AllSky Stars' added as a display field on main form.

v1.4.6  (2020-10-15)  

• Guard Manager responds to the presence of Disconnect and Connect Flags Files to StopServices and StartServices respectively.
  These allow AstroMain to control AstroGuard's DeviceHub connections to Dome and Telescope, and allow AstroMain to safely restart the DeviceHub in the event of stalled dome slaving.
  Compatible with AstroMain 3.30.7

v1.4.5  (2020-10-03)  

v1.4.4  (2020-09-30)  

v1.4.3  (2020-08-29)  

v1.4.2  (2020-06-10)  

v1.4.1  (2020-06-09)  

• DeviceHub is now the default hub (was POTH Hub in v1.4).  Follows successful live session use of DeviceHub in S790

v1.4  (2020-06-06)  S790

• Added handling to use DeviceHub as alternative to POTH Hub
• Rationalisation of routines associatiated with Scope Connect/Disconnect and Dome Connect/Disconnect
•  POTH made the default Hub (due to problems connecting to MeadeLX200GPS.Telescope from DeviceHub 6.4.1.7)

v1.3.0  (2020-05-28)  

• Shows Cloud Sensor data (Clarity, Rain, Light and Relay Flags).  Doesn't use data directly in any program logic at present.
  Compatible with AstroWeather 1.10

v1.2.9  (2019-11-03)  

• Dome Status shown as 'Slaved' when dome is slaved, rather than '-'

v1.2.8  (2019-10-13) 

• Corrected the application of HardAzimLimit so that it doesn't apply to Altitude positions > 65° (notionally the Altitude of North Celestrial Pole i.e. Latitude)
  This is to fix issue seen in S709 where the  Job Queue was aborted in AstroMain when S Cyg (lying between Zenith and North Celestrial Pole) moved across the Meridian.

v1.2.7  (2019-10-07)  

• AstroGuard services automatically start (if they're already running) when AstroMain enters Equilibrating or Running states

v1.2.6  (2019-10-02)  

• Resolved issue where up to date AstroGuard weren't appearing on website (session_current.htm)

v1.2.5  (2019-09-30)

• Background Process ('GuardOverseer' ) added to oversee operation and handle the creation of
    'Session.AstroGuardTab.png' & Session.AstroGuard.htm'

v1.2.4  (2019-09-07)

• Hidden the occasional exception messages from FetchObservatoryStatus 'Process can not access ... ObsStatus.dat'

v1.2.3  (2019-03-11)  

v1.2.2  (2019-03-04)  

v1.2  (2019-02-24)  

• Reads ObsStatus.dat file to understand status of AstroMain Obs.Manager status , specifically whether Obs.Manager is currently actively cycling or not.    Apart from displaying if Obs.Manger is running or stopped, this informaion is not used to influence AstroGuards operation.
• Cosmetic changes

v1.1  (2019-02-12) 

• Added telescope monitoring and protection.  AstroGuard intervenes to slew scope back to a safe position if scope is seen to go  beyond Az 350° .(this is to prevent cable wrap and associated damage)

v1.0.5  (2018-12-27) 

• Fixed bug where Dome Port Swap was being incorrectly detected / actioned

v1.0.4  (2018-12-22)  

• Fixes

v1.0.3  (2018-12-01)  

• Fixes

v1.0.2  (2018-11-30) 

• Dome Port Functionality included based on new code added to AstroMain
   - Code to automatically set the correct Com Port in ASCOM.Pulsar_Observatories_Dome.Dome ' profile prior to Dome Connection
   - Code to monitor Dome Port Number and detect any changes since Dome connection was made
• Add field to display the current Dome Azimuth
• Released to Observatory Computer used in S638

v1.0.1  (2018-11-25)

• Name changed from ObservatoryOverseer to AstroGuard
• Improvements to layout and operation of the Main Form
• Fixed program to work with a revision to the format for Weather Synopsis records
• Released to Observatory Computer, but for test use only

v1.0  (2018-10-01)

• Initial Program coded
• Access to Weather Synopsis data from AllSky computer (across Port 4010)
• Connection to ASCOM Poth.Dome
• Ability to Close Observatory Dome in event of rain or other critical conditions
  This is a second layer of protection to that given by AstroMain (CCDApp2)

 (Other Change Logs : AstroMain, AstroPlan, AstroDatabase, AstroAllSky, AstroWeather, AstroLaunch, AstroMove, AstroGuard , AstroProtect  )

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ChangeLog - AstroProtect

v1.4.1 (2020-09-12) 

• Fix issue able to use DeviceHub (replacement for POTH.Hub)

v1.4 (2020-06-10) 

• Modified program to be able to use DeviceHub (replacement for POTH.Hub)

v1.3 (2019-02-10)   Current Version

• Log output from last restart placed in a new AstroProtect_last.log' . This is opened and displayed by AstroLaunch immediately after user logins into Observatory Computer.

v1.2  (2019-02-06) 

• Widened Protection to include checking the status of the telescope and parking it if necessary
• Improvements to reporting

v1.1  (2019-01-02)  

• Added code that allows Protection to be disabled for the current restart using the flag file 'disable.dat'.
  (Protection is automatically re-enabled ready for the next restart)

v1.0.  (2018-12-22)  

• Fixes

v1.0.3  (2018-12-01)  

• Fixes

v1.0.2  (2018-11-30) 

• Dome Port Functionality included based on new code added to AstroMain
   - Code to automatically set the correct Com Port in ASCOM.Pulsar_Observatories_Dome.Dome ' profile prior to Dome Connection
   - Code to monitor Dome Port Number and detect any changes since Dome connection was made
• Add field to display the current Dome Azimuth
• Released to Observatory Computer used in S638

v1.0.1  (2018-11-25)

• Name changed from ObservatoryOverseer to AstroGuard
• Improvements to layout and operation of the Main Form
• Fixed program to work with a revision to the format for Weather Synopsis records
• Released to Observatory Computer, but for test use only

v1.0  (2018-10-01)

• Initial Program coded
• Access to Weather Synopsis data from AllSky computer (across Port 4010)
• Connection to ASCOM Poth.Dome
• Ability to Close Observatory Dome in event of rain or other critical conditions
  This is a second layer of protection to that given by AstroMain (CCDApp2)

 (Other Change Logs : AstroMain, AstroPlan, AstroDatabase, AstroAllSky, AstroWeather, AstroLaunch, AstroMove, AstroGuard , AstroProtect  )

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ChangeLog - AstroVOE

V1.5

v1.5.2 (2020-12-02)   

• Supports storage and editing of TNS ID and Type. 
  Compatible with AstroSN 1.0 and AstroPlan 1.18.0

v1.5.1 (2020-11-29)   

v1.5 (2020-11-02)  

• Supports storage of GRB PositionalErrorRadius (in arc mins) in database
  (Note:  GCN Position Error Radius in degrees is converted to minutes by mutiplying by 60
  
  Compatible with AstroPlan 1.17 and AstroMain 3.32

V1.4

v1.4.4 (2020-10-20)  S820+

• Bug fixed : Time of Last Missed GRB is now correctly shown.

v1.4.3 (2020-10-17)  

• Time of Last Missed GRB is now shown. (there was a bug which meant this did work as intended)

v1.4.12 (2020-10-16)  

• Details of GRB alerts summary now include RA

v1.4.1(2020-10-10)  S819

• Details of GRB Alert Summary is now tabulated in extra detail with information about the Alt/Az of GRB & current Sun Alt at the Clair Observatory

v1.4 (2020-10-06)   S816-S818

• VOE Client is automatically started when program is opened
• Number of missed GRB observation opportunities are recorded and displayed on the Main Form.  Missed means a GRB event occured in sky at a sky position that was potentially accessible for the observatory telescope, at a time when sky was dark (ie.e sun below altitude -12 deg) but the observatory was not open (ie not actively running in automated mode and able to attempt an observation)
• SunAlt is calculated by program itself and no longer relies on receiving SunAlt via ObsStatus file
• Keep parameters (Dec, Alt, Sun Alt etc) are reported in Console for GRB Alerts

 v1.3.4 (2020-04-29)   S777

• 'Ignore Test Events' option  retitled to 'Include Test Events' (default NO) .Code modified to reflect the revised option description.

v1.3.3 (2019-09-05)   Current Version

• Reporting of GBR Alerts now indents the message  'ToO submission is aborted' on a second line

 (Other Change Logs : AstroMain, AstroPlan, AstroDatabase, AstroAllSky, AstroWeather, AstroLaunch, AstroMove, AstroGuard , AstroProtect  )

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ChangeLog - AstroShCap

v1.3.7  (2020-11-07)  

• Fixes to TakeFocusProfile() routine

v1.3.6  (2020-11-07)  S828

• Fixes to TakeImageSet (Full Frame not being used, Progress Event is being sent every 1s)

v1.3.5  (2020-11-05)  S827

• ShCap Events are now issued for various Events
  Compatible with AstroMain 3.32.3

v1.3.4  (2020-11-04)  

• New methods  StartFocusFrames() and TakeFocusProfile() , which replace the former FwhmMonitorV3() method
  Compatible with AstroMain 3.32.2
• New routines SetCameraPanTilt(),  SetFullFrame()
  

v1.3.3  (2020-11-03)   S826

• New

v1.3 (2020-10-24)

• New version with start of support for autofilling of Subtract Dark field according to imaging specifications.

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v1.2.24 (2020-09-02) S804

• Focus Check Frames are saved with unique fits file name   ( _check1, _check2 etc)
  (Compatible with AstroMain 3.26.1)

v1.2.23 (2020-07-29) S796 - S803

• Modification to Focus Routines (e.g TakeFocusLocateFrame() ) to enable '_wide'  profile creation
  (Compatible with AstroMain 3.26.1)

v1.2.22 (2020-05-07)  S781 - S796

v1.2.21 (2020-05-06)  S780

• Fixes to new method for autofocusing guidescope (fModeSharpCapV3) . Includes new method TakeFocusLocateFrame()
  (Compatible with AstroMain 3.21.6)

v1.2.20 (2020-05-05)  S779

• Fixes to new method for autofocusing guidescope (fModeSharpCapV3) . Includes new method TakeFocusLocateFrame()
  (Compatible with AstroMain 3.21.5)

v1.2.19 (2020-05-03) S778

• Consolidation of new method for autofocusing guidescope (fModeSharpCapV3) . Includes new method TakeFocusLocateFrame()
  (Compatible with AstroMain 3.21.4)

v1.2.18 (2020-05-03), work vn

• Bug fix to StartFwhmMonitor3 to correctly set Capture Area on Observatory Computer as a small sized box around Focus star, allowing  TakeFocusFrames to capture FITS files of only 294 KB size (instead of 12581 KB for a full size frame)
  (Compatible with AstroMain 3.21.3)

v1.2.17 (2020-05-02 )   S777

• New methodology for autofocusing guidescope based on taking Focus Frames with SharpCap but with FWHM Analysis in CCDSoft (fModeSharpCapV3)
  New methods TakeFocusFrame ()
  (Compatible with AstroMain 3.21.3)

v1.2.16 (2020-05-01)   work version only

• Added new method 'TakeFocusFrame' and corresponding new routine to take a Focus Frame through Secondary Scope and pass filepath for the resulting fits file back to AstroMain .

v1.2.15 (2020-01-25)   S745  to S776

v1.2.14 (2020-01-25)  work version only   

v1.2.13 (2020-01-24)  work version only   

v1.2.12 ()  work version only  

v1.2.11 (2019-11-19)  work version only   

• Header added to the table that reporting LiveStack results (ImageTargetSet)

v1.2.10 (2019-11-15)      to S744

• Add new method 'TakeLocateFrame' and corresponding new routine to take a Locate Frame through Secondary Scope, and pass filepath for the resulting fits file  back to AstroMain

v1.2.9 (2019-11-13)   

• Improvements to routines RunFwhmMonitor and TakeImageSet

v1.2.8 (2019-11-12)   

• Adding handling to allow Focus Profile to be generated in AstroMain from FWHM Measurements made using SharpCap
  Added new methods  'StartFwhmMonitor',  'MakeFwhmMeasurement', 'GetFwhmScore'.
  Added new routine 'RunFwhmMonitor' to capture Multi-Star Fwhm measurements
  Compatible with AstroMain 3.17.5

v1.2.7 (2019-11-03)   

• Saves LiveStack as both 16 bit and 32 bit FITS versions
• Saves LiveStack Images (both FITS and PNG ) with filename in format  "C2017 T2 (PanStarrs).20191103.1544.Set1.g200.18x2s.color.livestack.png"

v1.2.6 (2019-10-29)   

• Passes back a description/specification of the last Image Set aquired (LASTDESCRIPTION) via new method 'get_lastdescription'
• Save Indvidual Images used in Stack.

v1.2.5 (2019-10-25)   

• Fixed format issue with Exposure time in description (50x10.0s corrected to 50x10s)

v1.2.4 (2019-10-23)   

• Add new routine WriteLogFile  - general routine for writing line out to Log File including a time stamp
• Removed initial code lines for checking camera after server starts, as Camera is normally set at a later point, prior to taking image
• Added new method 'get_lastdescription' - returns description/spec of last LiveStack Image
• Fixed issue that was causing LiveStack Frames to be  dropped after the first frame.
• Fixed issue with ShUtil moving of folder for target 'C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs)' due to the forward slash in target name
• Fixed issue where  LastImage not being set to "" null at start of TakeImageSet.
• Fixed issue where SharpCap jobs sometimes returning 'a finished' flag of some kind, even though ShCap was still monitoring the LiveStack job

v1.2.3 (2019-10-22)    S713

• Added new method  'get_lastimage'   - returns path to the last LiveStack Image (.png)
• The Connect Camera message now indicates the Camera name, not just the index 
• LiveStacked Images are now saved to the Target/Set folder that contains the rawframes folder (individual frames).
• The 'notify_session' method nows sets the Capture folder to 'C:\Data\ZWO Imaging\SharpCap\{sessionname}

v1.2.2 (2019-10-21)   S712

• Improvements to TakeImageSet

v1.2.1 (2019-10-18)  

• Added ReportTitle(text) routine for writing a report message title along with the current date/time (local)
• New function GetNightDateNow() added
• Report and Log file names use the NightDate prefix and are appended to if AstroShCap.py is rerun.

v1.2.1 (2019-10-17)  

• New server method 'disconnect' added which responds to requqest to disconnects client & return to listening state.
  

v1.2 (2019-10-15)  

• Moved program development to Visual Studio 2017
• Renamed project to 'AstroShCap'
• Fixed issue with line breaks not appearing in program console.   ( /r/n  needed instead of just /n )
  

 (Other Change Logs : AstroMain, AstroPlan, AstroDatabase, AstroAllSky, AstroWeather, AstroLaunch, AstroMove, AstroGuard , AstroProtect  )

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AstroShCap Development

2017-02-07

SharpCap has a Scripting Object Model than can be accessed via Python scripts executed by SharpCap's IronPython Console. See SharpCap Connection and Control (2017-02-07). This makes SharpCap particularly well suitable for automating the capture of images taken with my ZWO ASI 178MC colour camera & 80mm APO scope, when it is not being used for autoguiding using PHD2.  

2019-10-15

As part of reinvigorating wider view colour imaging and luner imaging, my earlier Python program (known as 'SharpCap Server' or 'SharpCap Interface 11') has been dusted down,  moved to the Visual Studio 2017 development environment and given the new name 'AstroShCap' , placing it with my AstroSuite Software range.  

2019-10-17

List of Tasks

      Key : - To Do,  - In Progress,  - Done

• Move to latest version of SharpCap (3.2) 
• Setup AstroShCap project to VS2017
• Setup version control , using a special AstroShCp_version.py file
• Extend AstroMove program to copy AstroShCp.py to the Observatory Computer at the click of button
• Extend AstroMove program to back up AstroShCp project at the click of button
  
• Modify AstroMain to be able to start up the SharpCap 3.2 version
• Fix linebreak and font size issues on the AstroShCp Console
• Ensure AstroShCap opens and runs in the SharpCap script environment
• Confirm AstroShCap can command SharpCap to perform operations
• Confirm AstroMain can connect to and talk with AstroShCap 
        (Done, but their are reconnection issues, that require AstroMain to be restarted each time AstroShCap restarts)
•   Establish how AstroShCap can command SharpCap to connect to a specific camera and how to disconnect it - Done
  
• Update AstroMain-AstroShCap communication code to allow reconnects
• Allow seamless trouble-free switching of ZWO ASI Camera Contol from PHD2 to SharpCap, and back again

List of Methods

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Unresolved Issues

 Issues where a solution has proved difficult/impossible to solve   (as at 2021-11-01)

• Dec Guiding Issues
• DST Related Issues

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AstroMain Classes / Objects

• Scope
• Dome
• Focuser

Scope

Provides a shell access to the physical Telescope  (via ASCOM Hub Telescope / ASCOM Telescope Driver)

	Key Variables
	Name		Description	Read/Write	Type
	objScope		Telescope Driver (ASCOM.DriverAccess.Telescope)	Read/Write	Object
	Properties		Origin Key * (Ascom based properties), Extra (Additional properties ),   Param (Public parameters not yet converted to VB.Net Properties)
	Name	Origin	Description	Read/Write	Type
	Altitude	*	The altitude of the telescope's current position above the local horizon (degrees, positive up)	Read	Double
	At Park	*	True if the telescope has been put into its Parked state	Read	Boolean
	Azimuth	*	The azimuth of the telescope's current position at the local horizon (degrees, North-zero, positive East/clockwise).	Read	Double
	CanSetTracking	*	True if the Tracking property can be changed, turning telescope sidereal tracking on and off.	Read	Boolean
	Connected	*	True if connected to telescope hardware, else False if not connected	Read	Boolean
	Constellation	Extra	The Constellation in which the telescope's current position lies	Read	TConstellation
	CurrentListedSerialPort	Extra	Serial port for the telescope that is currently listed in My.Computer.Ports.SerialPortNames	Read	String
	Declination	*	The declination (degrees) of the telescope's current equatorial coordinates, in the coordinate system given by the EquatorialSystem property	Read	Double
	EquatorialSystem	*	Equatorial coordinate system used by this telescope (1 Topocentric coordinates, 2 J2000 coordinates) .	Read	Integer
	GuideRate	Extra	The current movement rate offset for telescope guiding (degrees/sec) (applies to both Ra and Dec)	Read/Write	Double
	IsAvailable	Extra	True if ASCOM Telescope is assigned. False if ASCOM Telescope (objScope) is Nothing	Read	Boolean
	Name	*	The short name of the Telescope Driver	Read	String
	Parked	Param	True if Telescope is Parked (state held even when ASCOM Scope Disconnected)	Read/Write	Boolean
	PowerState	Param	Power state of telescope (0 = Power Off, 1  = Power On)	Read/Write	Integer
	PowerOnTime	Param	Date/Time that telescope power was turned on (or known to be on from)	Read/Write	Date
	PowerOnTimeIsKnown	Param	Flag indicating if time that telescope power was turned on is firmly known	Read/Write	Boolean
	RightAscension	*	The right ascension (hours) of the telescope's current equatorial coordinates, in the coordinate system given by the EquatorialSystem property	Read	Double
	ScopeIsParked	Extra	True if Scope is Parked	Read	Boolean
	Slewing	*	True if the telescope is slewing	Read	Boolean
	SlewInProgress	Extra	True if the telescope is slewing	Read	Boolean
	Tracking	*	The state of the telescope's sidereal tracking drive.(True if Tracking, False if not tracking)	Read/Write	Boolean
	TrackingIsOn	Extra	True if telescope is tracking	Read	Boolean
	Methods		Origin Key: * (Ascom based methods), Extra (Additional or higher level methods), Private (Private methods)
	Name	Origin	Description	Parameters	Type
	AbortSlew	*	Immediately stops any and all movement of the dome and/or shutter	none
	Connect	Extra	Connect to telescope (including identifying & selecting appropriate serial port, selecting the required hub, POTH or DeviceHub, and creating the ASCOM.telescope object)	none
	CreateAscomTelescope	Private	Creates ASCOM telescope based on specified ScopeId.  The telescope object is assigned to the variable 'objScope'	ScopeId	String
	Disconnect	Extra	Disconnect from the telescope (including disposing of the ASCOM.telescope object, objScope)	none
	DisposeAscomTelescope	Private	Disconnects and disposes ASCOM telescope (objScope) and sets it to Northing	none
	EnsureTrackingOn	Extra	Ensures telescope tracking is on	none
	SetPowerOn_Quiet	Private	Turns on telescope power (without commentary)	none
	SetPowerOn	Extra	Turns on telescope power (with commentary)	none
	SetPowerOff	Extra	Turns off telescope power (with commentary)	none
	SetTrackingOn	Extra	Turns on telescope tracking (with commentary)	none
	SetTrackingOff	Extra	Turns off telescope tracking (with commentary)	none
	SetTrackingOff2	Private	Turns off telescope tracking (with commentary). Like SetTrackingOff but without IamAlive lines	none
	Park	*	Rotates dome to Park Position (090 deg)	none
	ParkScope	Extra	Parks the telescope (high level method, including turning on tracking slaving,  turning off Dome slaving, moving Scope close to NearPark position, disconnecting TheSky.Telescope,  calling objScope.Park, waiting 30s & turning off Power )	none
	ParkScope2	Extra	Like ParkScope but with slightly different implementation	none
	ReportLastSlew	Extra	Reports the Last Telescope Slew (including duration, slew angle & speed)	none
	RestartDome	Extra	Restart dome connection (used to try to overcome an issue with the Dome Driver)	none
	SetDomePort	Private	Sets 'COM Port' value used by the Dome Driver	ComPort	String
	SlewToAltAzAsync	*	Move the telescope to the given local horizontal coordinates, doesn't wait for operation to complete (ie async)	Azimuth, Altitude	Double, Double
	SlewTheSkyScopeToRaDec	Extra	Move the telescope to the given RA,Dec coordinates using TheSky.Telescope, returns when slew is complete or times out	Ra, Dec, TargetName, FastReact, ErrorCode, ErrorMessage	Double, Double, String, Integer, Integer, String
	SlewTheSkyScopeToAzAlt	Extra	Move the telescope to the given local horizon coordinates using TheSky.Telescope, returns when slew is complete or times out	Az, Alt, TargetName, bSlaveDome, FastReact, ErrorCode, ErrorMessage	Double, Double, String, Boolean, Integer, Integer, String
	SlewTheSkyScope	Private	Move the telescope to the given coordinates based on system specified by SlewMode (1 = fRaDecSlew, 2 = fAzAltSlew) using TheSky.Telescope, returns when slew is complete or times out	SlewMode, Coord1, Coord2, TargetName, bSlaveDome, FastReact, ErrorCode, ErrorMessage	Integer, Double, Double, String, Boolean, Integer, Integer, String
	WriteSlewTableHeader	Extra	Writes Slew Table header	DomeID	String
	WriteSlewTableRecord	Private	Write telescope & slaved dome slewing details for the last slew	none
	UnPark	*	Takes telescope out of Parked State  (only works if telescope not disconnected and not powered off)	none
	Other Functions/Routines
	Name	Origin	Description	Parameters	Type
	GetAzAlt()	Private	Gets 'Azimuth' and 'Altitude' of telescope (or Parked Coords if Parked) and assign to private variables Az and Alt,	none
	GetRaDec	Private	Gets 'RightAscension' and 'Declination' of telescope (or Null if Parked) and assign to private variables Ra and Dec	none
	GetRaDecNow	Private	Like GetRaDec,  but without any throttling	none
	GetScopeSubId	Private	Gets 'ScopeID' held in Hub.Telescope Profile	ScopeSubId	String

Dome  (Class: TDome, Object Name:  Dome)

Provides a shell access to the physical Dome (via ASCOM Hub Dome / ASCOM Dome Driver)

	Key Variables
	Name		Description	Read/Write	Type
	objDome		Dome Driver (ASCOM.DriverAccess.Dome)	Read/Write	Object
	Properties		Origin Key : * (Ascom based properties), Extra (Additional properties ), Param (AutoImplemented Properties, Public)
	Name	Origin	Description	Read/Write	Type
	AtHome	*	True if the dome is at the dome's Home Position (180 deg).	Read	Boolean
	AtPark	*	True if the dome is at the dome's Park Position (090 deg).	Read	Boolean
	Azimuth	*	The dome azimuth in degrees clockwise from true north (0 deg)	Read	Double
	AzimuthFromDome	Extra	The dome azimuth in degrees clockwise from true north (0 deg), from Pulsar Trace Log	Read	Double
	AzimuthTimePoint	Extra	Time that dome azimuth was read	Read/Write	Date
	bDomeOpen	Param	True if dome shutter is open	Read/Write	Boolean
	DomeIsParked	Extra	True if Dome is Parked	Read	Boolean
	DomeTemperature	Param	Temperature of dome (as measured by Shutter Controller)	Read/Write	Double
	Connected	*	True if connected to dome hardware, else False if not connected	Read	Boolean
	CurrentListedSerialPort	Extra	Serial port for dome that is currently listed in My.Computer.Ports.SerialPortNames	Read	String
	Equilibrating	Param	True if dome is equilibrating	Read	Boolean
	IsAvailable	Extra	True if ASCOM Dome is assigned. False if ASCOM Dome (objDome) is Nothing	Read	Boolean
	LastSlewAngle	Param	Angular Change In Azimuth associated with the last dome slew (degrees, non-signed)	Read/Write	Double
	LastSlewSeconds	Param	Duration of the last dome slew (seconds)	Read/Write	Double
	LastSlewSpeed	Param	Average rotation speed associated with the last dome slew (degrees/second)	Read/Write	Double
	LastAzimuthChangeTime	Param	Time that the dome azimuth last changed	Read/Write	Date
	LocalShutterStatus	Param	Shutter Status as determined from Pulsar Trace Log  (0 open, 1 closed, 2 opening, 3 closing)	Read/Write	Integer
	Name	*	The short name of the Dome Driver	Read	String
	nShutterOpenCommands	Param	Number of times that shutter has been commanded to open in the current session	Read/Write	Integer
	nShutterOpenCompleted	Param	Number of times that shutter opening has completed in the current session	Read/Write	Integer
	nShutterCloseCompleted	Param	Number of times that shutter closing has completed in the current session	Read/Write	Integer
	nShutterCloseCommands	Param	Number of times that shutter has been commanded to close in the current session	Read/Write	Integer
	nShutterUnexpectedClosures	Param	Number of times that shutter has unexpectedly closed in the current session (AstroGuard or Relay commanded closures)	Read/Write	Integer
	Parked	Param	True if dome is Parked	Read	Boolean
	Port	Param	Serial port associated with dome	Read	String
	PortWhenConnected	Param	Serial port associated with dome when it was connected to	Read	String
	PortLast	Param	Last Serial port associated with dome	Read	String
	PostSlewAz	Param	The dome azimuth (degrees, North-zero) at end of last slew	Read/Write	Double
	PreSlewAz	Param	The dome azimuth (degrees, North-zero) at start of last slew	Read/Write	Double
	ShutterStatus	*	The status of the dome shutter (0 open, 1 closed, 2 opening, 3 closing)	Read	Integer
	ShutterStatusDesc	Extra	The status of the dome shutter (Open, Closed, Opening, Closing, Error)	Read	String
	ShutterStatusFromDome	Extra	The status of the dome shutter (0 open, 1 closed, 2 opening, 3 closing), from Pulsar Trace Log	Read	Integer
	ShutterIsClosed	Extra	True if Shutter is closed	Read	Boolean
	ShutterIsClosing	Extra	True if Shutter is closing	Read	Boolean
	ShutterIsClosedOrClosing	Extra	True if Shutter is closed or closing	Read	Boolean
	ShutterIsOpen	Extra	True if Shutter is open	Read	Boolean
	ShutterIsOpening	Extra	True if Shutter is opening	Read	Boolean
	ShutterIsOpenOrOpening	Extra	True if Shutter is open or opening	Read	Boolean
	ShutterIsLocked	Extra	True if Shutter is 'locked'	Read	Boolean
	ShutterIsUnLocked	Extra	True if Shutter is 'unlocked'	Read	Boolean
	Slaved	*	True if dome azimuth is slaved to the telescope	Read/Write	Boolean
	Slewing	*	True if the dome or its shutter are moving	Read	Boolean
	SnowProtectionIsOn	Extra	True if 'Snow Protection' is On	Read	Boolean
	SnowProtectionIsOff	Extra	True if 'Snow Protection' is Off	Read	Boolean
	Methods		Origin Key :  * (Ascom based methods), Extra (Additional or higher level methods), Private (Private methods)
	Name	Origin	Description	Parameters	Type
	AbortSlew	*	Immediately stops any and all movement of the dome and/or shutter	none
	CheckDomePosition	Extra	Checks and reports current dome position (shutter status, slaving, azimuth, delta az to scope, time since last dome movement)	none
	CloseShutter	*	Close the shutter	none
	CloseShutter2	Extra	Close the shutter (high level method)	none
	Connect	Extra	Connect to dome (including identifying & selecting appropriate serial port, selecting the required hub, POTH or DeviceHub, and creating the ASCOM.dome object)	none
	CreateAscomDome	Extra	Creates ASCOM dome based on specified DomeId.  The dome object is assigned to the variable 'objDome'	DomeId	String
	Disconnect	Extra	Disconnect from the dome (including disposing of ASCOM.dome object)	none
	DisposeAscomDome	Extra	Disconnects and dispose ASCOM dome (objDome) and set it to Northing	none
	OpenShutter	*	Opens shutter unless 'Locked' or 'Snow Protected'	none
	Park	*	Rotates dome to Park Position (090 deg)	none
	ParkDome	Extra	Parks the dome (high level method, including turning off slaving,  closing the shutter, moving the dome to 090 deg, and calling Park )	none
	ParkDome2	Extra	Parks the dome (high level method, including turning off slaving,  closing the shutter, moving the dome to 090 deg, and calling Park )	none
	ReportLastSlew	Extra	Reports the Last Dome Slew (including dome rotation angle, duration & speed)	none
	RestartDome	Extra	Restart dome connection (used to try to overcome an issue with the Dome Driver)	none
	SetDomePort	Extra	Sets 'COM Port' value used by the Dome Driver	ComPort	String
	SetSlavingOff	Extra	Turn off dome slaving (high level method to set Slaving=False)	none
	SetSlavingOn	Extra	Turn on dome slaving (high level method to set Slaving=True)	none
	SlewDomeToAzimuth	Extra	Rotates the dome to the requested azimuth (high level method, including measuring & confirming the slew movement)	Azimuth	Double
	SlewToAzimuth	*	Rotates the dome to the requested azimuth (degrees, North zero and increasing clockwise)	Azimuth	Double
	WriteHubFlagFile	Private	Sets a flag file to tell AstroProtect whether to use POTH.Dome or DeviceHub.Dome	DomeID	String
	WriteRestartDomeFlag	Private	Creates a 'RestartDome Flag File to tell AstroGuard that a dome re-connection is taking place	none
	Other Functions/Routines		Origin Key : * (Ascom based methods), Extra (Additional or higher level methods), Private Routines
	Name	Origin	Description	Parameters	Type
	GetDomeSubId	Private	Gets 'Dome ID's used from Hub.Dome Profile	Read	String
	Associated Stand-Alone Dome Trace Log Routines		Routines that read data from the Pulsar Dome Trace Log (ASCOM.Pulsar_Observatories_Dome.{time}.txt) Dome Log Monitor
	Name	Sub/Fn	Description		Type
	GetLatestPulsarLogFile	Fn	Gets Full Path to the most-recent ASCOM.Pulsar_Observatories_Dome  Log File	Returns	String
	GetDomeLogRecordDate	Fn	Gets Date/Time of supplied Dome Log Record	Returns	Date
	ParseDomeLogRecord	Sub	Parses supplied Dome Log Record on writes results in 'DomeRecord'	Param	String
	SetNullDomeRecord	Sub	Writes null values in all 'DomeRecord' fields	Param	String
	RunPulsarDomeMonitor	Sub	Routine that loops round, periodically reading and parsing the latest volatile record from the most recent ASCOM.Pulsar_Observatories_Dome  Log File. Run as a threaded process
	StartPulsarDomeMonitor	Sub	Routine that submits RunPulsarDomeMonitor as a thread process

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Backburner Ideas

Continuous Improvement Ideas that take more that the usual time to progress and/or are particularly challenging to deliver:

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To Do List

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Other stuff

SharpCap.SelectedCamera.Controls.Find(lambda x: x.Name == "Pan").Value

SharpCap.SelectedCamera.Controls.Find(lambda x: x.Name == "Tilt").Value

SharpCap.SelectedCamera.Controls.Find(lambda x: x.Name == "Capture Area").Value = "382x256"

SharpCap.SelectedCamera.Controls.Find(lambda x: x.Name == "Capture Area").Value = "382x256"

SharpCap.SelectedCamera.Controls.Find(lambda x: x.Name == "Capture Area").Value = "382x256"

print SharpCap.SelectedCamera.Controls.Find(lambda x: x.Name == "Capture Area") 

#if SharpCap.SelectedCamera.Controls.Find(lambda x: x.Name == "Resolution") != 'None':
#            print 'Set Capture Area'
#            
#else:
#            print 'Setting Camera Capture Area - Failed (Property not available on this camera)'

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