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Btw, Bret McKnee has a newer version (feb 2023) on his GitHub than the ones on the Starlight Xpress site.
But perhaps you already know this!
I have downloaded it but not yet tried myself!!

https://github.com/brets-astro/sxascom-releases

Cheers,
Arnold

Hi Dunmunro, I tried that to no avail... This morning I used the same routine of powering-up with Lodestar attached and after a while connect the SXV-814 last (first power and then usb). Seemed to work. In fact a friend tells me he has the same problem in a totally different setup with a Starlight X...

I am using AA9 and all the latest drivers from Starlight Xpress and the latest Ascom platform. (I just installed a new pc;-) If I connect to Ascom I can take 1 image and then the Camera plugin crashes and I can't take a second image! I have a feeling that the problem is connected to the usb drivers....

Dear all, I made a new topic because the problem is narrowed down... My Starlight Xpress SXV-814 is giving black images on a new pc. I have installed all the new drivers etc. I did all thew things I could find, turned off power management on usb, allowed camera in windows defender, tried different u...

I'll have a look at it as soon as possible!
Thank you, I'll let you know.
Cheers, Arnold

If I use Ascom it hangs after 1 image, so no.....
I use the Starlight drivers and the ones from AstroArt

Dear all, I use a SXV-814 and a Lodestar2. When all is connected (via an usb hub) when powering-up the SXV-814 will connect in the camera control but gives no image. Just black. However If I power up and then manually connect the SXV-814 usb first and then after waiting several seconds I plug in the...

Fabio, still a bit confused. Am I correct thinking the sequence (at startup) is as follows: 1. use telescope goto to go to a position 2. use camera control to make an image 3. use tools/plate solve to solve 4. got back to telescope and sync 5. use exposure+center to really find the required star If ...

Thank you Fabio, I will try this hopefully tuesday night. Weather is not so good at this moment

Dear all, Tonight I started with AA9 for spectroscopy. I use an ASI174 for plate solving through the C11. Fov = 13,93' x 8.75' First I take an image and then solve which goes very fast. platesove pos.jpg Then I open the telescope window and use the <expose and center> option. It then takes exactly t...

Could it be that the star is too fuzzy? And that the bright green dot disappears because the software can't calculate where the star is?

Dear all, Fabio, At this moment I am guiding in slt-mode with a Lodestar X2 but experience odd behaviour - see pic. Everytime the bright green dot disappears the graph below gives a vertical line and the correction is much greater than 4 or 5! (mostly in RA) Looking in the view tab I am not missing ...