Voyager 2.3.8 Release - Built 2023-04-22

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Release 2.3.8 - Built 2023-04-04 - UPDATE INFO

NEW => ATTENTION !! Updated ASI Camera V2 SDK to version 1.27.0.0 of 2022.11.11, Recommended installation of camera drivers V3.20 of 2022.10.18 - Then check the Remove Overscan Area settings if used

NEW => Advanced NDA → RemoteRoboTargetAbort API added to abort a Target, a target if it belongs to a set both by UID and by Tag or abort the action of running RoboTarget

NEW => RoboTarget Manager → Added the ability to Abort the Target Sequence with the right button on the target, dedicated Menu Item. The Selected Target must be the same one running remotely

NEW => RoboTarget Manager → Added the ability to Abort the Target Sequence with the right button on the Set, dedicated Menu Item. The Selected Target must be one of the Targets belonging to the Set

NEW => RoboTarget Manager → Added the possibility to Abort the RoboTarget Remote action with the right button on the Profile,Set and Target with dedicated Menu Item

NEW => DragScript → Added Add To Decimal Number block to add another variable or a defined value to a DECIMAL type variable

NEW => DragScript → Added Subtract To Decimal Number block to subtract another variable or a defined value from a DECIMAL type variable

NEW => DragScript → Added Add To Counter block to add another variable or a defined value to a COUNTER type variable

NEW => DragScript → Added Subtract To Counter block to subtract another variable or a defined value from a COUNTER type variable

NEW => DragScript → Added Divide Decimal Number block to divide a variable of Decimal Type by another variable or a defined value

NEW => DragScript → Added DO IF COUNTER Extended block to make comparisons of the COUNTER not only with direct values but also with Variables

NEW => DragScript → Added DO IF DECIMAL Extended block to make comparisons of the DECIMAL not only with direct values but also with Variables

NEW => RoboTarget Manager → Added the possibility to Reset the progress of all Targets in a Set with the right button on the target, Dedicated Menu Item.

NEW => OpenSkyGems → ABSOLUTELY NEW! Introduced support for OpenSkyGems, the renting network for private observatories created by SkyGems in collaboration with Voyager. You can rent your observatory for target shooting in just a few clicks.

NEW => RoboTarget → Added new “Western Preference” Scheduler, targets that are further west are executed first based on priority anyway

NEW => RoboTarget → Added new “Western Preference Ignore Priority” Scheduler, the targets that are further west are executed first and the priority, even if set, is ignored

NEW => Advanced NDA → Added scheduling reject reason in response to RemoteRoboTargetGetTarget command

NEW => RoboTarget → Added new “OpenSkyGems High Priority” Scheduler, the targets requested by the OpenSkyGems Network are executed first in order of request and then the others maintaining the characteristics of the Default Scheduler

NEW => RoboTarget → Added new “OpenSkyGems Low Priority” Scheduler, the targets requested by normal users are executed first, then those from the OpenSkyGems Network in order of request and then the others maintaining the characteristics of the Default Scheduler

NEW => Sequence Configuration → Added the possibility of overriding the Pattern File with a dedicated one only for that sequence

NEW => AutoFlat configuration → Added the possibility of overriding the Pattern File with a dedicated one only for that Flat sequence

NEW => DragScript → Sequence Block Added possibility to override the Pattern File with a dedicated one

NEW => Removed ASCOM Transform calls and replaced with internal made conversion class to avoid ASCOM reliability problems

NEW => Advanced NDA → Added new RoboTargetRunningTargetEphemerisPNG event to receive the ephemeris image of the just started target in PNG format, only for RoboTarget Manager type clients

NEW => Plate & Blind Solving → Added new ASTAP 2023 control for ASTAP versions starting from 2022-09-08. ASTAP introduced a new rotation angle representation which forced to introduce a new check to maintain backwards compatibility. In fact, the ASTAP check remains for the old versions

NEW => Array → Added possibility to deactivate the Plate Solving in the Array Sequence (for Spectrometry)

NEW => Array → It is now possible to run remote DragScript on non-Master nodes containing Camera Expoure and AutoFlat nodes without receiving limitation errors for use of Virtual Mount

NEW => Pattern File → Added new Pattern $$UTCDATE$$ which represents the UTC date in YYYY-MM-DD format

NEW => Pattern File → Added new Pattern $$UTCTIME$ $which represents UTC time in HH-MM-SS format

NEW => DragScript → Added new DO IF EVEN DAY Decision block, true if the day of the month is an even number

NEW => DragScript → Added new DO IF ODD DAY Decision block, true if the day of the month is an odd number

NEW => DragScript → Added new DO IF DAY OF WEEK Decision block, true if the day of the week is one of those indicated

NEW => RoboTarget → Added new Environment variable $$RTEVENT_SUBCODE containing any Sequence error code (as for the $$SEQUENCE_FAIL_STATUS variable) readable by RoboTarget DragScript event manager

NEW → Sequence → Added new Watchdog “On Exposure Error : Abort Immediatly Sequence in Case of CameraShot Error” in the Shot tab of the Sequence

NEW → Sequence → Added new Watchdog “On Exposure Error : Abort Sequence After Consecutive CameraShot Error x” in the Shot tab of the Sequence

MOD => RoboTarget → In case of skipped RoboTarget action (night not yet reached) a dedicated warning is recorded in the RUN log

MOD => DragScript → Added AntiGlitch flag to the WAIT ALTITUDE block configuration to avoid glitchy readings of values from mount drivers that have undeclared bugs (3 continuous readings are done to get the OK)

BUG => OpenSkyGems → Fixed Parsing Status Join the OSG client was waiting for the check status

BUG => TheSkyX Mosaic Import → If the field in Clipboard have multispace format the import fails

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Wow! Lots of great, useful additions to Drag Script and Sequences. Thanks for all the hard work you do on these updates! :slight_smile:

-Dan

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Thanks very much, Leo!

Glenn

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