Changes
- Upgrade to latest JAVA 8
- Plugin interface (integrate your own pre-processing filters)
- Script interface to run user-defined scripts (experimental version)
- Surface guiding on lunar/solar images (thanks to Chris Garry !)
- Added support for running multiple timelapses
- XAGYL motorized filterwheel support
- "Wait" for filter (if supported) in RGB sequences (settings "Filter" -> select "Wait" as delay)
- New camera control "AutoHisto" (auto-adjusts gain to keep histo at fixed level)
- New toolbar action "Histo sounding" (outputs histogram to speaker)
- New toolbar action "ADC tuning" (display color channel centres for ADC tuning)
- New toolbar action "Toggle max image size / ROI"
- New toolbar action "Centre ROI on planet"
- New toolbar action "Enable ROI at current location"
- New "+" toolbar option to directly add/remove actions
- Filename properties (including time) are sortable
- Time in filename is now printed as mid-capture time
- Option for changing font size (settings "General -> Layout")
- Option "scroll to planet on max size" (settings "Preview -> Display")
- Scroll preview via right mouse-click & dragging
- Optional remaining capture progress bar (settings "Misc -> Performance")
- Color cameras: bayer pattern stored per camera
ASI: target temperature support for cooled models
TIS: 16bit bin support & improved handling
- Load AVI/SER test files in dummy cam mode via drag&drop
- F-ratio output in ephemerides (fill aperture in settings "Misc" -> "Scope")
-Beep on start/stop capture now also works under Win7
Camera interfaces
Webcams are no longer supported.
iNova integration is on halt (problems with the SDK)
QHY support only available in the 32-bit beta version
MallinCam integration has been planned but I never received the SDK
Altair Astro camera integration is planned and targeted for build v2.5.07
Java x64 support
x64 version is available for the following camera interfaces: ASI, PGR, Basler, TIS/Skyris, IDS
Edit the shortcut properties to use more memory (e.g for using 3GB heapsize change to "-Xms3g -Xmx3g")