- Fix for entering fractional seconds in target coordinates. It will behave like core NINA: the fractional seconds will be stored and used but will be rounded for display.
- Patch to prevent TS Target coordinates from getting cleared in certain scenarios (typically with CenterAfterDrift handling and Powerups usage)
- Added flag to trigger avoidance if moon altitude is above the relax maximum altitude - regardless of actual separation or moon phase
- Adjusted moon avoidance evaluation time for not yet visible targets
- Hopefully fixed issue with taking superfluous flats
- Raised the max for Exposure Plan Desired and Accepted counts to 99999
- Fixed a bug where the planner could return a plan with no exposures, will now abort container and warn instead
- Fixed a bug where needed flats were being improperly culled
- Added test support for inter-plugin messaging: TS will now message when a wait starts and when a target plan starts
- Don't abort a flat exposure if setting flat panel brightness throws an error, just warn
- Changed the time at which moon avoidance is evaluated, now halfway through target's minimum time
- Removed rotation as one of the comparison criteria for flats
- Added ability to change scheduler preview start time to now.
- Bug fix for immediate flats on sync client
- Bug fix for event container race condition.
- Bug fix for event containers not waiting for completion before continuing.
- Bug fix for event container naming.
- Added support for custom event containers in the Target Scheduler Sync Container instruction.
- Added support for running TS Flats instruction in a sync client sequence.
- Added ability to reset target completion at the profile, project, and target levels.
- Added support for TSPROJECTNAME path variable.
- TS Flats instruction no longer displays misleading progress when idle.
- Fixed bug with caching and project/target horizon changes.
- Fixed bug with smart plan window and concurrent or future potential targets
- Relaxed matching criteria for trained flats, will now match if gain or offset is not equal
- Added additional logging for flat panel operations
- Added ability to progressively relax classic moon avoidance when the moon is near or below the horizon
- Fixed (hopefully) crash when making some TS database changes after other NINA operations
- Fixed bug with nighttime only exposures and high latitudes near summer solstice
- Fixed bug logging training flat details which broke taking some flats
- Fixed problem impacting sequences used for sync clients.
- Raised timeouts/deadlines for sync operations
- Added Target Scheduler Background Condition
- TS Container UI reworked to be more like a standard container and with better scrolling behavior (thanks Stefan)
- Fixed problem with override exposure order not being copied on paste operations and bulk import
- Fixed bug where internal filter name is unknown for OSC users
- Fixed bug (hopefully) where sync client was failing to process images and update the database
- Fixed problem with CSV import due to NINA package updates
*## 4.3.5.0 - 2024-03-08
- Fixed problem with CSV import due to NINA package updates
Added toggle in Projects navigation to color projects/targets by whether they are active or not
- Added toggle in Projects navigation to show/hide projects/targets by whether they are active or not
- Added copy/paste/reset for Project Scoring Rule Weights
- Refactored target and exposure planning percent complete handling
- Fixed exposure completion reversion caused by previous percent complete rule fix
- Fixed bug in percent complete scoring rule for completed exposure plans
- Another tweak to TS Condition to ensure loop remains completed
- Fixed bug where target from Framing Wizard would appear to replace target in TS target management panel
- Code clean up
- Fixed issue where TS Condition wasn't working when called in outer containers
- Increased timeout for sync client registration
- Added validation of TS Container triggers and custom event containers
- Stopped cloning of TS Container triggers into plan sub-container (now run normally)
- Added additional logging of sequence item lifecycle events
- Added ability to bulk load targets from CSV files
- Fixed bug in readout mode handling
- Fixed bug with Percent Complete and Mosaic Complete scoring rules if image grading is off
- Fixed bug in smart plan window - was skipping projects incorrectly
- Fixed another bug with determining target completed
- You can now choose to delete acquired image records when deleting the associated target
- If running as a sync client, TS Condition will now use the server's data for the targets remain or projects remain checks
- Fixed bug in TS Flats with project flats cadence > 1
- Fixed bug with determining target completeness with exposure throttling
- Fixed missing TS version in TS log
- Fixed bug in TS Condition - check wasn't running the first time through
- Immediate flats wasn't handling Repeat Flat Set off correctly
- Immediate flats instruction will now open a flip-flat cover when done
- Updated for latest NINA 3 beta libraries
- Added support for taking automated flats
- Optimized the condition check in Target Scheduler condition
- Target Scheduler Container instruction has a new custom event container: After Each Target
- Added a 'need flats' check to Target Scheduler condition
- Improved handling when TS is canceled/interrupted which means it behaves better in safety scenarios and with Powerups safety controls.
- Added image grading on FWHM and Eccentricity (requires Hocus Focus plugin)
- Added option to move rejected images to a 'rejected' directory
- Added ability to purge acquired image records by date or date/target
- Added CSV output for acquired image records
- Added better support for the Center After Drift trigger (see release notes)
- Added smarter determination of plan stop times
- Added ability to delete all target exposure plans
- The rule weight list is now sorted when displayed
- Added target rotation and ROI to the set of data saved for acquired images. A future release will use these values when selecting 'like' images for grading.
- Fixed issue where target rotation wasn't being sent to Framing Wizard
- Added experimental support for synchronization across multiple instances of NINA
- All sequencer instructions moved to new category "Target Scheduler"
- Fixed bug with exposure planner.
- Fixed edge case bug with custom horizons.
- Fixed problem with override exposure ordering. Unfortunately, any existing override order had to be cleared (automatically) for this fix. You'll have to manually redo any that you had already created.
- Added ability to override exposure ordering.
- Added Mosaic Completion scoring rule
- Fixed bug with rotation not being set when importing from a saved Sequence Target.
- Fixed bug related to non-existent custom horizon
- Fixed bug preventing target ROI from being applied properly.
- Changed the behavior of project minimum altitude: now can be used with or without a custom horizon. If used with, then the horizon at each azimuth is the greater of (custom horizon + horizon offset) or project minimum altitude.
- Added ability to copy/paste exposure plans.
- Added fixed date range options to Acquired Images viewer and improved performance.
- Added ability to select images in the Acquired Images table by filter used.
- Fixed issue with scheduler preview: wasn't picking up dynamic changes to target database.
- Added 5/10/20 minute options to project minimum time.
- Will automatically unpark the scope if parked before a target slew.
- Fixed the annoying bug related to editing Exposure Templates on Target Exposure Plans.
- Images in the acquired images table will now show 'not graded' as the Reject Reason if grading was disabled when the image completed.
- Now skips useless Target Scheduler Condition checks.
- The execution of the Before/After Target containers was changed to mean run only for new or changed targets.
- Added a 'View Details' button to the Scheduler Preview to show details of the planning process. The same information is available in the TS log for actual runs via the sequencer.
Limited release only.
- Added support for inserting arbitrary instructions to run at various points during scheduler operation: before/after each wait period and before/after each target plan.
- Removed Conditions and Instructions drop areas in the Target Scheduler Container (not used and just confusing).
- Improved the display of running instructions in Target Scheduler Container
Limited release only.
- Ported to NINA 3
- Target rotation values will be auto-converted to NINA 3 counter-clockwise notation
- Revised dithering approach (see release notes)
- Now does a center with rotation even if target rotation is zero
- Fixed problem with missing parent for internal container
- Added support for meridian window restriction
- Added default exposure time to Exposure Templates
- Added airmass to acquired image data detail display
- Added option to park the mount while waiting for next target
- Added option to throttle exposure planning when not grading
- Added option to accept all improvements in image grading
- Added loop condition to support outer loops for safety or multi-night
- Fixed problem with ROI exposure capture
- Fixed problem with including rejected exposure plans
- Added validation to detect when Loop Conditions or Instructions are added to the TS container
- Added support for importing mosaic panels from Framing Assistant
- Added support for managing profile preferences
- Added image grader reject reason to acquired image data
- First cut at image grader
- Removed start and end date fields from projects
- Created a custom log for the plugin
- Added support for database migration scripts
- Fixed bug with plan end time
- Increased the timeout in the image save watcher for DB updates
- Fixed problem saving a sequence as a sequence template
- Major refactoring of the plugin sequence containers.
- Added Setting Soonest scoring rule. Although the database schema hasn't changed, any projects created prior to this release will not be able to use this rule.