PHD2 Development Snapshot Builds
This page contains the latest development builds of PHD2. These builds contain the latest bug fixes and enhancements to PHD2. Although these builds may not be as well tested as the general releases available on the main Downloads page, they have been tested by the developers and are generally stable for imaging use. We would welcome your help testing them out, and if you do encounter any issues, please let us know.
The changes in each snapshot build are summarized below; you can see the detailed changes in the project’s Git commit log
The online version of the help file for the latest snapshot build is here.
Updates since PHD2 v2.6.3:
v2.6.3dev8
2 September 2017
- Altair cameras: update to new SDK version (2017-09-01)
- Updated French translation from Cyril
- Guide log: only show gain value when PHD2 is controlling the gain
- AO: better handling of step failures: show an alert and suggest new AO travel limit setting
- AO: fix bump instability when guide star is far from lock position
- AO: make sure calibration covers full travel range
- INDI fixes
- Updated Windows INDI client libs
- Do not allow invalid hysteresis setting (100%)
- Fix problem with server sometimes not restarting when PHD2 is restarted
- Allow cam simulator to simulate async ST4 guiding
- Do not tie up main UI thread for GPxxx and INDI mounts and AO moves
- Include milliseconds in FITS header timestamps
- Help file updates
- Debug log enhancements
v2.6.3dev8
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v2.6.3dev7
18 July 2017
- Enable INDI support on Mac and Windows
- Disable Auto-select star when calibrating or guiding
- Updated French, Spanish and Traditional Chinese translations
- Help file updates
- Reset graph when gear profiles changes
- Event server: send a SettleBegin event when settling starts; added a new method to expose a single camera frame
- Windows: prevent windows firewall warning message after installing PHD2
v2.6.3dev7
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v2.6.3dev6
13 June 2017
- QHY cameras: fix incorrect guide directions when using On-camera (ST4) guiding
- Restart PHD2 automatically when language changes or when the Reset Configuration option is selected
- Help file updates
- New option to automatically check for software updates
v2.6.3dev6
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v2.6.3dev5
31 May 2017
- Updated Portuguese translation
- Windows installer - do not run the VC++ redistributable installer
- Fix text truncation with some translations in spctrograph slit position window
- Mac: fix crash when disconnecting GPUSB
- Adjust guiding parameters automatically when camera binning is changed
- PPEC: fix problem with min-move parameter not being honored
- Make sure not to retain calibration unless auto-load calibration is selected
- Display AO correction rate in AO graph window
- Help file updates
- Guard against too-small aggressiveness or hysteresis settings being entered
- Allow custom camera exposure duration selection
v2.6.3dev5
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v2.6.3dev4
29 April 2017
- fix RA/Dec overlay when AO is in use
- server API additions to get calibration information and send guide pulses to scope
- improve Guiding Assistant text layout for some translations
- additional debug log output for the PPEC guide algorithm
- A new Portuguese (Brazilian) translation
- Default Gain for QHY cameras is now 40
- update QHY camera SDK to V7.4.16.4
- Update Altair SDK to latest 1.1.4 version to support new camera models
- fix crash when stats window is updated and Camera = None
- update ZWO Linux/Mac SDK to V0.6.0328
- don't allow Predictive PEC period value to be disrupted when the guiding assitant is run
- updated French translation
v2.6.3dev4
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v2.6.3dev3
10 April 2017
- updated translations
- more strict protection against windows being placed off-screen after screen resolution changes
- Predictive PEC settings UI improvements in Advanced Dialog
- Predictive PEC key settings added to Graph window
- additional information saved to FITS headers when saving an image
- QHY cameras: we now use an up-to-date QHY camera SDK for native support of QHY cameras on Windows, Mac, and Linux
v2.6.3dev3
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v2.6.3dev2
28 March 2017
- New Predictive PEC guide algorithm!
- Mac: fix problem with SX camera not being found
- camera gain setting should not allow value 0
- comet tracking: adjust RA shift rate for scope declination
v2.6.3dev2
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v2.6.3dev1
20 March 2017
- New image logging options based on trigger events, like star lost or large error offset
- Option to determine star saturation based on ADU value rather than star profile
- Improved detection of low-snr stars by more accurate background calculation
- Improved star mass change detection
- New option to reject stars below a minimum size (HFD)
- AO: fix bug with AO bump continuing after server received Pause command
- add more info to fits headers when saving images
- event server: add get_settling method
v2.6.3dev1
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