How to preserve settings in nebulosity2

[sadia]

Hi Guys,

I hope there is a yes answer to this...

Is there a way to preserve the changed settings in nebulosity2 for Camera specific Gain and Offset? Everytime I open nebulosity and select QHY8 my Gain and offset is reset to default of 1, 110.


Thank you
Sad

[seeker372011]

umm dont think so...but have you tried asking on the stark labs yahoo group?

[sadia]

Thank you for directing me to the group. I asked the question there and I believe I have a walk arround. Thanks to Keith for suggesting me this. I am posting his reply here for anyone who might be interested.



"The way I got around this is that I wrote start-up scripts to load the camera, set the gain and offset, set the start-up directory, and set a more descriptive file name than "Series1" which I modify depending upon object, temp, duration, etc.

This is the script I use when taking light frames (of course you would have to change the directories, and the camera from 13 to the code for the QHY):

#DSI3Lights SCRIPT defaults
Connect 13
SetGain 59
SetOffset 108
SetDirectory D:\AstroImages\TEMP
SetName OBJ_DSI3c_SCOPE_00.0_0000

I have a separate script if I'm going to take dark frames:

#DSI3Darks SCRIPT defaults
Connect 13
SetGain 59
SetOffset 108
SetDirectory D:\AstroImages\NebulosityDARK
SetName DSI3Dark_00.0_0000


When I start up Nebulosity, I click Edit_Run Script (or easier yet, <CTRL>+R) then select my start-up script depending upon whether I'm running lights or darks. I then input the duration and modify the file name as needed and start collecting frames.

If you want to run the start-up script whenever you start Nebulosity, then you can add the script to the Nebulosity icon hyperlink on your desktop (click on Icon_Properties):

"C:\Program Files\Nebulosity2\Nebulosity.exe"
D:\AstroImages\DSI3Lights.neb

However, for the latter to work you will always have to have your QHY attached when you start Nebulosity (i.e. if you are starting Nebulosity for processing or viewing, you will get error messages that the camera isn't attached).

Keith"