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Hey mate,
Yep, CCD Commander also allows you to choose which filter, binning and exposure duration you wish to plate solve with (individually, for each time you enable the action; so, if you wanted, you could add two plate solve actions, and, perform the solve with different filters).
As for picking a star to focus on -- I let FocusMax do that. I can't be bothered picking relevant stars and then programming them in. It's easier just to use AcquireStar and let FocusMax deal with the vagaries of selecting an appropriate star to focus on (magnitude, altitude, minimum distance from target, and so on).
I've never used MaxIm DL's focus routine. From memory, you needed to input how far the drawtube travels for a given distance. It would then use that for calibration. It's so much easier just to use the First Light Wizard in FocusMax and let it perform its own V-curves.
I'll pony up the $150 for a couple of reasons; one of which is that I believe the authors deserve some kind of compensation for their (almost 15 years of incredible) generosity.
H
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