Finally APT 1.60 is here!
Thank you for all your patience and help! The usual list of changes is:
2011/8/26 - v.1.60 New features and bug fixes
-Added: New User Interface. APT has a new look. All features are grouped in three tabs Camera, Telescope and Tools. Also there is different look for 4:3 and wide screens that gives optimal size of the preview.
-Added: Restore window mode and window resizing.
-Added: Keeping restored window position and size between APT restarts
-Added: Multi-monitors support. APT can moved through the monitors while is in restored mode.
-Added: Possibility to select bigger User Interface fonts for notebooks with big screen resolution and small display (full version only).
-Added: Dropdown lists have scroll-bars that can be used with mouse.
-Added: Shoot button can be used for Bulb exposures. In this mode the anti-vibration pause and long exposure control settings are in use.
-Added: Reminder to put on/off the telescope cap when you switch between Dark/Bias and Light/Flat plans.
-Added: Reminder to stop EOS Utility.
-Added: Reminder that Virtual long exposure control and Digic 3 camera combination will lead to amp glow.
-Added: Image browser (in demo version you can't change the folder). You can preview images and use them to build Framing Mask. When you shoot in RAW+L the browser will show only the JPG file because it is faster. If there is no JPG then RAW file will be displayed.
-Added: The images folder will not be changed after midnight.
-Added: Possibility to group the images, by Plan Type, Object Name or both (full version only).
-Added: Temporary images storage to cooperate better with Deep Sky Stack - Live.
-Added: The default images folder now is C:\APT_Images\Camera_1. (in the demo version it can't be changed).
-Added: AutoStar section now has Up and Down buttons (full version only).
-Added: Camera status in main window now shows Current/Remaining count during plan execution.
-Added: Exposures table will highlight the currently executing plan line and show progress.
-Added: Camera auto-connection on startup. If the camera is on it will be connected automatically.
-Fixed: the @@@ bug in file naming.
-Fixed: LiveView automation now uses 30s as exposure time.
-Fixed: Other small enhancements and fixes.
-Updated: User's Guide document (the new things are in green)
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