Hi there,

I am currently evaluating (once again) Scheduler and ACP for my observatory (which has now been really remoted, but I will write about this in another occasion).
It works quite well as I have only some issues with guiding (which seem mount-related), and one issue with Autofocusing using FocusMax.

AcquireStar works flawlessy from FocusMax, and also from within ACP. Only if Scheduler starts its periodic Autofocus, it always thinks it failed while both FocusMax and ACP see the correct situation (Autofocus successful).

Here is the Log from ACP:
Code:
19:51:49  Required exposure 5.00 is > 5.00 maximum exposure setting   19:51:49  ...using maximum exposure: 5.00
   19:52:03  Pos.,    HFD, X, Y, Flux, Pixel, Count,  FWHM (arc-sec)
   19:52:03  3163, 04.62, 2035, 2043, 207679, 11064,  1, 01.95
   19:52:10  3163, 05.05, 2036, 2044, 207068, 9819,  1, 02.19
   19:52:18  3163, 05.05, 2035, 2043, 209640, 10254,  1, 02.09
   19:52:25  3163, 04.31, 2035, 2043, 207938, 13171,  1, 01.77
   19:52:32  3163, 04.94, 2035, 2043, 205948, 10142,  1, 02.07
   19:52:32  Focus position = 3163  Avg HFD =  4.80  Avg FWHM =  2.01
   19:52:32  Temperature: 21.1  Filter: Luminance (slot 4)
   19:52:33  ** AutoFocus Completed **
   19:52:33  Focus time: 179 sec
   19:52:33  Performing return slew...
   19:52:34     Slewing: 2.5388 degrees
   19:52:34     RA: 12:21:18.2  Dec: -28:38:15.6 (J2000)
   19:52:45  ...Telescope settle time: 5 sec
   19:52:51  Final pointing update not performed
   19:52:51  ** AcquireStar completed **
  FocusMax auto-focus successful!
    HFD = 4.80
    Focus position = 3163
  Autofocus finished.
And then from Scheduler:
Code:
2018-06-21 17:47:34.3: ++ Auto Focus ++2018-06-21 17:47:34.3: Doing periodic autofocus.
2018-06-21 17:47:34.3: Start special ACP AutoFocus script for scheduler
2018-06-21 17:47:34.3: ACP.RunScript(AutoFocusScheduler, ):
2018-06-21 17:47:34.3:   Script AutoFocusScheduler is loaded, and
2018-06-21 17:47:34.3:   the console is idle.
2018-06-21 17:47:34.3:   In start loop, i = 0
2018-06-21 17:47:34.3:   Console is now idle
2018-06-21 17:47:34.3:   Loaded C:\Program Files (x86)\ACP Scheduler\AutoFocusScheduler.vbs successfully
2018-06-21 17:47:34.3:   Script started successfully
2018-06-21 17:47:44.3: Sequencer is now active
2018-06-21 17:52:57.8: Sequencer is no longer active
2018-06-21 17:52:57.8: Next periodic autofocus ASAP after 21-Jun-2018 19:52:53 UTC
It goes on like that for the whole night, with successful focusing runs not being detected by Scheduler. No idea what could cause this, the computer is running Windows 10 with MaximDl 6.17, FocusMax 4.1.0.82 and ACP 8.1.1 and Scheduler 8.1.1.

As I said ACP recognizes the successful run, so I dunno what makes Scheduler think it didn't work out.

Thanks
Lukas