Open PHD Guiding

There's a sizable Trouble-Shooting section of the User Guide that describes how to trouble-shoot

Bob Please upload your guidelogs: https://openphdguiding.org/getting-help/ On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 1:

Oh and get the latest drivers Native and ASCOM - https://www.zwoastro.com/software/ On Tuesday, April

Sorry to interfect, what's the roadmap like for native Alpaca support in PHD2? On Sunday, April 5

Thanks again, the guiding was perfect without a new calibration Michel Le dimanche 19 avril 2026 à 23

Maybe Don means "guiding does not restart", not "tracking" ? There are only two

Bruce, Thanks for the info. I had all the cables hooked up correctly but couldn't figure out to

if you have isolated it to a computer my guess would be it is something with the USB ports or USB

I took the advice here: revisited mount mechanics, dark libraries, balance, dither settings. I seem

I think we need to clarify how this stuff works. When PHD2 is connected to the mount directly - via

I don't think there's much that can be said about this. Once you're guiding behavior is

Give me the weekend to sort some funds out. I would like to go ahead. Does it all function in its

Thank you so much for your help. What I try to do is have an RMS of about 0.5 - 0.6", because

Hello Bryan/Brian/Bruce: Quick update. Just heard back from Sky Watcher support. The checked the

Thanks for the update Chris On Sun, Apr 5, 2026 at 4:48 AM Chris Pendred <chris.p...@gmail.com

This is a new install on a new PC I purchased a while back. Windows 11 Nina EQ8 150ED Guide camera:

landarch283 please upload a link to your logs using the built-in log uploader. instructions here:

Will do that Brian, thank you very much and appreciate it! 2026 m. kovo 30 d., pirmadienis 08:50:38

I don't really see any improvement, the RA tracking is still pretty terrible. Here's what the

PHD2 is only estimating polar alignment error by measuring the rate of drift in declination. It

Thanks Bruce I will check polar alignment and balance. I've joined Rob (GSS) Who advised to

You can report your issue here: https://github.com/agalasso/phdlogview The LogViewer tool isn't

I had downloaded both the native and ascom drivers from their respective websites, but I may have

Ok, I guess I made the bad assumption that the short exposure times and hyper-aggressive guiding were

I think we're probably reaching the limit for how much more we can tell you. Guiding data is only

Bruce, Thanks for taking your time to look at this. I appreciate all your comments. A major issue I

great thanks On Sat, Mar 21, 2026 at 7:09 PM Calvin Kliensdale <onlyclo...@gmail.com>

I'll see what kind of lemonade I can make out of the data... Thanks for all your help!! On Sat,

Thanks Brian, I'll try that. Sent from my Galaxy -------- Original message --------From: Brian

Bruce, Thanks for your help i was able to get 9 hours of unobstructed guiding with the changes. Do