Revision history after V1.90 is given below.


2016-08-28 - V1.91

  • fix bug where PinPoint catalog path was not loaded properly from ini configuration file.


2016-08-28 - V1.92

  • added ARAP commands and variables so that ARAP can connect to itself.


2016-09-23 - V1.93

  • cloud sensor SKYSTATE is set to 'WET' if sensor reports being wet.


2016-09-26 - V1.94

  • the 'wait' command now supports time delays of fractional seconds.
  • added the calcheliocentricjuliandate command and HJD variable.
  • added the calcphase command and the PHASE and INPHASE variables.


2016-10-01 - V1.95

  • the splitfields command now handles non-breaking spaces as a delimiter if the delimiter is a normal space character.


2016-10-02 - V1.97


2016-10-10 - V1.98


2016-11-26 - V2.03


2016-12-18 - V2.04


2016-12-27 - V2.05


2016-12-28 - V2.06

  • increase orbits to 25,000.
  • improve orbit searching in findorbit.
  • add ORBITNUMBER variable.


2017-01-10 - V2.07


2017-01-18 - V2.08


2017-01-28 - V2.09

  • added the FOCUSERTEMPCOMP variable.


2017-02-03 - V2.10

  • added fftfilter and fftfilterfile commands and added the FFTFILTERTYPE, FFTFILTERCUTOFF, and FFTFILTERWEIGHT variables
  • added the FFT filter option to combinefiles command.
  • getstarfwhm (renamed to getstarinfo) can now measure flatness and sky background. The measured values can also be saved to header keys. New variables added: STARBACKGROUND and STARFLATNESS.
  • added removegradient and flattenbackground commands.
  • added flip, mirror, rotate, resize, and crop commands.
  • added settable maximum image size configuration setting.
  • added option for combinefiles to read the list of input images from a text file and it now does image grading and can selectively omit sub-frames from the combined image.
  • added combinecolour and colourbalance commands.


2017-02-08 - V2.11

  • improved the resize command.


2017-02-18 - V2.12


2017-03-02 - V2.13


2017-04-23 - V2.14

  • added CLOUDSENSORIGNOREWETNESS variable


2017-04-23 - V2.15

  • increase database tables to 10


2017-04-26 - V2.17

  • add 'eq' string comparison operator


2017-06-29 - V2.20


2017-07-06 - V2.21

  • add alignxy command
  • syntax updated for stretch command
  • saveimagefile can now save images in 8, 16, 32 bit integer and 32 bit float format


2017-09-11 - V2.22-V2.24

  • better error handling in CCD imaging
  • fatal errors now report the script line number that they occur on.


2017-10-01 - V2.25-V2.28

  • various bug fixes and other minor changes


2017-10-03 - V2.29


2017-11-03 - V2.32


2017-11-06 - V2.33

  • add PARENTSCRIPTNAME variable


2017-11-06 - V2.36


2017-11-06 - V2.37


2018-02-07 - V2.38 and V2.39


2018-02-24 - V2.40


2018-04-02 - V2.42


2018-07-02 - V2.48

  • add ASCOM switch commands


2018-09-12 - V2.50

  • add return of object name in variable ECUPRIMARYNAME in ecu search.
  • added CCDTIMEOUT variable


2018-09-22 - V2.51


2018-10-05 - V2.53


2018-10-05 - V2.55

  • add NOTEQ operator
  • increase sendwebreply message limit to 16k characters


2018-11-15 - V2.56


2018-11-25 - V2.58


2018-11-25 - V2.61


2019-03-11 - V2.62


2019-03-18 - V2.63


2019-05-01 - V2.64


2019-06-26 - V2.66

  • EXITCODE variable is now returned to Windows on program exit


2019-07-08 - V2.67


2019-07-10 - V2.68


2019-07-12 - V2.69


2019-10-28 - V2.72

  • add trimleft and trimright


2019-12-01 - V2.73

  • increase orbit eccentricity range check to 5 from 2 (for interstellar orbits)
  • improve loadorbits to be more forgiving (it skips bad orbits)


2019-12-04 - V2.74

  • add override quieton toolbar button


2019-12-14 - V2.75

  • add getfile, parsexmlindex, and parsexmlnodename commands
  • add XMLTEXT, XMLNODENAME, XMLVALUE, XMLERROR, and XMLCOUNT variables


2019-12-26 - V2.76


2020-02-22 - V2.77

  • make combinefiles command more flexible when aligning images


2020-03-07 - V2.78


2020-04-06 - V2.80

  • add a cloud sensor simulator


2020-04-06 - V2.82

  • bug fixes


2020-05-10 - V2.83


2020-06-04 - V2.85

  • remove getcomports command (use 'comport getcomports' instead), remove COMPORTS variable
  • remove PORTERROR variable
  • change implementation of relay, getrelay, setperseus, getperseus, and servo commands to use the Nova Astrononomics COMPort Driver instead of internal COM port routines.


2020-10-06 - V2.86

  • add STARBRIGHTESTPIXEL and STARSATURATEDCOUNT variables and set them in getstarinfo


2020-10-08 - V2.87


2020-10-13 - V2.88

  • add MOONPHASE, PHASENAME, and AGE variable - set by moonradec


2020-10-28 - V2.89


2020-10-28 - V2.91

  • add PPTIMEOUT


2021-02-08 - V 2.91 - 2.96

  • bug fixes
  • better error handling in dome and telescope functions
  • better error handling in database functions
  • add settings of all sky domain for solveplateallsky


2021-02-11 - V2.97

  • update SSL modes in sending and receiving emails and receiving web files. See email and checkemail


2021-03-14 - V2.98

  • add PPMINIMUMIMAGESTARS
  • improve plate solves by first ensuring that images have at least PPMINIMUMIMAGESTARS stars before starting the solve and other logic, error reporting, and messaging improvements
  • add PPERRORNUMBER and PPERRORMESSAGE


2021-05-06 - V2.99

  • added the Tycho-2 catalog to 'find' and a Tycho-2 option for findneareststars and findbrighteststars
  • remove the PGC galaxy catalog
  • added auto opening and closing of log files at a specified interval of days
  • add better error reporting for social media commands by adding SMERRORNUMBER and SMERRORMESSAGE variables


2021-05-20 - V3.00


2021-06-17 - V3.03


2021-09-24 - V3.04

  • added configurable email connect timeout value


2021-11-08 - V3.05


2022-01-03 - V3.06


2022-01-03 - V3.07