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Very Weird NINA Behavior (or ASCOM?)

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Jerry Gerber avatar
Jerry Gerber avatar
Are there any known new bugs in the latest versions of ASCOM and/or NINA?

Last night all the images were taken properly but NINA's sequencer shows that only 1 out of 45 blue filter images were taken when in fact I just downloaded 180 images plus all the 120 flats!

Another 2 very weird things is that I programmed my flat exposures to start at 9am but they started at around 5:30am and on top of that 1 blue filter sub was taken (which was not in the sequence ) at the same time astronomical dawn began. I've never seen such behavior! Should I reinstall NINA and ASCOM or roll back to earlier versions?
andrea tasselli avatar
andrea tasselli avatar
Not on mine two.
Francesco Meschia avatar
Francesco Meschia avatar

Is the filter wheel using ASCOM at all?

Jerry Gerber avatar
Jerry Gerber avatar
it was my error, I didn't take into account the rollover time when telling NINA what time to start taking flats and it screwed up the sequence. Case closed!
Rainer Ehlert avatar
Rainer Ehlert avatar

Jerry Gerber · Dec 18, 2025, 07:15 PM

it was my error, I didn't take into account the rollover time when telling NINA what time to start taking flats and it screwed up the sequence. Case closed!

A similar error happened to me 2-3 days ago. I programmed to start with imaging when object passed Meridian. When I started I did not realize object had passed already Meridian and it was waiting till the next meridian pass 🤣

SonnyE avatar
SonnyE avatar

Hi Jerry,

Not long ago my computer somehow did an update and it, once again, screwed things up.

In my experience newest updates are half-baked and buggy. So, for that reason I tend to stay back from the latest updates. I just do not want to deal with the carp some of them present. So you could check for new updates and see if any came in. In Windows that is under settings and then Windows updates.

Often the easiest fix for me is to remove a program that is misbehaving then reinstall it from my downloads folder. Why the downloads folder? because I have experience with those programs as being workable for me.

One of the biggest headaches in recent memory was with ASTAP. A contributor other than HanK had tried to adapt ASTAP for Apple and it broke the app (Program). I worked around ASTAP for months and had almost given up on it when I went into my Download folder and found a download from WAY back (8 months prior). I installed it after removing any ASTAP software I could find, and it FIXED my ASTAP.

A couple of months later Han himself realized ASTAP needed his experienced hand in it and fixed and issued a fixed ASTAP download. I grabbed it and it worked great.

So, you might check your downloads folder for older version downloads and try removing your troublesome current version and installing the earlier downloaded ones. That works for me.

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Tom Marsala avatar
Tom Marsala avatar

I know this topic isn't about Windows, but SonnyE brings up a good point. After the last update, windows once again reset all of my USB root hubs to go to sleep after x minutes of not being used. And once again, multiple crashes with my camera drivers and with Nina not Knowing how to respond. I get duped by that every six months or so, and this is after I have controlled how and when updates install! Keeps us humble, I Guess!

SonnyE avatar
SonnyE avatar

Tom Marsala · Dec 18, 2025, 11:44 PM

I know this topic isn't about Windows, but SonnyE brings up a good point. After the last update, windows once again reset all of my USB root hubs to go to sleep after x minutes of not being used. And once again, multiple crashes with my camera drivers and with Nina not Knowing how to respond. I get duped by that every six months or so, and this is after I have controlled how and when updates install! Keeps us humble, I Guess!

I just chalk it up to Windows thinking they own our operating system even after we paid for the computers and software.

None of their business what we do with our computers, or if we choose to install maverick programs to run our equipment. They don’t offer some (or any) of our programs from their Microsoft Store. But their Security updates sure FUBAR most of them.

It’s almost enough to drive me to Linux! (Almost….) 🤣

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