Mantis - ISSUES

0000514: cannot access GSC catalog

In the configuration of catalogs, I use the browser and follow the path until I reach the GSC catalog and when I want to select it, the line appears in red. The same problem appears with the development version. May be I did something wrong. However I was able to make it work with version 3.0.1.2.

0000453: Right click and copy current coordinates to the clip board.

When you right click on the chart a menu item to copy the current
coordinates to the clip board.

0000528: Cache of downloaded DSS FITS images

It would be really handy to be able to download a FITS image from say, ESO, and have Ciel save it in a local cache of images. My dark sky site has no Internet connection, so the temporary image is gone once I have to restart the program. A possible problem is that this cache could grow quite large. Perhaps a least-recently-used policy would be good, once the space occupied got beyond a limit. Or, let user explicitly save images.

0000582: Local Horizon feature request

It would be really handy feature is you could set the transparency level of the local horizon. so you could still see what is in that area.

And when you turn on show objects below the horizon it would still stay semitransparent.

0000581: Lock on sun behaves as though it is lock on chart position

Expected the sun to remain centered in the chart display with the passage of time if chose to lock onto sun. Furthermore expect the telescope cross hair to remain locked to the sun when telescope control panel is turned on and connected and the tracking is green. Allowing time to pass naturally or using the accelerated time step of say one hour you can see the sun move relative to the chart. The telescope cross hair is locked to the chart not the sun as asked for when pressed on track sun. When you place your mouse on the sun and right click is says unlock chart not unlock sun as expected since it was the sun that was locked onto at the start of tracking. Experience is similar for other objects like the moon. Expect to be able to lock onto objects that move across the chart and unlock tracking from those objects. Stuff other then the chart should be lockable and track-able.

0000494: CdC3.0.1.6 EQmod problem

When clicking telescope-connect, Ascom telescope interface V1.5 pops up. However, no telescope could be chosen and an error message:
Run-time error '-2147220416 (800404040)':
Failed to open/creat root registry key (5).
And the EQmod driver doesn't start.
After tesing EQmodV1.15g/Ascom5a with Hallo Northern Sky everything worked ok.
After rolling back to CdC3.0.1.4 (with Ascom telescope interface V1.3) everything worked fine again.

0000468: Saving telescope configuration on Windows

I experienced this while using the Dutch language, as a non-Administrator user. Actually, I didn't had a mount connected on my com-port, but I suspect that that doesn't matter for what I saw here.

I received French message while I attempted to save my LX200 settings. It does this with selected drivers "meade.tid" and "ascom.tid".
The message:
Impossible d'écrire dans C:\Program Files\ciel\scope.ini

When I want to save the configuration with the "encoder.tid" selected, the message becomes -funny enough- English:
Unable to write C:\Program Files\ciel\scope.ini.

0000580: Calendar dates default to year 9999

Calandar opens as year 9999 01 01 to 9999 01 06 even one you reset set to todays date, next time you open it it defaults to 9999

0000549: l'angue d'utilisateur non fonctionnelle

le logiciel ignore la langue utilisateur du système et fonctionne en anglais

0000505: Calendar box just to the left of filter in Comet and asteroid

I think this box should have a drop down of all comets and asteroids or a different way to see all available ones listed

0000506: Invalid argument window box

I use the MSVDM (Microsoft Virtual Desktop Manager). While running Skychart 3, when i switch to another desktop, immediately there is an error box showing
"Invalid argument" Press OK to ignore & risk data corruption Press Cancel to kill the program.

This error appears to be quite consistent when switching desktops

0000507: App does not respond to commands from external application

I can connect to the app's TCP port at 127.0.0.1 port 3292, but there is no response at all to commands sent to it. The Windows version does respond.

0000510: Cannot track telescope using encoder.tid using sync command.

If I use a tangent clone and use the encoder.tid setting and then align the telescope on stars using the sync command I am unable to follow the telescopes position in that chart. I have two other charts open at the same time and they are able to track the telescope correctly. If I use the popup menu in the offending chart there is no option to lock onto telescope as in the other two charts. I can only lock onto the last synced star.

I have no problems when using the ascom.tid option.

0000512: Light Curve Generator from AAVSO

Maybe integration of LCG from AAVSO will be good idea in CdC? In KStars this feature not working at all..
PS Yes - I know, my english is bad;)

0000513: Zooming in/out in Fred Espenak's map often results in error: "Failed to create handles".

Invoke the "Ephemeris calendar", click the tab "Solar eclipses", double click in the list one of the fields "map" to retrieve one of Fred Espenak's maps.
Click the "Zoom +" or "Zoom -" button. Most often the program responds with an error pop-up window.

A click on the "Cancel" button responds in program closure, clicking the "Ok" button is a better choice. The program continues, and a next click on the "Zoom +" button rewards your patience with a zoomed in map.

It appears to me to be a similar error as reported in issue 385.

0000515: Little space for text while using Dutch language; display dialog could be wider

On some occasions there's to little space reserved to show the Dutch translated words.

1. When I want to configure the MySQL DB (Setup -> System, mark the MySQL check box), there are three occasions:
"User-ID" in Dutch is "Gebruikers-ID" (13 chars)
"Program data" in Dutch is "Programmagegevens" (17 chars)
"Personal data" in Dutch is "Persoonlijke gegevens" (21 chars)

2. The last two tabs on top of the "Display" dialog box (Setup -> Dispay) aren't displayed very well. A simple solution can be to make the entire display dialog box a bit wider.

Thanks again, Marc

0000516: network printer selection

When selecting a network printer, the Windows wizard correctly allows to complete the selection, but then Cartes du Ciel tells "Can't connect to this printer: press OK to go on risking to damage files, Cancel to exit the program".
Pressing OK the error occurs again, pressing Cancel the whole program exits.
Rerunning Cartes du Ciel, the network printer appears now as selected by default, and the print itself works correctly.

0000517: wishlist of the print dialog

It would be useful to:
- add the "number of copies" option
- allow to enter some free text above or below the page (as it was possible in 2.7x: maybe it can be done here too, but couldn't find how)

0000519: Star chart print out appears overly busy

Once again, let me state that I do a lot of binocular viewing and I rely on star colors and asterisms to accomplish star hopping. The print outs of CDC star charts do an excellent job of presenting the star colors in the Setup/Star Display/Line Mode however, each star is encapsulated in a black circle making the printout presentation distractingly busy and cluttered. My other star chart package (sorry about this reference) does not encapsulate the stars and therefore does not appear as busy or cluttered so I use it for my binocular viewing and CDC (because of its technical superiority) for my telescope viewing.

0000520: impossible to change colour of labels

if I try this the program freezes immediately.

0000524: Feature requests for finder circles and squares

Copied from Yahoo groups:

One that I use a lot is the finder reticles for
eyepieces and cameras. I have a good number of them configured,
activated depending on the optical configuration.

One thing that is tedious though is getting to the config window. This
is rather cumbersome: "Setup->Display" then scroll the tabs over to the
far right to select the correct tab. Doesn't sound like much, but in
the dark, with gloves on, or needing to put the reading glasses back on
to see things... Would it be possible to add a toolbar button to access
both of these directly?

Also, another problem I have is remembering which circle/rectangle is
which. When using a main scope/guide scope setup, it's helpful to have
a CCD finder for the main camera and for the guide scope, plus
alternative CCD finder for different focal lengths (with/without
reducer, etc). Plus eyepiece circles. Even pared down to a minimum, I
currently have five of them enabled. Perhaps a right-click on the
outline itself to show a small pop-up with the text entered in the
config pane?

0000527: Tooltips appear on 'wrong' monitor.

Dual monitor setup. Skychart on second monitor. Wondows default monitor is first. Hover over 'anything' with a tooltip and the tip shows up on the first monitor.

With Skychart on first monitor - works ok.

0000529: animate speed control

I really miss the animate with speed control that was on the earlier version. If it's in this version , it is hard to find. I can only get it to step forward or back one instance at a time.

0000532: satellites Neptune

Bonjour monsieur j'utilise cdc depuis 2 ans environ et je viens de découvrir que je ne peu afficher les satellites de Neptune .Comment puis-je faire pour les afficher .
Cordialement Lucien Gavalda.

0000533: Editing colors causes program to lock up

When trying to change colors (sky color, constellation lines, boundaries, etc., the program freezes after clicking OK or Apply. Has happened on every attempt.