Hi Reinhold,

Tony and I had the same thought. I'd suggest e-mailing me the file 'startup.mar' from your
Guide folder. All the CCD-related information is in that file; if I load it, I ought to get
the same disappearing CCD problem.

A couple of things to try (after sending me 'startup.mar', though!):

Try changing the color, and selecting a different CCD.

If you set a one-degree field of view (level 8), select the SBIG ST-8, and set a focal
length of 2000 millimeters, the CCD frame should cover about a third of the screen, with
the guider chip shown as a nearby square. The CCD dialog should tell you that the main
chip covers 23.65' x 15.77', with pixels that are .93" square. Turning on the 'Guider
Range' check-box should provide two dotted circles that touch the guider chip.

Clicking on 'Spin Left' and 'Spin Right' should cause the CCD frame to rotate.

If any of these doesn't happen, let me know which part fails. It seems weird that
you only see the frame with 'show pixels' checked... when you do that, the pixel
grid should show up faintly, with the actual chip outline shown boldly; do you see
the chip outline at all, or just the pixel grid?

-- Bill

Reinhold wrote:

> Thanks Tony,
>
> for your answer. But this seems not to be the problem. If I check "show pixels" the frame is visible. If I uncheck this the frame disappears.
>
> Very strange problem
>
> Regards
>
> Reinhold
>
>
> --- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, "Anthony J. Kroes" <akroes@...> wrote:
>> I had a similar problem just last week. Make sure the 'center frame'
>> checkbox in the CCD options is checked. If it is not, your CCD frame stays
>> wherever it was that you were looking last. When you click on a new spot to
>> center the screen in a different area, the frame stays at the old spot,
>> effectively 'dissapearing'. I ran into this while changing the color of my
>> CCD frame when I was setting it up on my new Guide9 install.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: guide-user@yahoogroups.com [mailto:guide-user@yahoogroups.com] On
>> Behalf Of Reinhold Wittich
>> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 2:07 PM
>> To: guide-user@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [guide-user] CCD Frame no more visible
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I use Guide8 since many years. Today I wanted to change the color of the
>> ccd frame. Now the frame is no more visible. It does not depend from the
>> color.
>> Show pixels works, ccd frame does not work.
>> Does anybody know whats going wrong?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Reinhold
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>
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