V3.10.14 - September 4, 2024

•Fixed - Trial mode was timing out prematurely.

 

V3.10.13 - September 2, 2024

•Fixed - In Polar Alignment Wizard sometimes reading FITS files would fail because they had not completed being written to the file.

 

V3.10.12 - September 1, 2024

•Fixed - Missing DLLs in the installer caused various issues, including "Unable to create bitmap" errors.

 

V3.10.11 - August 29, 2024

•Fixed - Some of the SkyX64 Telescope program ID's were incorrect.

 

V3.10.10 - August 18, 2024

•Fixed - Trial mode didn't allow acquiring data on some computers.

•Astro-Physics mounts - users are warned to disable APCC tracking rate corrections if they are enabled.

 

V3.10.09 - June 29, 2024

•Fixed - SkyX64 Camera.

V3.10.08 - June 17, 2024

•Improvement - added checking to warn if the mount may be mis-configured for L6 PEC.

•Fixed - tabs for RCX-400, LX-200 GPS, LX-200R 16, and LX-200 16 were not displaying.

 

V3.10.07 - April 3, 2024

•Fixed - for Gemini L4/5/6 mounts, write to Current and Saved PEC in mount instead of just Saved PEC.

•Beta feature - Add support for SkyX64 for Paramount mounts.

 

V3.10.06 - Dec 23, 2023

•Added extra debug for A-P mount validation.

 

V3.10.05 - Dec 7, 2023 - Release

•Reset 60-day trial period

•Save/restore Gemini 2-worm cycle and shift one worm period settings. The default is disabled for both.

 

V3.10.04 - Dec 6, 2023 - Release

• Fixed - Losmandy Gemini II Level 6 worm period was being calculated wrong. This release can accept older logs with incorrect worm periods and create PEC curves with the correct worm period.

 

V3.10.03 - Oct 1, 2023 - Release

• Fixed - Current PEC file was not saved for Losmandy Gemini firmware 5.x.

 

V3.10.02 - July 18, 2023 - Release

• Fixed - Removed query to command 401 for Losmandy Gemini firmware 5.x and earlier.

 

V3.10.01 - May 31, 2023 - Release

• Fixed "Check for updates" by upgrading the web request from SSL3 to TLS1.2.

 

V3.10.00 - May 7, 2023 - Beta

• Added support for Gemini Firmware v6.

 

V3.00.48 - March 12, 2023 - Release

• Fixed Losmandy/Gemini upload bug.

• Limit Celestron PEC values to the range 0-255.

 

V3.00.47 - December 27, 2022 - Release

• Added options to set binning to 3 and 4 to the Calibration wizard.

• Fixed - Work folder was not updated properly after being changed.

 

V3.00.46 - January 22, 2022 - Release

• Fixed - Binned images sometimes failed in ASCOM and MaximDL because of an incorrect image size calculation.

• For the Gemini L4/5 mounts, a 1-cycle phase-shift check box has been added to allow easy shifting of the 7.5x fundamental's phase in a 2-cycle PEC curve.

V3.00.45 - October 4, 2021 - Release

• Fixed - Astro-Physics mount validation was failing on some mounts with newer firmware.

 

V3.00.44 - August 4, 2021 - Release

• Fixed - index out of range bug when calculating PEC Min/Max Range on Refine tab.

 

V3.00.43 - May 19, 2021 - Release

• Fixed - incorrect camera angle calculation in binned calibration images introduced in 3.00.42.

 

V3.00.42 - March 28, 2021 - Beta

•Restore Gemini write to SD card.

•Increase maximum image duration in Calibration Wizard.

•Add camera binning option to Calibration Wizard.

•Change default Pulse phase from -2000 msecs to -500 msecs.

 

V3.00.41 - February 14, 2021 - Beta

• Fix Gemini phase bug introduced in earlier builds.

 

V3.00.40 - February 13, 2021 - Beta

• More Gemini 2-cycle PEC improvements.

 

V3.00.36 - October 10, 2020 - Beta

• Improvements/bug fixes to Gemini 2-cycle PEC.

 

V3.00.35 - October 1, 2020 - Beta

• Add debug statements.

 

V3.00.34 - September 30, 2020 - Beta

• BUG FIX - Gemini mounts that returned a negative tooth count had incorrectly calculated PEC curves.

 

V3.00.33 - August 31, 2020 - Release

• Add reference PE curve to Gemini L4/5 tab. This shows up as a thick, transparent, light-gray curve and represents the curve from which the calculated Gemini moves are created.

 

V3.00.32 - August 22, 2020 - Release

• Restore Gemini-I and Gemini-II PEC guide rate support for 0.2x - 0.8x.

• Add an extra digit of precision to summary table.

 

V3.00.31 - August 1, 2020 - Release

• Add Celestron CGX-L mount to supported types.

 

V3.00.30 - July 6, 2020 - Release

• Fixed - the Gemini implementation was inverting the curve by default. The curve will not be inverted by default.

• Implemented a generic "invert curve" option in the Basic Configuration in Mount/Scope Configuration Window that will work for any mount.

• Load File for Analysis now uses this file name match string: "PEMPro-*.txt".

 

V3.00.29 - June 7, 2020 - Release

•To support high megapixel cameras the Polar Alignment Wizard now can be configured to use the center portion of the sensor (1/2 x 1/2, 1/3 x 1/3, and 1/4 x 1/4) as well as binning in every step of the wizard.

 

V3.00.28 - April 20, 2020 - Release

•Fixed - Autostop would not stop mount tracking until completion dialog clicked.

•Improve accuracy of LX200GPS PEC Curves.

 

V3.00.27 - August 18, 2019 - Release

•Fixed - PHD2 Enhanced would not start correctly.

 

V3.00.26 - July 5, 2019 - Release

•Reduced application start up time.

 

V3.00.25 - June 23, 2019 - Release

•Added ASCOM option to swap odd/even rows to better support ASCOM interline cameras like Starlight Express Lodestar X2.

•Fixed a bug that can sometimes cause an exception in the Create PEC curve window.

•Fixed a bug that might cause an exception with certain types of Software Bisque Paramount mounts.

•Added tool tip pop up showing drift rate per hour for X and Y drift factors on Acquire and Analyze tabs.

•Added recognition of Astro-Physics GTOCP5 firmware.

 

V3.00.24 - March 8, 2019 - Release

•Changed interface to use TheSky's DirectGuide.

 

V3.00.23 - January 28, 2019 - Release

•Added debug code for backlash exerciser.

•Changed Gemini I/II guide rate from a slider to a numeric up/down to allow more control over drift calculation when creating a PEC curve.

 

V3.00.22 - December 30, 2018 - Release

•Fixed - G11 Gemini mount type did not display the Gemini L4/5 tab.

•Updated Gemini Level4/Gemini II help page with new images.

 

V3.00.21 - December 22, 2018 - Release

•Fixed issue preventing a connection to Sequence Generator Pro and the Enhanced PHD2 applications.

 

V3.00.20 - December 19, 2018 - Release

•Minor bug fixes.

 

V3.00.19 - November 23, 2018 - Release

•IMPORTANT - Fixed licensing issue causing some licenses to fail.

•Fixed problem loading old log files without encrypted user name and site lat/long (for GDPR).

•Fixed an issue that can cause an exception in the Gemini Level 4 tab.

•Fixed an exception that can happen when clicking AutoTrack in the video interface.

•NEW Feature - Added an option in Settings Menu to keep images for debug purposes. Images are stored in a separate folder per run.

•PEMPro Log Viewer - Updated to handle separate image folders.

 

V3.00.18 - October 14, 2018 - Release

•Video interface was missing some required files

•Some buttons on the Gemini Level 4/5 tab were active when they should not have been.

 

V3.00.17 - October 4, 2018 - Release

•Fixed -- Trial expired notice.

•Fixed -- Video interface licensing problem.

•Improved the Free upgrade check by giving a link for users to have their licenses resent if they lost or didn't receive their license.

•Fixed - a few issues with application exceptions reported.

 

V3.00.16 - August 19, 2018 - Release

•Fixed -- When using PEMPro Enhanced PHD2 the WormPhase was not being saved to log file.

 

V3.00.15 - August 9, 2018 - Release

•Fixed -- Southern Hemisphere Astro-Physics mounts did not have correct PEC phase.

•Added new "Reverse" button to Astro-Physics tab features. This reverses and inverts a PEC curve.

•Added Astro-Physics firmware and mount status values to PEC log files.

•Added last Calibration date/time to logs.

•Added preview of the loaded PEMPro log file's header when hovering over mount info on Analyze tab.

•Fixed possible exception in Calibration Wizard's telescope location view if Alt/Az are out of range values.

•Increase Acquire maximum data duration in trial mode to 30 minutes.

 

V3.00.14 - July 16, 2018 - Release

•Fixed -- PEMPro was invisible when starting in maximized state.

•SGPro camera interface - Increased max allowed binning to 3 (camera dependent)

 

V3.00.13 - June 27, 2018 - Release

•Fixed several issues with the video interface

•Increase Acquire maximum data duration in trial mode to 20 minutes.
 

V3.00.12 - May 26, 2018 - Release

•Provide notice of new Privacy Policy to conform to EU GDPR

•To better protect privacy, the licensed user's name, site longitude, and site latitude are now encrypted in PEMPro logs.

•In trial mode no longer disable mount tracking when 10-minute Acquire data limit has been reached.

•Update internal links to ASCOM, CCDWare, and Sirius Imaging web sites.

•Added "PEMPro Log Zipper" utility to Wizards menu for easier access.

•Refreshed Polar Alignment Wizard documentation.

 

V3.00.11 - May 9, 2018 - Release

•Vastly reduced the processing time and saving of ASCOM camera images.

•When acquiring data and loading a previous log file the "RA Samples" field now also shows the number of bad data points.

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V3.00.10 - May 5, 2018 - Release

•Perform checks to confirm that user has ran the Calibration Wizard within the last day.

•Warn user if image scale and binning do not match that from Calibration Wizard

•Fixed expired Trial message.

•IMPORTANT: TRIAL version limits acquiring data to 10 minutes.

 

V3.00.09 - April 12, 2018 - Release

•Enable Gemini Tool button when mount is connected

 

V3.00.08 - April 12, 2018 - Release

•Corrected possible bug in Gemini II Step size calculation

•Added option for Gemini II to turn on/off 2-cycle PEC.

•Additional debug output for Gemini II.

 

V3.00.07 - March 17, 2018 - Release

•Added more debug output for Gemini.

•Fixed Graph Time (X-axis) to display proper time for multiple cycle PEC curves.

•Improvement - graph's multiple worm cycle control now scales time for Acquire Data and Frequency Spectrum tabs:

 

V3.00.06 - March 8, 2018 - Release

•Fixed phase bug for Gemini I/II.

•Fixed camera binning bug for ASCOM and SGPro camera control.

 

V3.00.05 - February 27, 2018 - Release

•Removed test code that was causing PEMPro to use the wrong image scale from the Enhanced version of PHD2.

•Added additional debug output for mounts with Gemini II.

 

V3.00.04 - February 2, 2018 - Release

•Updated help file.

•Fixed AP License Validation for a few specific A-P mounts.

•Reduced minimum monitor resolution to 960x600.

V3.00.03 - January 27, 2018 - Release

•Updated help file

•Added ability to accept upgrade and AP licenses

V3.00.02 - January 7, 2018 - Release

•Accept license keys that are broken

•Add PEMPro Enhanced PHD2

•More AutoPEC improvements.

V3.00.01 - December 16, 2017 - Release

•        Allow wrapped lines in the registration file caused by some email clients

•        Added debug code for Gemini

•        Added option to disable splash screen

•        Improvements to AutoPEC (Expected to be available in V3.01.00)

V3.00.00 - November 29, 2017 - Release Candidate

•Release candidate.