Re: Unhandled exception in Occult Watcher
Hi Kirk,
The Asteroidal Occultation Report Addin requires locally installed Microsoft Office to work, when it prefills an Excel form. If you do not have it installed it will not work.
There are plans to move the report pre-filling on a web page and this will get rid of the requirement to have MS Office. We are probably months away however from getting there.
In the mean time if you know someone with programming skills who is willing to implement a support for prefilling the Excel form in LibreOffice or another - I will be happy to provide guidance in their development effort.
I personally don't have plans to add support for LibreOffice - sorry about that.
Regards, Hristo.
On Thursday, December 3, 2020, 10:29:15 AM GMT+2, Kirk Bender <umetempura@...> wrote:
Hello,
I'm using Occult Watcher v. 4.7.0.2, and I tried to do a prefilled report using the Asteroidal Occultation Report Addin, ver 1.9,?
under Windows 7.
When I click on the "prefill report" button, it gives an unhandled exception dialog (screenshot attached), I guess it is trying to run Excel in Microsoft Office, however I do not have Microsoft
Office installed, I do not wish to purchase it, and I am using the free Open Office application to edit spreadsheets.?
I am able to submit reports without using this feature, by editing all the fields myself, but I would like the convenience of a prefilled report.
I suggest in a future update that the addin:
--At least handle the exception and give a descriptive error message rather than a generic Windows unhandled exception dialog.
Also, if possible:
--Launch whatever application the user has assigned to the spreadsheet file type .xls, whether it be Microsoft Office, Open Office, LibreOffice, or another application.
--Have another button that rather than launching a spreadsheet application, allows the user to save the prefilled .xls file to a folder, for later editing with whatever application the user chooses.
If you are not the author of this addin, please let me know whom to contact.
thanks,
Kirk Bender
umetempura@...
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Re: OW never end syncronise
If by 'Planet' you refer to the Planet Satellites then this may be the problem.
There are currently no events shared in this feed and this may be causing the problem. Try deselecting it and synchronizing again.
Let me know if this helps.
Hristo.
On Wednesday, December 2, 2020, 11:35:54 AM GMT+2, Joan Genebriera <pleiades@...> wrote:
Hello All, I have an issue with the OW. The "Syncronise now" function never ends, and it means that it will try to syncronise three or four hours without finish! The software start normally and seems to download the options selected in the Prediction feeds: IOTA, Priority Events, Planned, Rio, Lucky, IBEROC, Planet, etc., and when it gets to the last one, it stops for ever!.?
and becomes "nailed"?
The following installation instructions have been done...
- Create a folder where you want to install Occult Watcher e.g. C:\Occult Watcher. Please DO NOT create it under C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86)
- Download and extract it into the newly created folder
- Right click on OWUpdate.exe and choose 'Run as administrator ...'
OW has been installed/de-installed without positive results. The computer's OS is WIN 7 pro and the the OW version 4.7.2 Any one has an idea of how to fix it?? Thank you. Joan Genebriera
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Hello All, I have an issue with the OW. The "Syncronise now" function never ends, and it means that it will try to syncronise three or four hours without finish! The software start normally and seems to download the options selected in the Prediction feeds: IOTA, Priority Events, Planned, Rio, Lucky, IBEROC, Planet, etc., and when it gets to the last one, it stops for ever!.?
and becomes "nailed"?
The following installation instructions have been done...
- Create a folder where you want to install Occult Watcher e.g. C:\Occult Watcher. Please DO NOT create it under C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86)
- Download and extract it into the newly created folder
- Right click on OWUpdate.exe and choose 'Run as administrator ...'
OW has been installed/de-installed without positive results. The computer's OS is WIN 7 pro and the the OW version 4.7.2 Any one has an idea of how to fix it?? Thank you. Joan Genebriera
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Hello Murray,
Yes Brian has been helpful. I am just starting out and hoping once the cloud has gone away to get started getting some observations under me belt. We have had more or less poor viewing conditions for the last 8 weeks. Very frustrating. ;-)
AL
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Hi Al,
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Welcome to the 'clouded out' club.
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I live in the Hutt Valley (Wellington), so am a bit far away to help out with any type of hands-on/in-person learning but happy to chat by email.
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There are also some 'occultationists' in the South Island, whom I'm sure will introduce themselves to you (Brian Loader is probably closest to you, also being in Chch).
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There's also plenty of on-line resources - with www.occultations.org.nz being the website for the Australia/NZ observers.
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Cheers,
Murray.
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On Wednesday, 18 November 2020 10:13:34 PM NZDT ALSutton wrote:
Hello guys. Just introducing myself. My name is Al and I live in the suburb of Avonside in Christchurch. Currently very new to occultations in general. But keen to learn. I have attempted two observations and been clouded out both times.?
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Hello guys. Just introducing myself. My name is Al and I live in the suburb of Avonside in Christchurch. Currently very new to occultations in general. But keen to learn. I have attempted two observations and been clouded out both times.?
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Thanks Tim I not only meet many more observers, but good friends like you.? Thanks for guidance Suhas
On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 8:51 PM Tim Haymes via <tvh.observatory= [email protected]> wrote:
Hi Suhas,
The RunCam Night Eagle 2 Astro Edition? (as i understand from
reading about it)? has three integration modes.? There is a
control to set the parameters (OSC, On Screen Controls).?? Here
you should set it to manual gain and select a high gain value.?
Find a bright star and focus on it.? Then swing to the Pleiades
cluster, and you should be able to find your equipment's magnitude
limit.
The IOTA group will be provide a lot more detailed information
as Peter has said.
Good luck, and its good to have another occultation observer.?
Occult Watcher is a very powerful collaboration tool.
Tim
(England)
On 02/11/2020 11:42, Suhas Gurjar
wrote:
Ok, Thanks Peter
On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 3:36 PM
Peter Nosworthy < yahoo@...> wrote:
Hi
Sundas,
This sounds like a question about the camera rather than the
Occult Watcher software.
I suggest you post your question in the IOTA group where there
are many users of the Run Cam who may be able to help.
See:?/g/IOTAoccultations
Regards
Peter Nosworthy
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Kind Regards
Suhas Gurjar
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Hi Suhas,
The RunCam Night Eagle 2 Astro Edition? (as i understand from
reading about it)? has three integration modes.? There is a
control to set the parameters (OSC, On Screen Controls).?? Here
you should set it to manual gain and select a high gain value.?
Find a bright star and focus on it.? Then swing to the Pleiades
cluster, and you should be able to find your equipment's magnitude
limit.
The IOTA group will be provide a lot more detailed information
as Peter has said.
Good luck, and its good to have another occultation observer.?
Occult Watcher is a very powerful collaboration tool.
Tim
(England)
On 02/11/2020 11:42, Suhas Gurjar
wrote:
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Ok, Thanks Peter
On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 3:36 PM
Peter Nosworthy < yahoo@...> wrote:
Hi
Sundas,
This sounds like a question about the camera rather than the
Occult Watcher software.
I suggest you post your question in the IOTA group where there
are many users of the Run Cam who may be able to help.
See:?/g/IOTAoccultations
Regards
Peter Nosworthy
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Kind Regards
Suhas Gurjar
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On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 3:36 PM Peter Nosworthy < yahoo@...> wrote: Hi Sundas,
This sounds like a question about the camera rather than the Occult Watcher software.
I suggest you post your question in the IOTA group where there are many users of the Run Cam who may be able to help.
See:?/g/IOTAoccultations
Regards
Peter Nosworthy
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Hi Sundas, This sounds like a question about the camera rather than the Occult Watcher software. I suggest you post your question in the IOTA group where there are many users of the Run Cam who may be able to help. See:? /g/IOTAoccultationsRegards Peter Nosworthy
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Thanks Hristo No, presently I am not using Lunar occultation feed for Occult watcher. I am using it only for Asteroid occultations.? I do not want anyone to work for me to feed Lunar occultations. I simply use Occult 4 for Lunar occultations daily, and I am happy with it Regards Suhas
On Sun, Nov 1, 2020 at 8:37 PM hristo_dpavlov via <hristo_dpavlov= [email protected]> wrote:
Hi Suhas,
Apologies for the delayed response.
I am assuming you are using the Lunar Occultations feed and add-in in OccultWatcher.
Have you installed the add-in already from ?
This feed also needs additional configuration based on which part of the world you are located and if there are lunar events in your region?
The 'out of the box' OccultWatcher only includes asteroidal occultations.
Let me know if this information was useful and if you have further questions.
Regards,
Hristo.
On Sunday, October 25, 2020, 5:33:54 PM GMT+2, Suhas Gurjar < gsuhas@...> wrote:
Hello
I started using run cam eagle recently. I was surprised to even miss the lunar occultation of 6th mag star. I am sure, I missed it because of wrong selection of Camera settings like brightness and contrast.
Can some experienced user suggest the good setting for various sky conditions and Moon phase??
Suhas, India
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Hi Suhas,
Apologies for the delayed response.
I am assuming you are using the Lunar Occultations feed and add-in in OccultWatcher.
Have you installed the add-in already from ?
This feed also needs additional configuration based on which part of the world you are located and if there are lunar events in your region?
The 'out of the box' OccultWatcher only includes asteroidal occultations.
Let me know if this information was useful and if you have further questions.
Regards,
Hristo.
On Sunday, October 25, 2020, 5:33:54 PM GMT+2, Suhas Gurjar <gsuhas@...> wrote:
Hello
I started using run cam eagle recently. I was surprised to even miss the lunar occultation of 6th mag star. I am sure, I missed it because of wrong selection of Camera settings like brightness and contrast.
Can some experienced user suggest the good setting for various sky conditions and Moon phase??
Suhas, India
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Hello
I started using run cam eagle recently. I was surprised to even miss the lunar occultation of 6th mag star. I am sure, I missed it because of wrong selection of Camera settings like brightness and contrast.
Can some experienced user suggest the good setting for various sky conditions and Moon phase??
Suhas, India
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Joan Genebriera
ALSutton
Suhas Gurjar
Tim Haymes