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Observing Conditions Setup Workspace

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==Observing Conditions Setup==
You can connect an Observing Conditions monitor to Voyager and display status of things like temperature, humidity, cloud cover, etc. Open Weather Map is supported via ASCOM, as well as any other device accessible via an ASCOM driver, or a device connected to Viking.

Observing Conditions are displayed in the [[Status Window#Observing Conditions|Observing Conditions widget]] in the status window, and can be tested with the [[DragScript Flow of Control#Variables|Update Decimal Number from Observing Conditions]] DragScript action.

==Color Coding==
Throughout the Setup workspace, Voyager uses color to indicate the following:

*'''Black''': A normal setting
*Gold or Yellow: Use caution when changing as things may not work well or as expected
*Red: Use extreme care when changing this setting - the wrong value can damage your equipment or the imaging session may fail

 

==Observing Conditions Setup Workspace==
The Observing Conditions setup worksapce is where you select and configure an observing conditions monitoring device:

[[File:Observing-condx-setup.png]]

*'''Observing Conditions''': Select your observing conditions monitoring device from the drop-down list:

[[File:Observing-condx-options.png]]

**'''None''': No observing conditions monitor is connected
**'''VIKING Observing Conditions Client''': The observing conditions monitor is connected to Viking
**'''ASCOM Observing Conditions''': An ASCOM driver is used to connect to the observing conditions monitor
***If an ASCOM driver is used, click the [[File:Ascom-button.png]] button to configure it for use
***Open Weather Map is accessible via the ASCOM option

**'''Options''':
***'''Linear Regression max angular coeff. to consider trend stationary''': The [[Status Window#Observing Conditions|Observing Conditions status widget]] displays the current value and a trend indicator. This coefficient value controls whether the trend is shown as stable, increasing or decreasing. Change with caution - you can miss observing condition changes if you set this incorrectly
***'''Trend Frame Time Calculation''': Sets the time frame in minutes for the moving average calculation of observing condition trends
***'''Remove Temperature from managed data (SQM Override)''': If checked, delete the temperature data returned from the Observing Conditions monitor - use the value from the SQM sensor instead
***'''Remove SKY Brightness from managed data (SQM Override)''': If checked, delete the Sky Brightness data returned from the Observing Conditions monitor - use the value from the SQM sensor instead

 
==Other Setup Pages==
<categorytree mode="pages" depth="1">Setup</categorytree>

[[Category:Setup]]
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 ***'''Trend Frame Time Calculation''':  Sets the time frame in minutes for the moving average calculation of observing condition trends
 ***'''Remove Temperature from managed data (Viking / SQM Override)''':  If checked, delete the temperature data returned from the Observing Conditions monitor - use the value from the Viking /SQM sensor instead
-***'''Remove SKY Brightness from managed data (Viking / SQM Override)''':  If checked, delete the Sky Brightness data returned from the Observing Conditions monitor - use the value from the Viking /SQM sensor instead
+***'''Remove SKY Quality from managed data (Viking / SQM Override)''':  If checked, delete the Sky Quality data returned from the Observing Conditions monitor - use the value from the Viking /SQM sensor instead
 ***'''Remove Humidity from managed data (Viking / SQM Override)''':  If checked, delete the humidity data returned from the Observing Conditions monitor - use the value from the Viking /SQM sensor instead
 ***'''Remove Dev Point from managed data (Viking / SQM Override)''':  If checked, delete the Dev Point data returned from the Observing Conditions monitor - use the value from the Viking /SQM sensor instead
 ***'''Remove Pressure from managed data (Viking / SQM Override)''':  If checked, delete the Pressure data returned from the Observing Conditions monitor - use the value from the Viking /SQM sensor instead
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 ***'''Linear Regression max angular coeff. to consider trend stationary''':  The [[Status Window#Observing Conditions|Observing Conditions status widget]] displays the current value and a trend indicator.  This coefficient value controls whether the trend is shown as stable, increasing or decreasing.  Change with caution - you can miss observing condition changes if you set this incorrectly
 ***'''Trend Frame Time Calculation''':  Sets the time frame in minutes for the moving average calculation of observing condition trends
-***'''Remove Temperature from managed data (SQM Override)''':  If checked, delete the temperature data returned from the Observing Conditions monitor - use the value from the SQM sensor instead
+***'''Remove Temperature from managed data (Viking / SQM Override)''':  If checked, delete the temperature data returned from the Observing Conditions monitor - use the value from the Viking /SQM sensor instead
-***'''Remove SKY Brightness from managed data (SQM Override)''':  If checked, delete the Sky Brightness data returned from the Observing Conditions monitor - use the value from the SQM sensor instead
+***'''Remove SKY Brightness from managed data (Viking / SQM Override)''':  If checked, delete the Sky Brightness data returned from the Observing Conditions monitor - use the value from the Viking /SQM sensor instead
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