Format error

[JGMoreau]

Hi,

Almost every time i use batch preprocessing i get this problem :

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/97102214/Format_error.jpg

After going through many subs i get this message and i have to remove one or many of them to complete the batch.

Camera is ST2000XCM, images acquired with CCDSoft.

Very annoying really.

Any help appreciated.

JG Moreau

[Philip de Louraille]

So the problem is with file 69? Or with the last file shown, numbered 68?

[JGMoreau]

Bonjour Philip,

That's what i usually do, delete the next file and so on until the remaining ones
go through, sometimes 4-5 files in a row.

If i look at the files headers of the "offending" file i don't notice anything different.

Strange...

Jean Guy

[Philip de Louraille]

Bonjour Jean Guy,
Why don't you place these 3-5 files in an archive on Dropbox and let me know where. I'll have a look.
At the same time, make sure to include one file that you know is good.
Merci,

[JGMoreau]

Thanks for the helping hand Philip.

Here are files 67, 68 and 69

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/97102214/sh2-173.00000067.FIT

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/97102214/sh2-173.00000068.FIT

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/97102214/sh2-173.00000069.FIT

Hope you can find what's wrong.

Jean Guy

[Philip de Louraille]

Can you tell me which one is the good one? (I presume 2 are bad, one is good?)

[JGMoreau]

Sorry, the last one that made it was 68, so i think the offending ones were 69 and on.

Jean Guy

[Philip de Louraille]

Jean Guy, since you are running the Batch Preprocessing script, have you tried to run the Diagnostics button, rather than the Run one? So far I am not finding any problems with the FITS. I have looked at the headers and I parsed through them with 'od' and they are just fine and legitimate.
I am going on the idea, right now, that it is the script that is barfing for some reason... and I am hoping that the Diagnostics will give a better listing of what the script is doing when reading the files.

[JGMoreau]

Philip, yes i always check the Diagnostic before running the script, and it was OK.

I will try to stack the registered files created with the script, in case...

Jean Guy

[JGMoreau]

Hi,

OK i did try to integrate the subs outside the script and it worked.

So, maybe there is a bug in the script ?

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/97102214/Batch_preprocessing%20bug.jpg

Jean Guy Moreau

[Philip de Louraille]

Yes, too bad the script does not exit listing why it is not working... The dialog box shown (first message) is a consequence of the failure, not the reason...