PHD2 2.2.0 Feature List

• Multi-threading to improve responsiveness in the user interface
• Support for adaptive optics devices
• More extensive visualization tools
• Display of guide commands when they are issued
• Display of errors and statistics in units of arc-seconds or pixels
• "Target/bulls-eye" display
• Customizable color schemes
• Display of adaptive optics corrections including mount "bumps"
• Dockable/moveable windows
• Enhanced support for ASCOM mounts
• Declination compensation
• Automatic detection and adjustment for pier flip with German equatorial mounts
• Improved calibration
• Calculator for determining optimal calibration guide pulse
• Automatic "save" and optional reload of calibration data
• Faster re-centering during calibration
• Streamlined device connection
• Single form with "connect all" option for all devices
• Equipment profiles for managing multiple guiding configurations
• Direct connection to ASCOM devices without reliance on ASCOM "chooser"
• Better support for third-party application integration including Sequence Generator Pro
• Standardized server interface
• Event monitoring interface
• Improved dark frame handling
• Automatic exposure-time "matching"
• Support for "dark libraries" and "bad-pixel maps" across multiple program executions
• Wider set of choices for declination guide algorithms
• Expanded features for"manual" guiding and trouble-shooting
• User-defined pulse length
• Manual dithering
• More sophisticated mount/camera/AO simulators for "daylight" experimentation and familiarization
• Polar alignment function
• Support for bookmarks to keep track of guide star locations
• "Sticky" lock position option for keeping the lock position in place when guiding is stopped and restarted, or after calibration
• Improved screen brightness adjustment
• Extended logging support including user-defined directory locations
• Localization for French-speaking users