Marian

6 hours ago, malc-c said:

Save me trawling through the three pages, how are you connecting the camera?  - In the screen grabs it shows "on camera" selected, are you using an ST4 cable between the camera and the mount ?  - Most of us tend to plug the guide camera directly into the PC via USB and select it from the list of camera options found in PHD2's connect equipment screen.  To me it seems having the ASi software running takes back control after the first time PHD manages to establish communications.

Testing in bright light is probably the cause of the over exposed camera image in PHD.  The exposure must be shorter and you can adjust the slider to reduce the gamma (brightness) of the screen.

The cam is connected via USB straight into my pc. This is only a daylight test, without my mount, only the guide cam in the guide scope. I can’t test it outside because of the weather. I had a chance to take the whole mount out only once, but the cam froze and my laptop froze since it was freezing outside. But even then, in the darkneds, the PHD2 didn’t show anything but white blank screen. That’s why I am testing it now. 
When I open the PHD2 and do the whole procedure following the instructions all I get is a white screen in the looping window. When I move the slider down all I get is a noise from the darkfiles. The only way for the cam to show something is when I run the ASI studio in the background. But only for a short time. In a minute or two, the PHD2 looses connection to the camera.

that’s about the whole story
 

the log file 

https://openphdguiding.org/logs/dl/PHD2_logs_WRW3.zip

but only for a while

as before, PHD2 works (somehow) if the ASI studio is in the backgroud.

if I test the cam in the ASI studio, it works. Are you sure, the PHD2 is any good? Loosing faith already.

Done, connected.....and again just noise

No idea about this though, I'll just skip it

Starting all over again

https://openphdguiding.org/logs/dl/PHD2_logs_ESAE.zip

2 minutes ago, Marian said:

Where do I get logs?

Never mind, found it.

13 hours ago, alacant said:

Post the logs.

Cheers 

Where do I get logs?

And this with ASI on. It only says something about lost cam, but it moves (even in yet another snowfall).

13 hours ago, alacant said:

As you can see, PHD2 disconnects. I'd guess because some other app has grabbed the camera.

Suggestion: Start again. Make a new profile with only the camera connected and only PHD2 running. Now connect.

Post the logs.

Cheers 

This is what it looks like, when I start PHD2 alone

23 minutes ago, alacant said:

No. Never run ASIstudio at the same time as PHD2.

If I don’t, PHD2 won’t turn the cam on. When I run ASIstudio, PHD2 works too.

Re-installed the PHD2 and now it seems to be a little more stable. Clouds are coming so I can't test the guiding again. No clear skies for another 9 days, according to the weather forecast. Only 2 partial clear nights since last October

I wonder, do I always have to run ASi studio if I want PHD2 to run the camera?

Followed by this

...and then comes this. 

So, testing testin at the daytime. After a struggle the cam suddenly showed the antena on my neighbours roof. Oh yeah, one more step. Let's hope it stays clear until tonight.

4 minutes ago, Anthonyexmouth said:

The slider changes the brightness on the cam screen. What exposure time did you have on the cam? 

I only plugged it in, didn't touch the settings.  I was in a hurry, had to do the polar alignment twice, because the handheld froze and clouds started to cover the sky again. Does the cam or the PHD2 have to be connected to the internet? My laptop has no longer wifi ( froze )

1 hour ago, Anthonyexmouth said:

Although it was white, was it guiding? Did you play with the slider below the cam window? 

Actually no, I never got it to guide. I only pressed the "looping" icon. Then I got stuck and never touched the slider bar.

1 hour ago, alacant said:

Any change if you cover the guide telescope? Light pollution? Gain set at 48? Is there noise if covered during the day? Try another cable. Does the camera work with other apps? [...]

Cheers 

No, the cover was off. I managed to check that  For the rest of your questions --> I don't know. It was -12 degrees and the clouds were coming fast. I never tried the cam during the day and I don't have other apps to test it just yet. It will be cloudy for the next week, we are expecting plenty of new snow  

what a surprise. There was a semi clear sky for couple of hours. I managed to set everything, do a polar and star alignment. Then I opened the PHD2, connected my cam, mount on a cam, did the dark library and started looping. That's the moment where I got stuck. The cam screen stayed white. Not noise white, only white. I checked all the cables, restarted everything, reconnected everything..... No help. The looping screen just stayed white. Am I doing something wrong again?