NINA astrophotography: switching from the simple sequencer to advanced sequencer.

[@larrywilson3676]

I'm just getting started with NINA and this video helped take a lot of the mystery out of it for me. The advanced sequencer almost seemed like I needed to refresh my college coding course to use until watching this. Thanks so much!

[@VisibledarkAstro]

When they first introduced the advanced sequencer I felt the same way. That you had to be a programmer to use it. lol.

[@No_no83]

Hello Shawn. A great help in my advanced sequencing sessions. It largely contributed to my success and time management as an amateur astrophotography.👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@bradsnell7676]

Thanks for a great and simple explanation of the process flow. I have just begun on the NINA journey so simple instructions on its nuances are good. I have a newly commissioned 3m ScopeDome on a rural property that I am working towards operating remotely from the house there and also from our city apartment. NINA looks like a great piece of control software for this purpose. I will have to use the Advanced Sequencer but getting started on it was a bit daunting. You have made it much simpler by using this approach as it is clearer for me what additional instructions I need to add, and where, after identifying the target and imaging requirements.

[@astrogerard2022]

Very informative Shawn. Thanks.

[@DowneastaaAPO]

That was an excellent way to show a newbie like me on how to get into advanced sequencing (without spending a day trying to figure it out) Thank you!

[@mannyleinz264]

Thank you, Shawn. Very useful video, as always. I'm going to click that advanced sequencer button right now 🙂

[@Spaced_Out_Bill]

This is so awesome! I followed along and as soon I clicked the export to advanced sequencer button I had an aha moment! Thank you for helping us understand the advanced sequencer.

[@ralphmacdonald1220]

Good stuff!! Thanks Shawn!!

[@joebiscoeiv747]

This makes a lot of sense. I hadnt even considered this. This method takes away the fear of graduating to the Advanced Sequencer. Great video and advice. Thnaks!

[@denbergeron]

Great video Shawn. I'm new with NINA and I appreciate when you take time to explain multiple functions in the software. Congratulations.

[@thomasmastrocinque7132]

Huge help. I was over-whelmed until I watched this video. I'm subscribing now and hope you do a full tutorial soon. Thanks again!

[@rtumkur]

Very helpful. Its less daunting than before, but the Simple Sequencer is still good enough for what I do. Thank you for doing this.

[@VisibledarkAstro]

You're very welcome!

[@Br00se]

Nice video Shawn. I've been doing basically what you demonstrated with a command at the end to close my roll-off-roof when finished. But, I did learn something new, thanks for the tip. I didn't realized I could use the loop conditions to repeat my exposures until Astronomical Dawn. That will save me some manual calculations.

[@VisibledarkAstro]

Excellent! Glad the vid was helpful. Cheers.

[@Br00se]

@@VisibledarkAstro They say you can't go back from Advance to Simple, but I have had no issues doing so yet. I keep expecting one of the nightlies to change that.

[@AstroQuest1]

Hey Shawn, finally had time to try his out. Now that it is in the advanced sequencer I understand it pretty well. I am looking forward to running it possibly tonight. Thanks again. Cheers Kurt

[@AstroQuest1]

Worked perfectly!

[@paololazzarini6411]

Thank you Shawn. This approach helps a lot in understanding! Ciao, Paolo

[@clarkastro2510]

Thanks Shawn great intro into the advanced sequencer. I was not aware of that import feature. Looking for ward to your next video on the advanced sequencer.

[@padraigfarrell7150]

Thanks for sharing Shawn, Great way of introducing advance sequencer, at well paced instruction without getting overloaded with technicalities. I'm using a OSC and now will able to use some its features.

[@gclaytony]

Great video. I've been using NINA daily builds for a few months now so that I can get access to the Advanced sequencer. For some reason, it had never occurred to me to try to convert/bring across my existing basic sequences into the the Advanced Sequencer like that.

[@ChrisSmith-lk2vq]

Thank you very (!) much for giving us this overview! Great video and great description! I'll move my *** an procede towards NINA for the next session. Clear skies!!

[@corinlewis3073]

Thanks Shawn, I'm using NINA advanced sequence next time we get clear skies in London

[@malcolqwe2]

great video as usual, cheers

[@gomanastro]

great job, and to the point. I have just started using NINA this week, working the bugs out. I jumped right in to the advanced, since I figured, why wait.....but setting it up first in the simple, and transfering is a great idea for just starting. I've been using SGP as my workhorse, but the extra control and options in NINA can really automate things....like just telling it to stop at Astronomical Dawn, rather than a certain time....will will change every day. The hardest thing for me so far is figuring out a color combo! so many choices. :)

[@VisibledarkAstro]

Super Greg! Yes NINA is awesome. A lot of capability and options within it for automation. I to had used SGP for a couple years or more. Made the switch to NINA and love it.

[@gerardford1116]

Late to the party here Shawn. I'm new to NINA, run a couple of imaging sequences and am familiar with how SGP processes sequences so it made sense to me. Advanced sequencing however looks like a better tool, especially with the options offered. I'll stick with the regular sequencing a bit more to get familiar with the overall NINA interface. But will definitely be switching to advanced sequencing. Great video, thanks.

[@bertmoyaers3814]

Another great video Shawn. I’m using the advanced sequencer for a while now and it is indeed great , once you understood where to insert the instructions. Especially when shooting several panels to build an full image. Putting a loop at the wrong spot will result in shooting just 1 panel all night long So yes, it would be great to enter more in detail. Looking forward to it.

[@jean-marclemoine9636]

Very helpful ! Thank you very much Shawn. JM

[@1AngryDpg]

Thank you, you made it easier. Please continue to grow our understanding of the advanced sequencer. Maybe how to start a sequence at Nautical Dusk or if your target is not up till 1 AM, but you don't want to wait up till them. Another idea is taking advantage to start at Nautical Dusk shoot an image without specifying a number of images, and then move to another target when it gets above a certain latitude and finish out the night on that target to maximize my night of collecting data. I would add a suggestion to save the simple "basic" sequence first before converting it to the advanced sequence just so you can go back if needed.

[@AstroQuest1]

Thanks for the video Shawn. I have been trying to understand the Advanced Sequencer but keep giving up - I have a mental block with it but I'll give this a shot. One question - I sometimes want to add exposures after it is running, do you know if you can you still do that with this sequencer? Cheers Kurt

[@VisibledarkAstro]

Thanks for watching! Yes you can add/modify exposures on the fly in the advanced sequencer.

[@billtinsley5385]

Fantastic video,Thank you!!! Is there a way to save all your customs instructions and triggers as template? So next time you set up a target with the framing assistant, they will load up automatically with the new target's sequence.

[@VisibledarkAstro]

Hey Bill. Yes there is a way. I will do another video showing this.

[@eduardoflores-nl8gl]

Hello is there a way to go back to the old version? Thank you

[@2badger2]

Great video as I am moving to advanced sequencer! How do you add a AF after the meridian flip? Thanks

[@bengterlandsson7921]

Thanks Shawn! Been testing the advanced sequencer. Noticed that to repeat a sequence you needed to reset it. While doing that I reset the imaging part but did not notice that the ending part was left ticked resulted in that when Nina came to the end of the imaging part it just skipped parking and warning the camera. And the mount continued to track on its own until I manually stopped it. Have not seen or heard anyone mention how to restart a session after it’s done.

[@gomanastro]

wow that could be dangerous...I'm starting too...and you have to pay attention to every detail in the advanced...but I think once it is set up and saved, should be good.

[@VisibledarkAstro]

There's a reset for the entire sequence at top right. Should reset everything. I will email you a screenshot. You can try it and see if it works. Cheers!

[@bengterlandsson7921]

Shawn, you are correct there is a reset for the entire sequence and I did not notice it. I have located it at the very top of the application. Now it’s been smooth sailing. All instructions carried out each time. Been faking a sequence indoors with two targets executed four times in a row just to make sure! Now I feel confident that NINA can run the rig while I’m asleep 💤 Thanks, your sequence video is great 👍

[@hael8680]

Thank you for the video. You don't focus in between filter? Or are you using offsets?

[@VisibledarkAstro]

I use offsets yes. You can certainly focus on filter change though. Ive actually set it that way on occassion.

[@astrogerard2022]

Hi Shawn. I noticed in simple mode guiding now stops each time after taking a test shot. I'm sure this didn't happen in earlier versions of NINA. I can't see anywhere to disable this.

[@redabdab]

Thanks for this. I’ve never used the adv sequencer as it looks too complex/too many things to go wrong 😂 And I’ve never found a use case for it. One question: I’ve never understood why you’d want to AF every 30 mins (instead of after a set amount of HFR change). If your HFR hasn’t changed, why waste time on an AF each 30mims?

[@anata5127]

Nice video! I tried NINA. Could not do elementary thing. Let’s say mount in home. Sequence tells: go to target, center, focus, switch phd2, start exposure sequence. It doesn’t see mount in home position. Starting sequence lead to stalling of software. When sequencing is finished it doesn’t send mount to home position either. How do you program park position for a Celestron mount in NINA? It is very easy to do in SGP.

[@normanhey8016]

Shawn, in the sequence you have set, it seems to me that NINA will slew and center each time it changes filters. Is this correct? I would think you would want to disable that for the RGB sequences . Am I missing something?

[@riaandewinnaar5040]

Simple sequencer is so uncomplicated and fully capable for night to night imaging though.