This page lists known issues and limitations with the current Allsky release. Workarounds and plans to address the items, if known, are also given.

Some of items in the lists below are also in the list of possible changes to future Allsky versions.

Image Capture

• Limitation: RPi cameras don't support sensor temperature.
  Workaround: See this workaround.
  Future Plans: Will fix in the next major release for users running the Bullseye or Bookworm operating systems.

  The software Allsky uses to manage RPi cameras on the older Buster operating system is no longer being improved. All software updates for RPi cameras (like reading the sensor temperature) is happening only on Bullseye and Bookworm so we suggest upgrading to Bookworm.

• Limitation: RPi cameras don't easily support dark frames.
  Workaround: If you are technically savy and want to use dark frames submit a new Discussion asking the Allsky developers how to do it.
  Future Plans: Will fix in the next major release for users running the Bullseye and Bookworm operating systems.
• Limitation (ZWO only): When using the default ZWO Exposure Method of Snapshot, Auto Gain and Auto White Balance do not not work.
  Workaround: Auto Gain should normally not be used since it conflicts with the Allsky Auto Exposure algorithm.
  If you need Auto White Balance, try a different ZWO Exposure Method.
  Future Plans: None.

Overlays

• Known Issue: Fonts sometimes change to Glyphicons This just a display problem in the Text Editor; the actual font used is whatever you initially specified.
  Workaround: None
  Future Plans: Will fix in next major release.

Modules

• Limitation: Modules can only run once per flow, e.g., once per image, once per day/night transition, etc.
  Workaround: None
  Future Plans: Will change in next release.
• Known Issue: The Overlay Module may be disabled the first time it runs. This is due to the module having to download the JPL ephemeris data which can take some time on a slow Internet connection.
  Workaround: Re-enable it in the Module Manager.
  Future Plans: Will fix in the next release.
• Known Issue: The "additional modules" have been installed but they don't all appear.
  Workaround: Ensure the "Show Experimental" setting is enabled in the Module Manager's settings.
  Future Plans: Will fix in the next release.

Other

• Limitation: If you have three or more cameras connected to a single Pi (very rare except while testing) including at least one RPi and one ZWO, if you switch from the current camera type to the other type which has at least two cameras, which of those cameras is used is undefined.
  For example, assume you have one ZWO camera and two RPi cameras and the ZWO camera is the current one and you switch to the RPi Camera Type in the WebUI. Which RPi camera becomes current is undefined, and you'll likely see several errors about missing or empty fields.
  Workaround: Click on the Allsky Settings link to refresh the page.
  Future Plans: The Camera Type and Camera Model settings will be merged into one setting that contains both items. You will then be able to select exactly which camera to change to, which will eliminate this problem.