![]() Depending on the screen aspect ratio APT can place the Status Panel on different places in order to use the screen place better and show bigger preview image. When Auto option is selected on wide screens the Status is vertical in left of Image Preview like it is in the Main Screen image, On 4:3 screens it is horizontal under Image Preview. The other options defines the desired position no matter the screen ratio.
This option can useful when APT is running on one computer and remote connection is made on other with different screen ratio. Or when APT is running mainly in window mode and you want different arragment.
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![]() When enabled APT will use the old approach of interface which includes total control over screen that doesn't allow to see taskbar and also use small floating screen when is minimized (see Minimized mode). This mode has some problems under Windows 10.
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![]() When enabled APT will not generate/show thumbnail images in Img Browser Tab.
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![]() When enabled APT will show in Img Browser Tab only the names of the image and will hide the folders. When disabled the list will contain both the images and the folder.
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![]() When enabled and LiveView is activated APT sets some parameters in Camera Tab (depends on the APT mode) in order to get maximum sensitivity.
DSLR mode:
Sets ISO to maximum (or the defined Automation Max ISO)
Sets Exposure to 30s
CCD/CMOS mode:
Sets binning to maximum
When LiveView is stopped the parameters in Camera Tab are restored to their previous values.
Disable this option if you don't want APT to change the Camera Tab settings on LiveView start.
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![]() Defines that the selected Long Exposure serial/shutter cable is based on the KMtronic USB Relay board. This cable is very easy to be made. Instructions can be found here
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![]() Defines how you want to group the image files. It opens a dialog box where you can include and exclude the sub-folder to be used to organize image files.
![]() The button "->" includes an item, "<-" excludes an item. Up/Down change the order.
The items marked with * are mandatory.
When you click on OK take a look on "Sample Path" to see how the folder structure will look like.
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![]() Defines what you want to include in the name the image files. It opens a dialog box where you can include and exclude name parts.
![]() The button "->" includes an item, "<-" excludes an item. Up/Down change the order.
The items marked with * are mandatory and at least one item with ** should be used.
When you click on OK take a look on "Sample Name" to see how the image names will look like.
For DSLRs the Image ID is provided by the camera. For CCD/CMOS is sequential number preserved between the sessions. It can be reset from Reset Image ID button in CCD Settings tab
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![]() Shows how the folder structure will look like depending on the items selected in Files Grouping dialog box.
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![]() Shows how the image filename will look like depending on the items selected in Name Parts dialog box.
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