[guide-user] RE : DSS from Internet

Christophe R bluedob at hotmail.com
Wed Mar 24 15:07:26 EDT 2021


Hi all,

I have the same problem as Patrick…
I downloaded the link and now i have a dialog box that opens ans asks me for a CD for the DSS….
Like that of the realysky !!

Please help me 😉

christophe


Provenance : Courrier<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> pour Windows 10

De : Patrick Maloney<mailto:deepskybagger at gmail.com>
Envoyé le :mardi 9 mars 2021 12:45
À : guide-user at projectpluto.com<mailto:guide-user at projectpluto.com>
Objet :Re: [guide-user] DSS from Internet

Hi Bill,

Excellent! That works a treat.

Thanks very much.

Patrick


On 09/03/2021 03:04, Bill Gray wrote:
> Hi Patrick,
>
>    Try downloading this (about 270 KBytes,  should replace an
> existing file with that name in your Guide folder) :
>
> https://www.projectpluto.com/temp/get_dss.exe
>
>    Seems to me it was working not that long ago,  but I'm also
> seeing problems now.  It appears that when Guide requests the
> compressed image from the Space Telescope Science Institute servers,
> it's getting an uncompressed image.
>
>    I don't know if this is a permanent change.  'get_dss' now takes
> a look at the file that's downloaded,  and if it appears to be
> already uncompressed,  it figuratively shrugs and uses the file
> as is.  If STScI goes back to compressed images,  'get_dss' will
> go back to decompressing them.
>
> -- Bill
>
> On 3/8/21 3:56 PM, Patrick Maloney wrote:
>> I've noticed recently that the 'DSS from Internet' option no longer
>> works.
>>
>> Is this just me, or is it the same for everyone else?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>>
>

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