PHD does not connet to the mount using on camera connection. Camera is Moravian G1-300.

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What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. use PHD 2.4.1
2. connect camera to the computer (USB 2.0 port)
3. select ASCOM Camera and connect camera
4. camera is connected and working (taking pictures), but button for mount 
connection is disabled.

other scenario

1. use PHD 1.14
2. connect camera to the computer (USB 2.0)
3. select ASCOM Camera and connect camera
4. connect mount. In the status bar of PHD window appear message: "FAIL: 
OnCamera connection".

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
This failure occurs on WIN 7 (32 or 64bits). Camera has latest ASCOM driver 
from manufacturer (http://www.gxccd.com/download?id=384&lang=405)

Please provide any additional information below.
ST4 connector is functional. I tested guiding with other software using camera 
system (not ASCOM) driver. 

Original issue reported on code.google.com by fun2...@gmail.com on 18 Feb 2015 at 8:08

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The first scenario is not a bug, it sounds like the correct behavior.  If you 
have set the mount connection to "on-camera", then connecting to the camera is 
all you need to do.  The mount connection button is redundant at that point and 
is intentionally disabled - the states of connection must be identical in this 
scenario.

What is happening with PHD 1.14 is not part of the PHD2 (open phd) project, so 
that's something you should take up on the Stark Labs site.

If you think I've misunderstood what you're describing, please respond with 
more details.  Otherwise, we'll close this issue as "not a bug."

Bruce

Original comment by bw_ms...@earthlink.net on 19 Feb 2015 at 2:51

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Original comment by bw_ms...@earthlink.net on 19 Feb 2015 at 2:51

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fun2mas,

We like to reserve this tracking system for tracking bugs. Basic questions 
about operating PHD2 are best addressed by posting your question on the forum

 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/open-phd-guiding

Please try asking there, we'd be glad to help out.

Andy

Original comment by andy.gal...@gmail.com on 19 Feb 2015 at 3:15

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Hello Andy.

> The first scenario is not a bug, it sounds like the correct behavior.  If you 
have set the mount connection to "on-camera", then connecting to the camera is 
all you need to do.  The mount connection button is redundant at that point and 
is intentionally disabled - the states of connection must be identical in this 
scenario.

Sorry, but I cannot find this information. Thank you for explanation.

I try to guide without connecting to the mount, but button PHD was disabled too 
(see attachments). I found option to enable DEBUG log in PHD2. After quick 
search in this log I found these lines:
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19:50:13.489 00.005 8216 Status Line 0: Connecting to Mount ...
19:50:13.490 00.001 8216 Error thrown from scope_onboard_st4.cpp:73->Attempt to 
Connect Onboard ST4 mount when host does not have guide output
19:50:13.500 00.010 8216 Throw from gear_dialog.cpp:956->OnButtonConnectScope: 
connect failed
19:50:13.501 00.001 8216 Status Line 0: Mount Connect Failed
19:50:13.506 00.005 8216 Connected AuxScope:None
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This camera has ST4 port (http://www.gxccd.com/art?id=328&lang=409) and this 
camera is guiding using this port. Unfortunately this does not work using ASCOM 
driver. Andy, I agree with you. You can close this issue. This is probably 
ASCOM driver bug, not a PHD2 bug. 

Thank you boys for DEBUG log option. It really helps.

Best regards,
Tomáš Maruška

Original comment by fun2...@gmail.com on 19 Feb 2015 at 7:54

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