Using Deep-Sky Planner 9 with TheSkyX
This article describes some early anomalies with TheSkyX.
- TheSkyX Professional Edition for Windows is required for the Show Chart interoperation feature to work in Deep-Sky Planner 9. At the time of this writing (Spring 2024), TheSkyX Serious Astronomer Edition for Windows does not contain the interface software that Deep-Sky Planner 9 needs for the Show Chart feature.
- Very early releases of TheSkyX Pro had a problem that affected the Show Chart feature in Deep-Sky Planner. Make sure that you have TheSkyX Pro version 10.1.6 build 3794 or later and Deep-Sky Planner 9.
- You must run TheSkyX Pro at least once for Deep-Sky Planner to find the interface that it requires. If you try to use Show Chart in Deep-Sky Planner 9 and receive an error message 'TheSkyXAdaptor not found', try running TheSkyX once and try Show Chart again. If the error persists, run TheSkyX and Deep-Sky Planner 9 as Administrator.
- If you have problems sending Show Chart commands to TheSkyX from Deep-Sky Planner on Windows 10, make sure your Windows 10 installation is up to date. There was a problem in the Windows Update released on 3 January 2018 by Microsoft for Windows 10 (KB4056892) that interfered with the COM interface supplied by TheSkyX and used by Deep-Sky Planner.