Manual Filter added to existing list of filter, but the Auto Focus Exposure Time DEFAULT was not applied

Nightly 022 - downloaded 11/15/2020

Using Manual Filter wheel to utilize a filter drawer

Issue: Manual filter wheel had been working fine. After appending a new filter to the existing list the Auto Focus window: Default Auto Focus Exposure Time did not get applied to the newly added filter.

1). Options->Equipment->FilterWheel - Appended a new filter to the list of filters. The new filter is named None, and it is in position 7

2). Successfully connected all devices as usual.

3). Selected (Changed to) the newly add “None” Filter to make it the default.

3). From imaging tab repeatedly initiated auto focus (each time failing) giving HFR error message. I did not notice if the exposure counter status was updating or not, but the biggest clue was the image itself was solid dark.

4). After several failed attempts I went to Options->Equipment->Auto Focus (See attached) and noticed that the default exposure time had not been applied to the newly added filter named “None”. That column was simply empty.

5). I entered the default value value of 5, and retested the auto focus from the Imaging window and it worked as expected.

I did not try to recreate this issue with another new filter.

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