What does every setting do, and what is its default?
One row per setting, grouped by where it lives. Each links to the page that explains it in full; this page exists so a setting is never more than one lookup away.
Library folder settings
Section titled “Library folder settings”Per folder, in Manage Library. See library folders.
| Setting | Controls | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Include subdirectories | Whether the folder walks into its subfolders | On |
| Intake scope | Which detected categories (Frames, Masters) and subtypes (Lights, Flats, Darks, Bias) the folder contributes | Everything |
| Override (type) | Labels arriving files as a chosen type regardless of their header | None (uses the detected type) |
| Equipment group | Assigns arriving lights and flats to a chosen rig instead of auto-discovering one | Auto-discover |
| Import rules | An ordered list of path patterns that exclude files or force a type | None. See import rules |
| Exclude patterns | Full-path glob patterns skipped on scan | None |
Per-rig settings
Section titled “Per-rig settings”From the Equipment page rig editor. This list matches rigs and equipment groups exactly; that page is the fuller explanation of each one.
Screenshot: The Equipment page rig editor scrolled to the alignment tolerances.
| Setting | Controls | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Rules | Attribute and value or range a frame must match to join this rig | None (a rig with no rules matches nothing) |
| Calibration match fields, bias | Which header fields a bias master must match on | Instrument, gain, offset, readout, X binning, Y binning |
| Calibration match fields, dark | Which header fields a dark master must match on | The bias default plus exposure and set temp |
| Dark frames | Whether an unassigned dark is flagged as missing calibration | Required |
| Flat frames | Whether an unassigned flat is flagged as missing calibration | Required |
| Dark set-temp tolerance | How close a dark’s set temp must be to a light’s for automatic selection | 7°C |
| Star detection | Candidate bounds, acceptance settings, and quality thresholds for star detection. See star detection and frame quality | Shipped defaults; quality thresholds blank means flagging is off |
| Alignment tolerances | Rotation and scale a fit may land in and still be plausible, and whether a 180° flip is allowed. See when frames will not align | Rotation ± 5.0°, Scale ± about 2%, 180° flip allowed |
| Output pedestal (DN) | Baseline added to a stacked master so the stored image stays positive | 250 |
| Stack output paths | Per-frame-type filename template override for this rig | Blank (inherits the library default) |
| Integration presets | Saved stacking settings for this rig, reusable across its targets. See stack presets | None until you save one |
Performance settings
Section titled “Performance settings”From Performance Settings in the gear menu. Full guidance, including how to tune each one, is on performance and cache; this is the default for each knob.
| Setting | Default |
|---|---|
| Read Concurrency | 3 |
| Scan Concurrency | 0 (automatic: 4 on a local drive, 16 on a network share) |
| Compute Concurrency | CPU count, capped at 16 |
| Stack jobs (concurrent) | 4 |
| Stacking reserved workers (under contention) | 4 |
| Viewer reserved workers (under contention) | 8 |
| Alignment evaluate concurrency | CPU count minus 2, never below 2, capped at Compute Concurrency |
| In-Flight Memory Budget | 4 GB |
| Cache Size Cap | 8 GB |
| Stacking Tile Cache | 4 GB |
| Stack Memory Budget | 0 (automatic: half the machine’s RAM, floored at 4 GB) |
| Cache Eviction Headroom | 1 GB |
| Drive Free-Space Reserve | 2 GB |
| Drive Eviction Target | 8 GB |
| Stalled-read timeout | 5 seconds |
| Cache Location | Empty (uses %APPDATA%/EigenFrame/tiles-cache) |
Stack output templates
Section titled “Stack output templates”From Stack Outputs in the gear menu, one template per frame type, plus a per-rig override on the Equipment page. See where stacks are saved.
| Template | Default |
|---|---|
| Bias | EigenFrame/Masters/Bias/{SessionDate}.MasterBias.Gain.{Gain}.Offset.{Offset}{.ReadoutMode?}.{NCombine}x{ExposureTime}s |
| Dark | EigenFrame/Masters/Dark/{SessionDate}.MasterDark.Gain.{Gain}.Offset.{Offset}{.SetTemp?}.{NCombine}x{ExposureTime}s |
| Flat | EigenFrame/Masters/Flat/{SessionDate}.MasterFlat{.Filter?}.Gain.{Gain}.Offset.{Offset}.{NCombine}x{ExposureTime}s |
| Light | EigenFrame/Integrations/{Object}/{Object}_{Filter}_{SessionDate} |
A per-rig override is blank by default, which inherits the template above.
Diagnostics
Section titled “Diagnostics”The Send diagnostics toggle and its connection string live at the bottom of Performance Settings. See diagnostics and telemetry.
| Setting | Controls | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Send diagnostics | Whether operational events leave your machine at all | Off |
| Connection String | Where diagnostics are sent when the toggle is on | Blank (sends to the EigenFrame team’s endpoint) |