Starlight Xpress SXVR-M25C - Manual (Page 2)

Handbook for the SXVR-M25C Issue 1 June 2009
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The SXVR-M25C uses a Sony ICX453AK ‘Super HAD’ progressive scan CCD, with
3032 x 2016 x 7.4uM pixels in a 23.5 x 15mm active area. Super HAD devices have
excellent quantum efficiency, with a broad spectral response peaking at around 60%
in the green, and an extremely low dark current, well below that of any comparable
CCD currently available. The ICX453AK has a ‘Bayer Matrix’ of Red, Green and
Blue filters integrated onto the CCD surface and the colour data that is encoded into
the output image, can be used to recreate a high quality colour picture when processed
by suitable software.
The full-frame download time is approximately 4 seconds and a binned 4x4 download
takes only 0.5 seconds, so finding and centring are very quick and easy in this mode.
Please take a few minutes to study the contents of this manual, which will help you to
get the camera into operation quickly and without problems. I am sure that you want
to see some results as soon as possible, so please move on to the ‘Quick Start’ section,
which follows. A more detailed description of imaging techniques will be found in a
later part of this manual.
‘Quick Starting’ your SXVR-M25C system
In the shipping container you will find the following items:
1) The SXVR-M25C camera head.
2) A universal AC power supply module.
3) A USB camera cable.
4) An adaptor for 2” drawtubes and M42 Pentax thread lenses.
5) A guider output to guider port lead.
6) A disk with the SXVR-M25C control software and this manual.
Optional extra items include:
1) A serial port adaptor and cable.
2) An add-on guide camera head.
You will also need a PC computer with Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000
or Windows XP/Vista installed (NOT Windows 95 or NT4). This machine must have
at least one USB 2.0 port available and at least 256 Mbytes of memory. If you intend
to view the finished images on its screen, then you will also need a graphics card
capable of displaying an image with a minimum of 1024 x 768 pixels and 65,000
colours. A medium specification Pentium with between 1GHz and 4GHz processor
speed is ideal. Please note that USB 2.0 operates at a very high speed and cannot
operate over very long cables. Five metres of good quality cable is the maximum
normally possible without boosters or extra powered hubs.