QHYCCD QHY8L - Manual (Page 8)

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• Click live button, Click the area of the image to get a more precise target. At
this point, it will show the analytic curve in the screen view column and a 5X
zoom focus image. While it is exposing, the FWHM column will show the width of
star and the peak intensity of the star. Generally, the smaller FWHM and the
larger the peak intensity the better the focus.
• When you finish focusing, open the capture column and start to shooting. Set
the appropriate value of GAIN, OFFSET and exposure time. Set 1*1 Binning
mode, select low readout mode. Click capture button to shoot.
MaxIm DL (Note: only MaxIM DL Pro or higher versions will operate this camera; lower
versions such as MaximDL Basic will not work. The lower versions will read
FITS images from the camera, however)
• Please download the latest version of the ASCOM platform. If it has the latest
UPDATE, please download it together. Install ASCOM and UPDATE.
• Download and install the ASCOM driver of the QHY8L.
• Run MaxIm DL software. Select the camera icon in the toolbar (ctrl+w). There
will be a Camera Control window. Click Setup Camera button inside setup
window. Then it will pop up "Setup ASCOM" window. Select ASCOM from the
menu of Camera Model. Click Advanced button. Select the type of QHY8LS
StarSenScie from the window of ASCOM Camera Choose, and then click
Properties button to set some usual value of parameters, like the value of GAIN,
OFFSET and the speed of readout. Then click OK button and go back to the
Camera Control window, click Connect button to connect the camera.
• Select Expose column in the Camera Control window. Select "Find Star" from the
Exposure menu. Then set the exposure time. Select "No Calibration" from the
pop up menu of "Option". Set the merge mode with X and Y (Set 1*1 mode if
you want to capture or 4*4 mode if you want to preview). Click Start button to
exposure and shoot.
• The image will be shown when the camera finishes shooting. You can use the
Screen Stretch tool to adjust the stretching of the image.
AstroART
• Please download the latest version of the ASCOM platform. If it has the latest
UPDATE, please download it together, Install ASCOM and UPDATE.
• Download and install the ASCOM driver if the QHY8L.
• Install AART and put the AART CCD link libraries (you can download piccdgui.dll
in AART web page) into AART installation directory. Install AART ASCOM driver.
• Run the AstroRT software, select CCDcamera from plug-in menu, then there will
appear a CCD control panel window. Select ASCOM from imaging/behind camera
menu in the setup column. Click setup, choose QHY8 StarSenseScei, set the
appropriate GAIN and OFFSET in "properties". Then click OK button.
• AART will show temperature control window if the QHY8L connection is
successful; please set the target to your required temperature value.
• Set the binning model in setting column.