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| Camera | Status | Conform |
| Oculus | awaiting test | |
| Ultrastar | awaiting test | |
| UltrastarC | awaiting test | |
| Lodestar | awaiting test | |
| LodestarC | awaiting test | |
| Costar | awaiting test | |
| Superstar | awaiting test | |
| SXV Guider | awaiting test | |
| Exview Guider | awaiting test | |
| H814 | awaiting test | |
| H814C | awaiting test | |
| H694 | awaiting test | |
| H694C | awaiting test | |
| H674 | awaiting test | |
| H674C | awaiting test | |
| H35 | awaiting test | |
| H36 | awaiting test | |
| M26C | awaiting test | |
| M25C | awaiting test | |
| H18 | awaiting test | |
| H16 | awaiting test | |
| H9 | awaiting test | |
| H9C | awaiting test |
Version 2.2 - Production ASCOM ICamera1 Driver
Works with ASCOM 5.5 and ASCOM 6.x
Camera Status Lodestar Passed LodestarC awaiting test Costar awaiting test Superstar Passed SXV Guider awaiting test Exview Guider awaiting test H694 Passed H694C awaiting test H674 awaiting test H674C awaiting test H36 awaiting test H35 awaiting test M26C Not Supported M25C Passed H18 awaiting test H16 awaiting test H9 Passed H9C awaiting test Other Features
Feature Status Multiple USB Cameras accessed by separate programs Tested MainCamera + SXV Auto Guider accessed by separate programs awaiting test SXVR temperature control Tested Parallel Port Cameras No support planned USB Upgrade for Parallel Port Cameras No support planned Serial Port No support planned
This version adds:
- A few minor pre-release cleanups
- Add camera data for H18
- support for cameras with shutters, including darks and zero length exposures
- support for Superstar/H694/H694C
- updates installer to treat Superstar as a guide camera
- installer automatically removes previous version if possible
- interlaced camera (lodestar mostly) banding improvements:
- symetric binning now reads out as progressive, which
avoids banding problems entirely
- an option to make the camera looked like it does not support binning
while setting a fixed binning mode. This can be used to force a
program which does not support binning to bin (PHD is a fine
example) so you take advantage of the progressive
readout of binned images
- several options to make banding better for unbinned images
- take a second exposure for the second frame. This elminates
banding but doubles exposure time.
- apply a gaussian blur. This is useful for applications
that try to follow stars
- equalize odd and even frame brightness. Because of
chip issues, this doesn't work as well as you might think it
would
- an option to square lodestar pixels so plate solvers can solve
the images. This is done the "easy way" - it expands the pixels
horizontally but does not increase the apparent size of the sensor,
so it throws away a few pixels from the right edge. Doing it the
"right way" is much harder, and for a guide camera didn't
seem to be worth it.
Version 2.1 - Production ASCOM ICamera1 Driver
Works with ASCOM 5.5 and ASCOM 6.x
Version 2.1.1.2:
Release Date: 2011/07/06 (alternate installer 2012/03/04)
Expiration Date: NA
Status: This is a production build.
Note: If you get a 'caught exception' error installing the driver, please try the alternate installer
Major Changes since the last production release:
- Support for CoStar Cameras
- support for multiple cameras (up to 8 - 2 lodestar, 2 costar, 2 main imaging, 2 SXV guider)
- Greatly increased performance
| Camera | Status |
| Lodestar | Tested |
| Costar | Tested |
| H9 | awaiting test |
| H9C | Tested |
| M25C | Tested |
| H16 | Tested |
| SXV Guider | Tested |
| Exview Guider | awaiting test |
Other Features
| Feature | Status |
| Multiple USB Cameras accessed by separate programs | Tested |
| MainCamera + SXV Auto Guider accessed by separate programs | Tested |
| SXVR temperature control | Tested |
| Parallel Port Cameras | No support planned |
| USB Upgrade for Parallel Port Cameras | No support planned |
| Serial Port | No support planned |
Limitations/Issues
- The M26C will not work. I exchanged some email with Terry Platt, and have learned that the M26C is quite different from all the previous camera and will require additional coding. Since it it complex and I don't have an M26C to test with, support will have to wait..