[Telescope]
NexStar = nexstar.dll
LX200 = lx200.dll
Individual sections define which driver would be loaded and asked to
enumerate all connected devices of particular type (CCD cameras, GPS
receivers, telescope mounts).
SIPS package already contains this file containing all included drivers. This file
is not modified programmatically, it is necessary to edit it manually if new
device driver, not included into basic package, is installed.
User-specific configuration is stored in the file named also “SIPS.ini”, but this
file is placed in the “\Documents and Settings\%user_name%\Application
Data\SIPS\” folder. Number of setting is stored in this text file, beginning from
the position and open state of individual tool windows, to the preferred
astrometry catalog and parameters for searching stars in images.
G3 and G4 CCD Camera Driver for SIPS
SIPS is designed to work with any CCD camera, providing the driver for the
particular camera is installed. The driver for G3 CCD camera is include into the
basic SIPS package and is not necessary to install it separately.
Every CCD camera driver for SIPS (including the G3 and G4 CCD drivers) is
required to provide information about available filters (if the particular camera
has the integrated filter wheel, of course). But the user can order camera with
various filters, or he or she can change individual filters or the whole filter
wheel etc. There is no way how to determine the actual filters in the filter wheel
automatically. This is why the G3 and G4 CCD camera driver for SIPS reads
the “g3ccd.ini” file to determine actual configuration of filters, which will be
then reported to SIPS.
Let us note that G3 and G4 CCD cameras are software compatible so they use
the same driver g3ccd.dll as well as driver initialization file.
The “g3ccd.ini” file is placed in the same directory where the camera driver
and the SIPS itself is installed. This file is ordinary text file following the .INI
files conventions. Here is the example of the “g3ccd.ini”:
[filters]
Luminance, Gray
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