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Updated: 23/05/2018
Opticstar PX-126. © Opticstar Ltd, 2018
Plug the camera to a USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 port on your computer. The camera will be identified as PX-
126 in Windows Device Manager and in
OpticstarSky
. If
OpticstarSky
is not already running, click the
program icon on the Windows Desktop.
In some cases, the camera may not be identified by Windows or
OpticstarSky
immediately after the installation. In
such cases, unplug the camera and restart the computer before continuing. Once Windows has restarted, plug the
camera to the computer and open
OpticstarSky
.
It is possible to check whether the installation has completed successfully
even before running
OpticstarSky
. Plug the camera to the computer and
open the Windows
Device Manager
. The camera will be listed under the
“Imaging devices”
node.
To access the
Device Manager
, open the Windows
Control Panel
. In
Windows 8.1 this can be done by right-clicking on the Windows
Start
button
on the bottom left corner of the screen and on the popup menu select
Device
Manager
. In earlier operating systems click the
Start
button and then select
Settings > Control Panel
.
The screen-shot on the right-hand side shows a successful installation with
the camera identified as PX-126. If the camera is not identified correctly then
the installation has not been carried out successfully and an exclamation
mark icon will appear next to the camera entry. Refer to the trouble shooting
section later in this manual for details.
The camera does not incorporate any optics and therefore it cannot reach focus by itself. A
C-mounted lens must be used with the camera or it must be attached to a telescope with
the nosepiece adapter that is included with the camera. To attach it to a microscope,
please use an appropriate attachment.
