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Updated: 23/05/2018
Opticstar PX-126. © Opticstar Ltd, 2018
OpticstarSky
Once
OpticstarSky
is running, it will list any connected cameras on the left-hand panel as PX-126C or PX-126M (
A
).
Click on the listed camera to activate it. The camera will display video on the main pane (
D
). A tab (
B
) will also appear
with the heading
“
Video [PX-126]
”. The tab allows quick access to the video pane during the imaging session.
Capturing Images
Single-shot images can be captured by clicking the
Snap
button (
E
) and
can be accessed from the new tab titled
0001*
at the top of the image
pane (
F
). Images are displayed and captured at the selected resolution
(
C
). The screenshot on the right shows the graphics resolutions that can
be selected. The highest resolution is selected by default.
Captured images can be saved to disk from the
File
menu.
Capturing Video
Video can be captured by clicking the
Record
button (
G
). A dialog window will appear asking to enter the file name
and folder that the video file will be stored.
On the following window select the type of video compression to be used. If you are not sure what to select, just leave
it at the default option which is usually the WMV format.
