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5. Windows may note that the driver has not passed Windows Logo
testing. This is normal. Click the
Continue Anyway button. When
the Wizard has completed, click the
Finish button.
Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Window 8 will automatically detect and
install the camera to your computer.
Camera Installation
Troubleshooting Tip
If Windows is unable to automatically locate and install the camera (after
you performed the driver installation), then install the drivers manually
by doing the following:
1. With the camera plugged into the USB, go to the Device Manager
from the Windows Control Panel.
2. Locate the “
Imaging devices” device tree, and right click on the
device “
SSAGPro”.
3. Select “Update Driver Software”, then browse the file path to the
directory you installed the drivers, the default is:
C:\Program
Files(x86)\Orion\SSAGProDriver
Using the SAGPRO with ASCOM
Compatible Software
ASCOM platform 5 or later and the included ASCOM driver must be
installed to use the camera with
PHD Guiding or other ASCOM compat-
ible software
1. Install the
SAGPRO Driver, SAGPRO ASCOM driver and ASCOM
Platform per the installation section of this manual.
2. Using supported
ASCOM compatible software, such as Nebulosity
or
MaxIm DL, select ASCOM for the camera type.
3. From the
ASCOM Camera Chooser, select CMOS SSAGPro
camera.
Adjust the gain if necessary & turn
ON or OFF 12bit mode via the
properties.
Note: If using PHD guiding turn OFF 12 Bit mode.
Autoguiding
The
SAGPRO is also a fully functional autoguider. The autoguider output
is on-board the camera, allowing the autoguider cable to connect directly
from the camera to your mount’s autoguider port.
Primary Telescope/
Main Imaging Scope
Your main imaging scope will be used with your main astro-imaging cam-
era. The main imaging scope can be virtually any scope suitable for your
CCD or DSLR camera.
Guide Scope
You will need an additional telescope for guiding, referred to as a guide
scope. The guide scope is mounted on top of, or beside the main imag-
ing scope. Adjustable guide scope tube rings (available from Orion) are
recommended and allow you to move the guide scope around without
moving the main imaging scope. The guide scope is adjusted in the
same fashion as a finder scope.
Because of the high resolution and accuracy of the
SAGPRO, you do
not need a large guide scope; any small refractor will serve well for this
purpose. Separate refractor optical tube assemblies, such as the Orion
Short Tube 80, make excellent guide scopes.
The only exception to using a guide scope is to use an off-axis guider,
which is typically made for Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes. The off-axis
guider uses a prism to intercept a small portion of the light path in front
of the camera, thus allowing the camera and guider to use the same
telescope. Off-axis guiders require a large amount of inward focus travel
which is why they are only suitable for Cassegrain type telescopes.
