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All-in-one COLDMOS Astronomy Camera

QHY16200A

User’s Manual Rev. 1.0

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Summary of Contents for QHY16200A

Page 1: ...All in one COLDMOS Astronomy Camera QHY16200A User s Manual Rev 1 0...

Page 2: ...ding cable 1 T ring 2 inch to M54 0 75 1 Drying tube 1 Desiccant 1 USB hub bypass board 1 Screw driver for M2 hexagon screw 1 Screw driver for M3 hexagon screw 1 Screws for fixing filter frame and fil...

Page 3: ...tion 02 Filter installation 03 Use QHY16200A in EZCAP_QT 04 Use QHY16200A on ASCOM platform 05 Use QHY16200A in FireCapture 06 Peripheral Ports on QHY16200A 07 FAQ 08 Camera Maintenance 09 Specificati...

Page 4: ...ports are connected in parallel so you can either one of these two as power input port and use the other one as a power output port for other devices that need 12V power supply Turn the switch on For...

Page 5: ...QHY16200A Note that after you downloading and installing the new drivers by using this software be sure to pull the USB cable out and then plug it in to enable the new drivers...

Page 6: ...ing the filters do not touch the top cap and photoelectric position detector 3 After you ve finished installing the filters you can turn on the camera and connect the camera to your PC with USB cable...

Page 7: ...nect your QHY16200A to 12V power supply Connect your QHY16200A to your computer with USB2 0 cable 3 Run EZCAP_QT Select Connect in Menu Camera If the camera is successfully connected The title of EZCA...

Page 8: ...the Auto Control and set the target temperature For example here we set the temperature to 10C The CMOS temperature will come to 10C very fast in about 2 3minute If you want to close the TEC you can s...

Page 9: ...se the capture tab to capture image 7 In EZCAP_QT there is a planner for image tasking You can capture a series images by using the table below 8 Typical QHY16200A Dark Flat Calibrated Images with Gra...

Page 10: ...n area is important for overscan calibration We recommend you reserve this area You can also see two strip that is a little brighter than the image area It is the Optic Black Area The difference of Op...

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Page 12: ...connection Please note that QHY16200A always transfers maximum bit depth by ASCOM to make the best DSO imaging performance The image format is 16bit width and patch zero on low bit MaxIM DL 1 First y...

Page 13: ...gain 1 and offset 10 to start Keep clicking Okay to return to Camera Control window The following instructions are going to show you how to configure the built in filter wheel in MAXIMDL Click Setup F...

Page 14: ...QHY16200A In the window shown below you can set up your filter wheel...

Page 15: ...QHY16200A Keep clicking OK to return to the Camera Control window Click Connect...

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Page 17: ...configure Sequence Generator Pro properly you can go to sleep and see images in the morning To use QHY16200A in Sequence Generator Pro you can follow the instructions listed below Open sequencer by c...

Page 18: ...lect QHYCCD Filter wheel as the filter and click the red connect button you should also make sure you ve downloaded and installed the ASCOM Filters Plug for the built in filter wheel you ve plugged in...

Page 19: ...Lum Red Green Blue and Ha as you installed them this way Then you make schedule events to take turns to use these filters as shown in the following picture For detailed and helpful tutorial of this so...

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Page 21: ...ents folder After it was installed successfully navigate to Document folder and you will find its installation folder as shown below Enter that folder and run FireCapture exe then select QHYCCD camera...

Page 22: ...ote that this signal level is different from TTL signal level used in EQMOD If you want to connect your camera to equatorial mount through EQMOD A signal level convertor between TTL and RS232 is neede...

Page 23: ...ntire shooting system can work safely and properly So QHY16200A provides a grounding port This port is connected to the GND on the PCB in the camera and the GND is also the cathode of the 12V power su...

Page 24: ...along with these two serial ports aforementioned are all branched out by the USB hub board However in some particular condition it results in conflict and the camera will stop working For example in...

Page 25: ...M and M54 adapter the back focus length will be extended to 54mm 55mm 2 How to clean the CCD sensor and the optic windows of the camera Usually you can use flat fielding calibration to eliminate the...

Page 26: ...QHY16200A You need to prepare the tools by yourself to open the camera...

Page 27: ...QHY16200A Remove all the screws on front of the camera case and remove the front case...

Page 28: ...QHY16200A You will see two screws to fix the filter wheel case the middle layer of the camera Unscrew them...

Page 29: ...QHY16200A You will see the power PCB board Remove the two screw of the power PCB board...

Page 30: ...QHY16200A Remove the three cable carefully Please use a film to protect the CCD chamber optic window...

Page 31: ...QHY16200A The CCD chamber is connecting with the silicone gel tube socket by a rubber pipe Remove the two screw for the silicone gel socket...

Page 32: ...QHY16200A Remove the four screw for the CCD chamber There is totally eight screws for the CCD chamber Only remove the four screws pointed by the red arrows in this picture...

Page 33: ...QHY16200A Now the CCD chamber is removed The CCD sensor can be clean here...

Page 34: ...reful to avoid thermal shock which refers to when the cooler s temperature rises or fall dramatically the cooler is subjected to strong internal stress due to contraction principle Drastic thermal sho...

Page 35: ...removed by dark frame calibration If they cannot be eliminated entirely you can solve this problem by using some astronomical image processing software These software will replace that column with th...

Page 36: ...an use QHY5L II M as the guider Please pay attention that you may remove the front part of QHY5L II M to get the back focus short enough for this combination of OAG M and QHY16200M If you are using ot...

Page 37: ...dow of the CCD chamber may get dew The QHY16200A has the build in heat board on this optic window to heat the optic window to avoid it In most conditions it can take effect If the optic window still g...

Page 38: ...0 04e pixel sec 20C Exposure Time 1ms 10000sec TEC 2 stage Cooling Typical 40 below Ambient temperature Shutter Butterfly Mechanical Shutter with Uniform illumination Moisture Control Air Connector fo...

Page 39: ...QHY16200A 10 Mechanical Dimensions Back Focus 33 5mm to 34mm This distance has includes the distance from CCD chip to CCD surface...

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Page 41: ...QHY16200A When connected with the OAG M The back focus is 33 5 34 13 46 5mm 47mm...

Page 42: ...QHY16200A 11 Revision history Date of change Revision Content of change January 11 2017 1 0 First edition...

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