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Oculus PRO Colour Handbook Issue 1 

 

 

The Starlight Xpress Oculus software was designed with the monochrome Oculus in mind. It 

will work with the Oculus PRO Colour, however, the images will be in raw monochrome 

format and will need to be manually colour synthesized to extract the colour data. 

 

Imaging with the Starlight Xpress software

 

With the Oculus PRO Colour connected to the PC, open ‘Oculus PRO Colour_USB.exe’ and find the 
‘Set program defaults’ menu under the ‘File’ heading. If this is the first run of the software, you will 

get a warning about the ‘ini file not found’, but ignore this and click on OK – then open ‘set program 

defaults’ from the text icon . You should now see a screen similar to the one shown below: 

 

 

The defaults shown above are a typical example, but you can change the settings to suit your 

preferences. The main thing to do is to set up the address of the ‘Autosave’ folder, so that your 

images will be saved to a defined location. The ‘Ignore VID/PID’ 

MUST

 be selected for the software 

to recognise your Oculus PRO Colour camera. Once the defaults have been set to values which you 

think will be approximately correct, save the settings and open the camera interface by pressing the 

camera icon in the top menu. You will see something like this: 

 

Summary of Contents for 110-0027

Page 1: ...fish eye lens provides horizon to horizon coverage with very little star image distortion across the entire field The Oculus PRO Colour utilises a sensitive Sony CCD the ICX825AQ with an array of 1392...

Page 2: ...me Typically 0 6 seconds at full resolution using USB 2 0 Power requirements Camera Dew Heater require 12v at 1 amp max Input connection Mini B USB socket for USB2 0 and a 2 1mm jack for 12v Camera De...

Page 3: ...r computer 6 The first time you use the software click on File then Set Program Defaults You will get a message Warning No INI File found Please set defaults 7 Click OK The Set Program Defaults box wi...

Page 4: ...probably be necessary to have a fairly long lead if the Oculus PRO Colour is mounted high on a mast or roof As the camera power is taken from the 12V supply any long leads should be as heavy as possi...

Page 5: ...warm by powering the internal heater via the 12v socket on the rear of the assembly This socket can accept a 2 1mm coaxial power plug from any 12v DC supply capable of driving at least 1 amp the polar...

Page 6: ...e typically 1 second and click on the Play button Follow the steps below Start the Starlight Live Program by clicking on the icon Deselect the Auto Align button in the Channel Selection Select the Ima...

Page 7: ...s camera is the one inside your Oculus C Select the Colour Space to RGGB which is the correct decoding for your camera Ensure Binning is set to 1x1 Adjust the exposure time I would suggest 1 second is...

Page 8: ...ny colour offsets that you require using the sliders The AllSkEye software which is freely available at https allskeye com is fantastic software for use with the Oculus PRO Colour camera It has so man...

Page 9: ...et a warning about the ini file not found but ignore this and click on OK then open set program defaults from the text icon You should now see a screen similar to the one shown below The defaults show...

Page 10: ...Colour orientation and location to get the best views The focus should be good as supplied but if necessary it may be adjusted by unscrewing the large outer ring and lifting off the dome Loosen the sm...

Page 11: ...disk space so make sure that you have plenty available The maximum autosave number for AVI creation is 1000 images and this will cover about 8 hours of 30 second frames while filling about 1GB of hard...

Page 12: ...using the Max palette stretch options in the View menu Adjust the brightness and contrast to give a nice result and then run the AVI create The program will use your view settings on all the images w...

Page 13: ...be purchased from our dealers The Oculus PRO Colour dome is spaced off from the base ring by small pads This allows air to circulate through the vent holes and inside of the dome to reduce the tenden...

Page 14: ...d in the standard operating instructions and within the relevant safety standards of the country where the equipment is used 2 Repairs under guarantee will be free of charge providing proof of purchas...

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