Opticstar PL-131 series. © Opticstar Ltd, 2021.
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Updated: 07/09/2021
Installing Nebulosity
To
install
Nebulosity
,
navigate
to
the
Nebulosity
folder on the CD and run the
setup.exe
file. E.g.:
D:\Nebulosity\setup.exe
.
Please follow the on-screen instructions. During
installation tick the appropriate option in order to add an
icon to the Windows Desktop.
The version of Nebulosity that is bundled with the PL-
131 camera has some of its advanced features disabled. In
order to enable all the features, a full licence of
Nebulosity must be purchased. However, the bundled
version of Nebulosity Lite supports lapse photography,
1x1, 2x2 and 4x4 binning modes, StarView real-time video preview mode, frame stacking, support
for all popular file formats and more.
Registering Nebulosity Lite
Please use the
Serial Number
shown, to register Nebulosity Lite. The
Nebulosity user manual is included as a PDF document inside the
Nebulosity
folder on the CD e.g.:
D:\Nebulosity\NebulosityManual.pdf
.
Opticstar PL-131 Plug-in for Nebulosity
The PL-131 plug-in for Nebulosity can be found on the supplied CD.
Navigate to the
\Plugins\Nebulosity
folder on the CD e.g.:
D:\Plugins\Nebulosity\PL131C
for
the
colour
camera
or
D:\Plugins\Nebulosity\PL131M
for the monochrome mode. Copy all the
files into the folder in which Nebulosity has been installed on the hard disk
e.g.:
C:\Program Files\Nebulosity
. The files that should be copied are:
OSPL130RT.dll
and
OSPL131CRT.dll
for the colour model or
OSPL130RT.dll
and
OSPL131MRT.dll
for the monochrome model.
Selecting the Camera
Run Nebulosity and select the camera model from the drop-down menu on
the right-hand panel. Select it as
Opticstar PL-130C
(it is compatible with
PL-131C) or
Opticstar PL-130M
(PL-131M compatible). Once the camera
has been selected, set the exposure duration to 1 second as a starting point.
The exposure time should not be set to more than 10 seconds even though
Nebulosity allows the user to enter much longer exposure times. The camera
cannot support longer exposure times and hence they are reduced
automatically to 10 seconds. Exposure times above 1 second do not increase
the light sensitivity significantly.
Binning Modes
The camera pixel resolution is 1280x1024. There is support for 4 binning
imaging modes: 1x1, 2x2 and 4x4. The StarView mode is useful for focusing and previewing. It is
very well suited for locating targets quickly. The camera’s built-in Gain function should be set on
the StarView window (not on the main Nebulosity panel).
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