OPTICSTAR
Microsoft Windows
(64-bit & 32-bit)
XP/Vista/7/8
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Страница 2: ...amage 3 Only use the supplied power supply unit 3 3VDC 3A regulated 4 Do not point the camera to a bright light source like the Sun without the appropriate filters 5 Do not over tighten adaptors attached to the camera 6 Treat the camera glass window with the same care as you would of a photographic lens CAUTION Manufacturer s Warranty This product has a 12 month back to base warranty For after sal...
Страница 3: ...336C XL PLUGIN 14 RUNNING NEBULOSITY V2 14 MAIN PANEL 15 Advanced Sub Panel 15 VIDEO MODE 16 SUPPORT 16 INSTALLING THE DS 336C XL PLUGIN FOR ASTROART V3 V4 17 BINNING MODES 18 HIGHER IMAGE QUALITY 18 HIGHER SPEED 18 STARVIEW 19 CAPTURE SETTINGS 19 COLOUR SYNTHESIS 20 SUPPORT 20 INSTALLING THE DS 336C XL PLUGIN FOR MAXIM DL V4 V5 21 BINNING MODES 22 HIGHER IMAGE QUALITY 22 HIGHER SPEED 22 STARVIEW ...
Страница 4: ...ar com Please include your camera s serial number as displayed on the camera s case The camera does not incorporate any optics and therefore it cannot reach focus by itself A C CS mounted lens must be used with the camera or it must be attached to a telescope with the nosepiece adapter that is included with the camera To attach it to a microscope please use an appropriate attachment It is not nece...
Страница 5: ...u check that no parts are missing In the event of a part missing please inform your local supplier immediately Your camera should include the following 1 Camera 2 USB cable 3 C mount to 1 25 telescope drawtube 4 T mount M to 2 telescope drawtube 5 Printed camera setup manual 6 CD with drivers full manuals and software 7 Mains PSU for powering the cooling subsystem A EU UK US PSU adaptor is include...
Страница 6: ...o a USB2 0 port ideally to one attached directly on the motherboard of your computer 4 The Windows Device Manager will list the camera as 3 1M CCD USB2 0 Camera as shown below Once connected to the computer the Device Manager will show the camera During installation do not allow Windows to automatically select the best drivers If you allow Windows to automatically select the drivers installation w...
Страница 7: ...bit Select the appropriate sub folder for your operating system All 32 bit operating systems XP Vista 7 8 should use the drivers in the 32 bit sub folder All 64 bit operating systems XP Vista 7 8 should use the drivers in the 64 bit sub folder Anti virus software may attempt to block the installation In such cases the anti virus software should be temporarily disabled Alternatively when prompted a...
Страница 8: ... the computer before proceeding please do so 11 Your camera and drivers are now installed Please refer to the Troubleshooting section in this guide if the camera and driver installation failed to complete successfully Ignore the Windows warning The drivers installed successfully Note that if later you remove the camera from your computer and re connect it to a different USB 2 0 port Windows will a...
Страница 9: ... must be copied into the folder where Nebulosity has been installed Nebulosity is ideal for astronomy It supports long exposures single or multiple frame capture and video modes for real time visual observation of deep sky objects AstroArt Users of AstroArt will be interested in the DS 336C XL plugin for AstroArt This plugin adds camera support with 8 binning modes including 1x1 2x2 and 4x4 in col...
Страница 10: ... for a wide range of applications outside astronomy including microscopy 1 To install View navigate to the View folder on the CD and open the View_setup exe file 2 Windows will display Welcome to the Opticstar View Setup Wizard Click the Next button to continue Installing Opticstar View Running Opticstar View After the installation has finished View can be run by clicking on the Windows Start butt...
Страница 11: ...ues Frame Rate When lower resolution modes are combined with manual exposure times they can increase the frame rate frames per second at which the camera operates At full resolution the maximum frame rate is achievable in 8 bit mode only Camera Configuration The exposure time as well all other camera parameters can be configured by clicking the Advanced button This button is situated below the Sta...
Страница 12: ...nnot specify the exposure time However it is still possible to add a bias by increasing or decreasing the Target value Likewise the Gain value is not user definable in auto exposure mode To set the exposure time manually simply un tick the Auto Exposure option In this mode the time can be set in milliseconds and the Gain value can be set manually The Target value cannot be set in manual exposure m...
Страница 13: ...adjusting these options it is possible to specify how many frames to capture and a time lapse between the frames The captured frames are also displayed as thumbnails on the bottom right hand side corner Video can be captured in AVI format by clicking the Start Video button This button toggles between Start Video and Stop Video Once the Start Video button has been pressed the camera will capture an...
Страница 14: ...ned regions Distances can be measured between user defined points circles etc Angles can be calculated by defining three points on the image Operations can be performed on any user defined region Colour operations can be performed on individual R G B channels Data combine of two images Data calibration Image zoom as a per cent of the original image Linear filters to soften sharpen emboss blur and ...
Страница 15: ... all the files present inside that folder into the folder where Nebulosity has been installed on the hard disk e g C Program Files Nebulosity2 7 To run Nebulosity double click LMB on the icon Please refer to the Nebulosity manual found on the supplied CD in the Nebulosity2 folder for the complete Nebulosity manual The Serial Number can be found on the inside front cover of the camera Setup Guide t...
Страница 16: ...es the image resolution to one sixteenth 512x384 of the original but the light sensitivity increases by 16 times Unlike other cameras the DS 336C XL can perform binning in colour This is a unique feature only available on Opticstar CCD cameras The StarView window runs semi independently of Nebulosity itself and it can be used as a very high sensitivity mini video window It has its own controls for...
Страница 17: ...ideo image by ticking the Use max binning in Frame Focus option This option uses 4x4 binning 512 x 384 pixels Monochrome video modes run at high speed Colour video modes run at high image quality Close the Preferences panel by clicking the Done Save button From now on the camera can be run in video mode by clicking the Frame and Focus button on Nebulosity s main right hand panel The camera will di...
Страница 18: ...e CD DVD drive 2 Navigate to the Plugins AstroArt folder 3 Copy all the files from that folder on the CD into the folder where AstroArt has been installed on the hard disk e g C Program Files AstroArt 4 Run AstroArt 5 From the Plug in menu select CCD Camera 6 Select the appropriate camera model identified as OS 336C and click on the Check CCD button 7 The camera will be initialized and the StarVie...
Страница 19: ...bit modes are 6 8 used for higher frame rates and data readout speeds These modes are appropriate for focusing and fast previews not for data analysis When operating in these modes the camera is in continuous video mode and it does not set reset itself for every individual frame captures It continuously sends to the computer the data for every frame it captures rather than waiting for the user to ...
Страница 20: ...e StarView window by ticking the Inv and Ref options in the bottom right hand corner of the StarView window Capture Settings The Capture Settings window includes two slide bars that control two of the camera s most important hardware functions The Gain settings increases the light sensitivity of the camera dramatically when AstroArt captures image data excludes StarView The maximum Gain value can ...
Страница 21: ...he colour information correctly the RGB layout RGB Matrix must be configured in AstroArt The X and Y Offset values must be set at 1 and 1 at 1x1 16 bit missing If a small region of data has been captured rather than the full CCD image area then it is likely that the offset values may have to be set at different values Please refer to the AstroArt documentation for more information Support There is...
Страница 22: ...the supplied CD in the CD DVD drive 2 Navigate to the Plugins MaxImDL folder 3 Copy all the files from that folder into the folder where MaxIm DL has been installed on the hard disk e g C Program Files Diffraction Limited MaxIm DL V5 4 Run MaxIm DL 5 Click the Toggle CCD Control icon and select the DS 336C camera identified as Opticstar 336C 6 The camera will be initialized and the StarView window...
Страница 23: ...e 8 bit modes are 4 6 used for higher frame rates and data readout speeds These modes are appropriate for focusing and fast previews not for data analysis When operating in these modes the camera is in continuous video mode and it does not set reset itself for every individual frame captures It continuously sends to the computer the data for every frame it captures rather than waiting for the user...
Страница 24: ...e StarView window by ticking the Inv and Ref options in the bottom right hand corner of the StarView window Capture Settings The Capture Settings window includes two slide bars that control two of the camera s most important hardware functions The Gain settings increases the light sensitivity of the camera dramatically when MaxIm DL captures image data excludes StarView The maximum Gain value can ...
Страница 25: ...colour information correctly the RGB layout RGB Matrix must be configured in MaxIm DL The X and Y Offset values must be set at 1 and 0 at 1x1 16 bit binning If a small region of data has been captured rather than the full CCD image area then it is likely that the offset values may have to be set at different values Please refer to the MaxIm DL documentation for more information Support There is a ...
Страница 26: ...ble to install the drivers unless Windows first recognises your camera when this has been connected for the first time to a working USB2 0 port Once Windows has recognised the camera it will proceed with driver installation Windows does not Recognise the Camera If you experience camera driver installation issues please ensure that 1 Your PC meets the minimum requirements 2 The drivers are present ...
Страница 27: ... conflict before proceeding A conflict may be as a result of another device being present also showing a conflict If you are unable to resolve the conflict then you may have to remove or momentarily disable the offending driver You can re enable a disabled driver at any time using the same sub menu Camera Driver Removal You can uninstall the drivers while the camera is connected via the Windows De...
Страница 28: ... a faster processor or with a faster disk subsystem To increase performance on slower computers you may need to disable any anti virus spyware and adware software as these may affect the performance of your camera to a degree Sometimes but not always these can take considerable resources especially when scanning your computer hard disks The speed at which images will be transferred to the PC will ...
Страница 29: ...eater cable from the PC 2 Disconnect the USB2 0 repeater cable from the CCD camera 3 Connect the USB2 0 repeater cable to the PC without the camera 4 Wait for the USB2 0 repeater cable to be identified by Windows before continuing Repeat steps 3 4 if you use additional repeaters 5 Connect the CCD camera to the USB2 0 repeater cable 6 Wait for the CCD camera to be identified by Windows 7 Install th...
Страница 30: ...xposing the Camera to Strong Light Never point the camera through a telescope to a bright light source like the Sun without the appropriate filters doing so will damage the camera sensor Support For support regarding the Opticstar DS 336C XL please email Opticstar at info opticstar com Other Software There is some freely available third party software that may be of interest to some users Please n...
Страница 31: ...tput 16 bit or 8 bit data in colour or monochrome Raw 16 bit image transfer 400ms approximately 2048x1536 Cooling mechanism Thermo Electric Cooling up to 30 C below ambient Cooling fan 30mm x 30mm 5000 rpm Optical Interface C mount Computer interface USB 2 0 including 2m cable Housing Robust all metal case sealed sensor and electronics Camera window AR antireflection no infra red IR cut off Dimens...
Страница 32: ...e 15 03 2012 Ä Opticstar Ltd 31 OPTICSTAR Opticstar Ltd 87 Washway Road Sale Gr Manchester M33 7TQ United Kingdom Tel 44 0 161 969 9008 44 0 161 962 3069 Web www opticstar com www opticstar ccd com Email info opticstar com ...
