
Using an AutoGuider
This section provides basic instructions on how to use your QSI 500 Series camera as your
main imaging camera and set up a separate camera on a guide scope for guiding. For this
example, we’re using a Meade DSI Pro as the autoguider. For complete instructions on
guiding, including a step-by-step tutorial, please see the Online help in MaxIm LE.
Setup your QSI 500 Series camera as described above. Hook up your guider camera to your
guide scope and connect the guider camera to your computer.
Go to the Setup tab of the Camera Control window. Click the Setup button in the Autoguider
panel.
Follow the instructions that came with your autoguider camera to enable and configure the
camera. Click OK to return to the Setup tab of Camera Control Window. Click Connect. If
your cameras are hooked up and configured correctly, the status panels for each camera will
show the current status of your main CCD camera and your Autoguider.
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