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QHYCCD QHY16200A User Manual

Manual is about: All in one COLDMOS astronomy camera

Summary of QHY16200A

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    All-in-one coldmos astronomy camera qhy16200a user’s manual rev. 1.0

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    Qhy16200a this document is an online document. You may save this pdf file or print it out. Qhyccd reserves the right to change this user manual without prior notice. Package contents please co nfirm that the package contains the foll owing items: 12v power cable 1 12v car power adapter 1 usb cable 1...

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    Qhy16200a table of contents 01 software installation 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 specifications 10 mechanical dimensions 11 revision history.

  • Page 4: 01 Software Installation

    Qhy16200a 01 software installation 1. Download and install ascom platform 2. Download and install the camera driver note that when you run its driver setup program, you will be prompted to install camera driver, network card driver, and ftdi serial port driver. Since ic16200a and qhy16200a use the s...

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    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: 02 Filter Installation

    Qhy16200a 02 filter installation qhy16200a has two versions now. One contains a built-in 5-hole 50mm filter wheel, and the other has a built-in 7-hole filter wheel. Please follow the instructions below to install filters for it. 1. Use the screwdriver included in the box to remove the screws on the ...

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    Qhy16200a 03 use qhy16200a in ezcap_qt ezcap_qt is the software developed by qhyccd. This software has the basic capture function for qhyccd deep sky cameras. You can use this qhy16200a camera with its built-in filter wheel in this software. 1. Install ezcap_qt 2. Connect your qhy16200a to 12v power...

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    Qhy16200a that doesn't necessarily mean that the camera and your computer are not connected. In this case, you can just wait for a minute and click 'connect' again, then you can see it will be connected successfully. This is because it usually takes a while to load its firmware into your computer. 4...

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    Qhy16200a 6. You can use the preview tab to do preview. And use the focus tools to do focus. Then use 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...

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    Qhy16200a stretch to background level stretch to max range a typical 10sec 4*4binning dark frame with all the region of the image. The vertical blank banding on the right of the image is the overscan area. The overscan area is important for overscan calibration. We recommend you reserve this area. Y...

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    Qhy16200a 04 use qhy16200a on ascom platform you can connect many software that support ascom. Currently qhy16200a only supports normal ascom connection and does not support the ascom video connection. Please note that qhy16200a always transfers maximum bit depth by ascom to make the best dso imagin...

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    Qhy16200a normally, you can set the 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 filter" in the camera control window..

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    Qhy16200a in the window shown below, you can set up your filter wheel..

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    Qhy16200a keep clicking "ok" to return to the camera control window. Click "connect".

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    Qhy16200a sequence generator pro sequence generator pro is an extremely powerful image capture suite. It can perform many complex tasks in order to meet your imaging needs. After you connect your gears and configure sequence generator pro properly, you can go to sleep and see images in the morning. ...

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    Qhy16200a the next step is going to configure the built-in filter wheel. Before you select 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 the 12v pow...

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    Qhy16200a for example, you can change the filter names to 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 software, please go to its website to ...

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    Qhy16200a 05 use qhy16200a in firecapture the latest firecapture supports qhy16200a already. Please go to firecapture website to download its v2.5 beta (32-bit) version. By default, it will be installed in the "documents" folder. After it was installed successfully, navigate to "document folder", an...

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    Qhy16200a 06 peripheral ports on qhy16200a note that the camera used in the picture above isn’t qhy16200a, it is qhy16803a. They have the same peripheral ports. Serial ports qhy16200a provides two serial ports, which are connected to the built-in usb hub through ftdi usb to serial chip. These two se...

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    Qhy16200a trigger ports there are a trigger-in port (left) and trigger-out port (right). Trigger-in port is a pulse input port. The camera does not start exposure until it receives a pulse from its trigger-in port. Trigger-out port output a indicative signal during the exposure cycle. These two port...

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    Qhy16200a 12v power ports these two 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. Usb type-a ports these two ports are usb expansion ports connected to the built-in us...

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    Qhy16200a 7 faq 1. What's the back focus length of this qhy16200a ？ there are two versions of qhy16200a. One version contains a built-in 5-hole 50mm filter wheel, and the other version has a built-in 7-hole filter wheel. The back focus length of the version with 5-hole filter wheel is between 33.5mm...

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    Qhy16200a you need to prepare the tools by yourself to open the camera..

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    Qhy16200a remove all the screws on front of the camera case and remove the front case.

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    Qhy16200a you will see two screws to fix the filter wheel case (the middle layer of the camera). Unscrew them..

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    Qhy16200a you will see the power pcb board. Remove the two screw of the power pcb board.

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    Qhy16200a remove the three cable carefully. Please use a film to protect the ccd chamber optic window..

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    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..

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    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..

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    Qhy16200a now the ccd chamber is removed. The ccd sensor can be clean here..

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    Qhy16200a the ccd sensor has the ar coating. Please clean it carefully by using the lens paper or another professional tools (like the dlsr sensor clean tools) 3. How to protect the cooler in qhy16200a? The cooler in qhy16200a can lower the ccd temperature to a value that's almost 40 degrees centigr...

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    Qhy16200a 4. What's small display on the camera for? The oled display is used for display certain formation related to the shooting. It is directly driven by application program. So it may display different information or doesn't display anything at all based on different application programs. Curre...

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    Qhy16200a the picture below shows a typical defect column with low cte or zero cte. This is a defect column. You have to use the some defect tools to remove it. 6. How to use the qhyoag that the camera comes with? Qhyoag-m and a m54 adapter come with the qhy16200a. By six m3 screws you can install t...

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    Qhy16200a 8 camera maintenance drying the ccd chamber the ccd sensor is located in a ccd chamber. This chamber is airproof and connect to the socket of the silicone gel tube (drying tube) on one side of the case. If there is moisture and it causes the ccd sensor glass to get dew. You can use the sil...

  • Page 38: 9 Specifications

    Qhy16200a 9 specifications ccd sensor aps-h 16.2mega ccd sensor standard grade effective pixels 4540(h)*3630(v), 16mega pixels pixel size 6.0um*6.0um effective area 27.0mm(h)*21.6mm(v), aps-h format readout type full frame ccd, progressive scan fullwell typical 41ke adc 16bit readout noise typical 1...

  • Page 39: 10 Mechanical Dimensions

    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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    Qhy16200a when connected with the oag-m. The back focus is 33.5/34 +13=46.5mm/47mm.

  • Page 42: 11 Revision History

    Qhy16200a 11 revision history date of change revision content of change january 11, 2017 1.0 first edition.