Hey all,

Continued use of SGL indicates your acceptance of our cookie policy. With the mount tracking Vega I used Etamcap to see what was on the sensor, there was Vega did a bit of refocussing and switched over to PHD.I let the program go through its calibration using Vega which took about 10 mins (is this normal ) then came the magic green crosshair and a guiding caption at the bottom of the box. Fist Light - Qguide (aka QHY 5) Equipment Discussions. It's just different mate, the toucam is king for planetary imaging, but it would need a long exposure mod and adpater for use with my little guidescope.and Iam pretty sure it would not match the QHY unit for sensitivity. 4) Find the “ etAMCAP ” on the desktop and open it. 5) Choose “ ET USB 2750 Camera ” in “ Devices ”; Choose “ Preview ” in “ Options ” 6) How to reach resolution of “ 1280X1024 ”.

Purchased an Opticstar PL131 M coolair for use as Planetary/guide cam.
loaded all onto my 2yr old HP Pavilion Laptop (Win7 64bit 8GB Ram), everything shows as ok, ie, all software 'sees' the camera, device manager says all working, but it doesnt work properly. Removing/replacing the cap over the sensor gives either a flat white or black 'preview' screen, and it takes about a minute to register the change!!
emailed George at Opticstar, he suggested trying it on different computer to eliminate any problem with the camera (D'oh). So, loaded onto my 7yr old unbranded Pentium desktop running XP home, BINGO, first time, remove cap, screen instantly turns white and then calms down to grey'ish' horizontal banding, presumable as the cam tries to auto adjust gain, exposure etc. So, then tried install on a friends 2yr old Toshiba laptop, win7 64bit 4GB Ram, BINGO, first time, same as my knackered old desktop.
I've tried disabling the built-in webcam, enabling background services and a USB2.0 repeater cable that George at Opticstar sent out to me, all to no avail. Etamcap (software that comes with it) was also showing 'VDP source' in the devices drop down, so did a little lookup and this seems to be something to do with video streaming via bluetooth, so disabled the bluetooth just in case, but no!!
I'm at the point now where im considering getting my hands on an old laptop that it will work on and just use this for astro use outside (which might not be a bad idea anyway) unless anyone has any ideas??
All input welcomed with open arms
thanks in advance
Rick

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he digital camera head is an advanced micro imagery tool. It may be a viewing head with a digital camera built-in or an electron eyepiece. All common microscopes can be fitted with it. Connecting with your PC, the micro-image will be displayed on your PC, and you will be relaxed from the tired traditional micro-observation.

Features and Specifications:

1) High Quality Color Digital Image System；

2) Resolution：1280(H)*1024(V)(1.30MP)；

3) CMOS Chip：1/2” Micron MT9M001；

4) USB2.0 Connection；

5) Magnification of Optical System: 0.39X；

6) Capturing microscope images and showing live video on PC screen；

7) Saving Still Images as BMP，JPG Files；

8) User-friendly Sophisticated Micro-image Process Software Included for Previewing，Measuring，Comparing，Counting，Saving and Deleting；

9) PC System Required：

Hardware：USB2.0 Connecting Socket；

CPU： Intel P4； EMS Memory：256M Hard Disk：512M；

PC Screen Resolution：1024*768

Software：win2000(with Mend sp4)，or winxp (with Mend sp2)，and directx 9.0

How to use the digital camera head

Insert the driver CD into your PC

Connect the digital camera head to your PC with the USB2.0 digital line to run the guiding program of the new hardware found.

Choose the correct button according to the information of your PC---- “NEXT” ----“NEXT” ---- “CONTINUE”----“FINISH”

4) Find the “etAMCAP” on the desktop and open it.

5) Choose “ET USB 2750 Camera” in “Devices”; Choose “Preview” in “Options”

6) How to reach resolution of “1280X1024”

Choose “Option”----Choose “Video Capture Pin”---- Choose “YUY2” in “C', and Choose “1280X1024”in “S”.

7）How to make the picture more clear.

a) Choose “Option”----Choose “Video Capture Filter”;

b) Click “Photo Control” to choose the zoom multiple

c) Adjust the parameters in “Proc Amp” as you need;

d) Open “Video Image”. Choose “Light” as your microscope used;

Choose “Flip Vertical” or “Flip Horizontal” to change the direction of the image.

Adjust “White Balance” and “Exposure” as you need;

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8) How to record video

After the image has been displayed on the PC screen, you should choose “Set Capture File” in “File” first, and then give a name of the capture file. Put it in your desktop or other files and open. Enter the capture file size, because AVI file will take big space, so 1M~5M bytes is the best amount you can set, which also have satisfied quality.

Choose the “Capture”----“Start Capture”, then “Stop Capture”. In it, you can Set Frame Rate and Set Time Limit

9) How to take pictures

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a) Open “My Computer”

b) Find a logo as right and open it. Then you can take pictures or delete them.

C) How to use measuring software

1) Install the measuring software: Double-click “Digiciever1.35.exe” in the driver CD and open it. Choose the correct button step by step according to the information showing in your PC---- “NEXT” ----“NEXT” ----“FINISH”.