Starlight Xpress SXVR-H36 - Manual (Page 4)

Handbook for the SXVR-H36 Issue 1 June 2009
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At the end of this process, the USB interface will be installed as a ‘BlockIOClass
device’ and the camera software will be able to access it. You can confirm that the
installation is complete by checking the status of the USB devices in the Windows
‘Device Manager’ (see above). Start up the Windows ‘Control Panel’ and select
‘System’. Now click on the tab labelled ‘Device Manager’, ‘Hardware’, and all of the
system devices will be displayed in a list (see above). If the installation is successful,
there will be a diamond shaped symbol labelled ‘BlockIOClass’ and clicking on the
‘+’ sign will reveal it to be a ‘Starlight Xpress USB 2.0 SXV-H36 BlockIO camera
driver’. If this device shows as faulty, try clicking on it and selecting ‘properties’ and
then ‘update driver’. Following the on screen instructions will allow you to re-select
the correct inf file (SXVIO_H36_136.inf) and driver files (SXVIO.sys and
generic.sys), which should fix the problem.
Now connect up the power supply and switch it on. The supply is a very efficient
‘switch mode’ unit, which can operate from either 110v or 220v AC via an
appropriate mains power cable (supplied). You can now start the ‘SXV_hmf_usb’
software by double clicking on the icon when you should see the main menu and
image panel appear. If this is the first time that it has been run, you will receive a
warning about the lack of an ‘ini’ file – just click on ‘OK’ and then open ‘Set program
defaults’ from the ‘File’ menu. In the bottom right hand corner of this box, select
SXV-H36. You can now set up the camera control defaults (shown below), as
follows:
1) Background Image area Red (or as preferred)
2) FITS Unsigned Integer format Off
3) Star mask size (area used for photometry and guiding) 8 pixels
4) Telescope guiding output to ‘autoguider socket’
The other default settings are not important for current purposes and may be left as
the software start-up values for now. Now click on ‘Save’ and the ini file will be
created and the software set for your camera.