QHYCCD QHY600 Manuel utilisateur
QHY600
COLDMOS Astronomy Camera
User Manual
Contents
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PACKAGE CONTENTS...............................................................................................3
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IMPORTANT HINT OF USING THE CAMERA............................................................4
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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION......................................................................................6
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DESCRIPTION OF EARTH INTERFACE....................................................................7
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USE QHY600 IN SHARPCAP......................................................................................7
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USE QHY600 WITH ASCOM ....................................................................................10
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USE QHY168M IN EZCAP_QT .................................................................................13
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USING QHY600 IN N.I.N.A. - NIGHTTIME IMAGING 'N' ASTRONOMY 64BIT........16
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FAQ ...........................................................................................................................18
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OHY600 MECHANICAL SIZE....................................................................................22
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SPECIFICATIONS.....................................................................................................26
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Package Contents
USB3.0 cable(1.5m)
1
All version
Self-locking power cable
1
All version
Car power adapter
1
All version
Drying tube
1
All version
Desiccant
1
Note. From 2018 the China custom
house prevent the delivery of the silicon
gel to some country. So this item is may
not included
Inspection report
1
All version
Driver download card
1
All version
QHY600 camera with center/tilt adjust ring
1
All version
0.5mm-13.5mm spacer with 6 holes
1
Early Bird Price Only
0-300meter Short distance 10G fiber module
2
Professional Version Only
5meter fiber
2
Professional Version Only
12V AC power adapter and cable
1
Optional *. For this item. Some area of
dealer may includes it some may not.
QHYCCD Fiber Image Graber Card PCI-E
1
Optional *. Need to order seperately.
Avalible in 2019.12.
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Important hint of using the camera
How to reboot the camera
QHY600 is designed as using the +12V to reboot the camera, Not using the disconnect/reconnect USB
method. So if you want to reboot the camera, just shut down the +12V and then power on it. This feature
is very useful for the remotely obs. You can use a remotely controllable powersupply to reboot the camera.
No need to consider how to do USB reconnecting in remotely conditions.
So please note that when you wanting to reboot the camera, just show down/power on the +12V, Not
disconnect/reconnect the USB.
What is the readout mode of QHY600?
The readout mode is the different CMOS drive timing and settings. Different read mode will have different
performance like the different fullwell, different readout noise and different of other noise behaviour. Since
different readmode has its advantages and disadvantages, so we allow user to set different readout mode.
Currently both the ASCOM driver, SharpCAP support these
options. QHY600 has three readout mode currently.
Image Area Layout
QHY600 can output the whole image with the optic black area and overscan area. The total image size
includes the Optic black area is 9600*6422. The optic black area is on the left of the image and
the overscan area is on bottom of the image.
The different of optic black area and overscan area is that the optic black area includes the dark current
during long exposure while the overscan area does not includes the dark current during exposure time.
Both optic black area and overscan area cannot response to the light. Therefore, it is regards as the "Non-
Effective" area In the Bottom of the overscan area. You may find some "vertical dot lines" in single frame
and after stacking it will become some vertical lines, one explain of the reason of this is the "FPN calibraiton
results” represented in the overcan area. In the effective image area, you will not find this.
The following picture is the left bottom corner of a 300sec dark image. You can find this area.
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The optic black area and overscan area use for precise calibration and for the calibration without the bias
frame and dark frame, or other scientific using. Due to it is anon-image area. QHYCCD does notguarantee
the signal quality in the overscan area. If you do not use this area, you can select the option "ignore
overscan area" in the ASCOM driver or select a ROI of effective area range in SharpCAP.
Input Voltage Requirement
The QHY600 requires the input voltage between 11V to 13.8V. If the input voltage is too low it will cause
the camera not working or reboot if the TEC power percent is high. So please make sure the input voltage
arrived to the camera is enough. The best is 12V. Please note there is the resistance for the 12V power
cable. If the cable is very long, when in high power, the resistance will cause a voltage drop on this
cable. The formula is:
V (drop) = I * R (cable)
We recommend that avoid to use a very long 12V power cable. You can put the 12V AC adatper more
close to the camera.
64BIT Software
One of the QHY600 image is 120MBytes. It will take much more memory to capture, buffer, and display
and process it. So that we recommend to use the 64bit software for QHY600. eg:SharpCAP x64 , N.I.N.A
x6 etc. Although there is 4GB memory for 32bit but since there is many 32bit software will run within this
memory area, so the remain memory is not so much.
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Software Installation
1.Download and install the camera driver (link)
2.Download and install the ASCOM platform (link)
3.Download and install the ASCOM driver (link)
As you most probably want to use your QHY168M as an expose camera, please download the Capture
version. If you want to use it as a guide camera, please download the Guide version.
4.QHY168M QHY600 camera supports SharpCap as the video capture software(working in streaming
mode).(Note: Because the QHY600 pixel is relatively large, it is recommended to use the SharpCap 64bit
version.)
Note that for the latest version of SharpCap, QHY600 also needs the latest qhyccd.dll, for which QHYCCD
has written the SharpCap patch, please download and install it. You can also download from QHYCCD
SDK page to obtain it. The original filename qhyccd_x64.dll. You can rename it to qhyccd.dll and overwrite
the old file in SharpCAP X64 folder.
5.First connect the QHY600 to the 12V power supply, then connect the QHY600 camera to your computer
via the USB3.0 cable. Make sure the QHY600 is plugged in before connecting the camera to the computer,
otherwise the camera will not recognize it. When you connect for the first time, the system discovers new
devices and looks for drivers. You can skip the online search step by clicking "Skip driver software from
Windows Update" and the computer will automatically find the driver and install it locally. When the driver
software is successfully installed, you can see QHY5IIISeries_IO in the device manager, as shown below.
Once you have downloaded and installed the new driver, unplug the USB cable and plug it in again for
the new driver to take effect.
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Description of Earth Interface
One back case of the QHY600, There is the USB3.0 port, 4PIN QHYCFW port, 12V power input port and
two 10 Gigabit Optic Fiber port （Professional version and early bird version only)
One side of the camera front part, there is a silicone gel tube socket. Normally it is filled with a screw with
the O-ring. If the CMOS sensor chamber need to be dry, you can connect the silicone gel tube and make
sure the silicone gel tube filled with the effective silicone gel. If you are using the gel without package, you
need to install a small cotton to avoid the gel enter to the CMOS chamber
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Use QHY600 in SharpCap
1. Copy the lastest QHYCCD SDK to the SHARPCAP folder to replace the old one), For 32bit
SharpCAP, just copy and overwrite it. For 64bit SharpCAP, you need to copy theqhyccd_x64.dll and rename
it to qhyccd.dll to overwrite the old one.
2. Connect the QHY600 to the 12V power supply and connect your QHY600 to the computer using the
USB3.0 data cable.
3. Turn on SharpCap. If the software and drivers mentioned above are installed successfully, the video
image will appear automatically in about 3sec after the software begin to working, and you can also see the
frame rate in the lower left corner of the software, as shown below.
4. If you have already started the SharpCap software before connecting the camera, in order to open the
camera, you can click on the camera in the menu bar and then select QHY600.
5. Offset adjustment, when you completely block the camera, you may find that the image is not really
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black. Sometimes this will reduce the quality of the image contrast. You can get a better dark field by
adjusting the offset. You can confirm this by opening the histogram as indicated in the figure below.
6. If you want to enter the 16bit image mode, just then adjust to the "RAW16" mode.
7. By selecting the “LX” mode, you can extend the exposure duration range for long exposures. The QHY600
has zero amplifer glow. So that you cannot see any glow in long exposure time. You may need to set the
temperature options for the target temperature for auto temperature regulated mode, or set the target
PWM percent for consitance TEC power mode.
A long exposure image at -10°C, 60s exposure time, 100 gain setting.
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8. After the QHY600 is connected to the 12V power supply, the temperature control circuit will be activated.
You can control the CMOS temperature by adjusting the settings in the figure below.
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Use QHY600 with ASCOM
QHY600 works on many software that supports the ASCOM platform. Currently QHY600 only supports
regular ASCOM connection, but does not support ASCOM VIDEO connection. It should be noted that the
QHY600 will always transmit the largest bit depth to get the best DSO imaging performance. The format of
the image is 16bit, the high bit is aligned, and the low bit is zero.
MAXIMDL
1. First you have to makesure that both ASCOM Platform and ASCOM driver have been installed. If not,
please install it first.
2. Start MAXIMDL
3. Follow the instructions shown below to finish the setup
Need to click Connect before shooting.
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