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Go Here... Philips SPC900NC uncovered. Convert a ToUcam Pro to a SPC900NC...

and you'll find a link to the bin download.

Cheers

Alun

Sim, you can, it's not for the faint hearted, but there are a lot of very informative pages out there that show how to do it. If you have a basic knowledge of electronics and a solderig iron it's possible.

Philips SPC900NC uncovered

There's a rather excellent discussion here too, with splendid photos...

http://stargazerslounge.com/astro-lounge/114129-pictures-taken-during-some-lx-mono-mods.html

Cheers

Alun

I have used an SPC900 that has an LX mod with Sharpcap... well, when I say I've used it, I've fiddled with it indoors, not had the skies for any proper stuff. It works fine, when you've plugged it in, you go to the menu to select camera as you would with the normal camera, and it will show in the list (something like SPC900NC LX... not on my astro PC at the mo). In the options drop down, you'll get a new menu for serial config, here you can select the com port and the DTR/RTS setting (still not sure which I need, I just select a check box, see what the image looks like, then change it if needed) I understand this is where you need to turn on the Amp off mod, but I don't think you need to mess around with that for the shorter exposures, if it looks like you're getting amp glow, turn it on.

Once you've selected the LX camera and set it up, you'll have a new slider over on the right hand side for you to set the exposure length, the rest should be similar to you.

I've mentioned elsewhere, there is a good video tutorial over at astronomyshed.co.uk but you'll need to sign up to the forums to get full access... it should point you in the right direction.

Cheers

Alun