ASCOM Help Needed

[Wetsparks]

I've got ASCOM installed and working with the like of Stellarium etc, but I now have a problem thats driving me nuts. Ive gone and brought a Nextimage 5 camera but cant seem to get it into the drivers list in ASCOM. I want to try the camera out using APT, but I need it to be listed in the ASCOM drop down for CCD cameras. Can anyone offer some help here.

TIA,

Phil.

[Guest]

Hi,

First of all you need the specific Ascom driver for your camera, not just the camera driver bit the AScom camera driver, they are different, and secondly, I may be corrected here, but I don't think that camera will work with APT, that is for mainly DSLR cameras, and some WHY CCD,s I think.

Olly

[Squagnut]

AFAIK it can't be done, sadly (but I'll be happy to be corrected).

APT's page say it offers "Support for ASCOM compatible CCD cameras - QHYCCD, Starlight Xpress, Atik, Orion, Moravian and more". The product specs of the NexImage 5 states: "Chip : 1/2.5" format, color CMOS Sensor".

The difference between CMOS and CCD technologies is not trivial!

[Yoddha]

I've got ASCOM installed and working with the like of Stellarium etc, but I now have a problem thats driving me nuts. Ive gone and brought a Nextimage 5 camera but cant seem to get it into the drivers list in ASCOM. I want to try the camera out using APT, but I need it to be listed in the ASCOM drop down for CCD cameras. Can anyone offer some help here.

TIA,

Phil.

Phil, I didn't manage to find an ASCOM driver for NextImage 5 If there is no such, then I'm sorry to say that your camera is not supported yet