Dual Camera Control

[iksose7]

Hi guys,

Tonight i am piggy backing my DSLR/Lens combo on top of the frac for the first time, i've just been out and balanced everything. I can see that the biggest problem i am going to have is lack of control over the 2nd DSLR. Usually i use APT via remote desktop to control my DSLR from in my living room. But as far as i know APT doesnt offer dual camera control. I've done a few searches and nothing at all is popping up about a way to do this and i should add that i only have the one imaging laptop so cant use a separate laptop for control.

Anybody have any experience with this?

[D4N]

You could use a USB over ip service to directly handle the USB port from your remote machine.

I'm assuming you can't run two instances of APT?

TSED70Q, iOptron Smart EQ pro, ASI-120MM, Finepix S5 pro.

[iksose7]

I'm not sure about using two versions of APT actually, i will have to look into that. Although my laptop barely runs everything i have going now, another APT open may be risky. 

I'm just surprised no software already offers dual camera control, piggy backing is something a lot of astrophotgraphers do and i would of thought it had been thought of.

[Yoddha]

APT does offer control for two, three and more cameras

Use the normal APT icon to make connection to the first camera. Then from Start menu use the icon "APT Camera 2"

[iksose7]

Yes, thanks for the heads up Ivo! Thats made my day. Will have a look at that tonight

[Yoddha]

I'm very happy to be in help