APT gain

[Ken82]

I’m new to using APT with a zwo having moved on from a DSLR.

The box where it says gain is blank, is this normal ? What should I set it to ? 

Thanks ken  

[teoria_del_big_bang]

Ken,

 

I normally leave blank as I set the gain in the camera driver but if you enter something then that gain will overrideride the setting in the driver.

APT is a great program and if new to it ensure you have Tooltips enabled. Then when you hover over any control a tooltip will explain what they are for. 

Tooltips turned on as follows:

Then if you hover over the Gain control:

Steve

 

[Ken82]

Thanks Steve, I’m assuming the setting in the camera driver is what people refer to as unit gain ?

[teoria_del_big_bang]

I am not sure what you mean by Unit Gain, also it may depend on what camera you have.

My CCD is a ZWO ASI1600 and I normally use Unity Gain (not sure if that is what you meant by Unit Gain? )

So if I click on Settings under the camera tab:

I first get a question:

 

When answered Yes I get the following:

This is where I set the gain. I tend to use 139 which is Unity Gain but you can set what gain and offset you wish. Like I say other cameras may differ but I assume the principle is the same.

Steve

 

Edited September 14, 2019 by teoria_del_big_bang