EKOS + Guide Cam

[MarkAR]

Hi , I seem to be having a little problem with capturing an image with Ekos and my GPCAM3 224C.

I've tried playing with gain settings and exposure time and all I seem to get are blank white screens on capture and looping.

Its only when I put my hand over the guide scope that anything can be seen.

Tried it last night and all I got were dark grey shots.

Anyone any suggestions if it might be a settings issue?

Edited March 19, 2020 by MarkAR

[alacant]

On 19/03/2020 at 13:02, MarkAR said:

only when I put my hand over the guide scope that anything can be seen

 

Hi

Yeah, that's right; there's too much light. You need to be under the stars in the dark. You can connect the camera in video mode if you want to check it during the day, useful for getting close to focus on a distant object. You can do it directly in INDI or just swap the cables and use EKOS' capture. To test in daylight, just set the gain to zero.

HTH

Edited March 21, 2020 by alacant
Gain

[MarkAR]

Cheers mate, figured it out in the end.

Used it in main camera, set the exposure to pretty short and hey presto.

It might also have been a numpty error, plugging in before launching EKOS instead of after launch.

Now to test fit the SX Trius and filter wheel.

[discardedastro]

On 19/03/2020 at 15:02, MarkAR said:

Cheers mate, figured it out in the end.

Used it in main camera, set the exposure to pretty short and hey presto.

It might also have been a numpty error, plugging in before launching EKOS instead of after launch.

Now to test fit the SX Trius and filter wheel.

You can connect everything up beforehand no issue. I'd suggest using PHD2 for guiding. You can set the gain manually in the INDI control panel in KStars, which will probably help - it might have defaulted to the max gain. Be sure to save the configuration on the INDI driver when it works.

[MarkAR]

Thanks @discardedastro, am thinking of using PHD2. 

So far I seem to have everything running, just got to try and tidy up all the usb cables and wait for the skies to clear.