QHY5

Mono/Color CMOS Camera

manual

QHY5用户手册 V1.0

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QHY5 Color CMOS Camera user manual

Congratulations on your new QHYCCD series purchase!

Make sure you read this guide carefully before operating your new camera.

Important Safety InformationThe CMOS chip is fragile. Take extra care when transporting and storing the device. Any significant impacts may damage your equipment.

It is suggest that installing the driver first and connect the QHY5 camera second.

CONTENT1)SAFETY PRECAUTIONS---------------------------22)STANDARD EQUIPMENT---------------------------33)CAMERA STRUCTURE AND INTERFACE CONNECTION----54)CAMERA DRIVERS INSTALLATION AND QUICKLY MASTERING -------------------------------------65)SERVICE TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY OF CAMERA---76)QHY5 CMOS CHIP READ-OUT MODE ----------------77)CLEAN THE SURFACE OF CMOS CHIP---------------78)QHY5 MECHIANICAL-----------------------------99)QHY5 BACK FOUCS LENGTH-----------------------910)QHY5 SOFTWARE ABC COURSE -------------------1111)Guiding by using QHY5 in MAXim DL-----------1312)Guiding by using QHY5 in PHD----------------1513)QHY5 Guiding Port Definition----------------16

STANDARD EQUIPMENTMake sure that the following items are included in your camera package. If anything is missing, contact the retailer from which you purchased the camera.

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QHY5 Camera1

USB cable2

M42*0.75 to 1.25 inchadapter3

guiding cable4

Note: The attachment is supplied by dealers, Please contact the dealers to know what are sold.

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Camera Interface

1: Camera Front Part2：M42*0.75 inner screw3：M28*0.5 1.25 inch filter

interface4：Guiding port5: USB port

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CAMERA DRIVERS INSTALLATION AND QUICKLY MASTERING

1. Please download last QHY5 system driver from http://www.qhyccd.com/download.html (WINUSB 64/32version) This version support windowsXP,windowsVista and windows 7, 64 and 32bit version.

2. Run installer

3. Connect the camera to computer with USB cable

4. System will find new device. Wait till installation finished (In XP select “No”->”Next Step”->”Install automatically”

5. Download QGVIDEO software from http://www.qhyccd.com/download.html. Use this software to capture.

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SERVICE TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY OF CAMERA

Service Temperature of this camera is from -20C/-4F to +30C/86F.Relative Humidity amount is from 0% to 90%.

QHY5 CMOS CHIP READ-OUT MODE QHY5’s CMOS chip is single channel and progressive. The camera supports reading out non-compressed video.

CLEAN THE SURFACE OF CMOS CHIPIf dust coats the surface of the CMOS-it will impact the your images and possible create “dust donuts” and other artifacts.

If there is only a small amount of dust, we suggest just using flat fields calibration to remove them.

clean the dust off of the surface of CMOS with a manual air pump. If there is dirt

that doesn’t come off with the air pump, you can use lens paper or a commercially available SLR camera cleaning kit. Here is the correct procedure to follow with the lens paper:1. Wash your hands with soap.2. Take a piece of lens paper, and fold it once or twice (do not fold too many times as the lens paper will get very sharp and the edges may scratch the CMOS glass surface)3. Blow at CMOS in a breath and use lens paper to clean the CMOS surface. Make sure to maintain an appropriate pressure for CMOS with your hand.4. Finish cleaning and reinstall the front cover of CMOS. If there is higher relative humidity in your environment- it is necessary to dry the inside of the CMOS sealed chamber.

Cleaning tips

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QHY5 BACK FOUCS LENGTH

QHY5’s back focus is 12.5mm

QHY5 MECHIANICAL

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QHY5 SOFTWARE ABC COURSE

QGVideo5T is the capture software for QHY5. It’s supports reading out non-compressed

video/image data, and it is very suit for capturing solar, moon, or planets.

1. Run QGVideo5T, if the drivers of QHY5 has been installed correctly, and QHY5 has been connected with computer correctly, the software will note “CONNECTED” and run, if

the QHY5 has been not installed correctly, the software will note “No Camera Detected” .

2. Select Capture Files-Select Capture Location，set the file saving location. 3. Select Capture Files-Select Base Filename, set the file saving base filename. 4. Set the subframe size in the left of the software.5. Set the expose time and gain in the left of the software. You can watch the realtimeimage in the right of it.

6. Set Delay time. That is the time between frame and frame. That time is used for transferring image data, so it could not be setted to low. That is depend on the computer.7. Set capture count.8. Set Dark Count. Using this function, the software will capture a number of dark frames at first, and capture the light frames, after that, the software will use the light frames to subtract dark frames. 9. Click the image will show the larger on this area. It is convenient for focus.10. Click the AVI button to start capture the non-compressed video.

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WWW.QHYCCD.COM

Guiding by using QHY5 in MAXim DLQHY5 contains a guiding port, it can be used as a guiding ccd with ASCOM. QHY5 uses 1*1 bin and normal download speed default. It can usesubframe mode to guide.

1. Connect the QHY5 and the equatorial mount’s guide spot.

2. Run MAXim DL, choose View-Camera Control Window, choose Setup-Setup Camera-Camera Model-ASCOM-Advanced, in the ASCOM Camera Choose window, choose the CMOS QHY5 Camera, and click the Properties button, set Gain and Offset and so on. After setting, click the Connect button.

3. Choose the Guide table in the Camera Control window.

4. Set expose time.5. Click Settings, open the Guide Settings

window. Click the Reset button in the Expose Setting area, the subframe will use the full frame, click OK to save it.

6. Choose Expose, click Start, QHY5 will take a photo.

7. After the photo show, adjust the Screen Stretch to watch the suitable image.

8. Click the Settings button again, open the Guider Settings windows. Use the mouse to select an area on the image, this is the subframe, click OK. Generally, it contains a star which will be used as the guided star.

9. Choose Expose, click Start to take a photo, the photo is the subframe which was selected.

10. Choose Calibrate.11. After calibration, click Options, choose No

Calibration.12. Choose Track. Click Start to begin guiding.13. Click Graph, to show the guiding graph.

Note:When guiding in MaxIm DL, the first a few

images may be black, it is no problem, after capturing nearly 10 images, it will be normal.

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Guiding by using QHY5 in PHD

1. Connect the QHY5 and the equatorial mount’s guide spot.

2. Run PHD, choose Connect to Camera ( )-ASCOM v5 camera-CMOS QHY5 Camera-Properties, set Gain, click OK to return.

3. Choose Mount-On-camera, and then click Connect to telescope ( ).

4. Click to expose. You can change the expose time at the pull-down menu, and change the screen luminance with changing the slider’s position.

5. Find a star in the realtime image, click it, the star will be marked by a green box.

6. Click to start guiding.7. Choose Tools-Enable Graph to show the

guiding graph.

QHY5 Guiding Port Definition

QHY5 uses the ST-4 guiding port, you can watch the under picture to know detail.