I ordered it for now. I was hoping for a direct DB6(TAK) to Starfish(ST4) connection. I suppose I could figure out the pins and make one myself. It's just...
You can find the TAK pinouts here: http://www.takahashijapan.com/ct-support/supp-pdf/autoguide_new.pdf The Starfish camera's pinouts are listed in the user's...
That's perfect I will make a schematic and post if anyone wants to make one in the future. I did get the Starfish pins from the manual but was waiting for the...
What is the relationship between gain and offset? Using the default settings for camera gain and offset with MaxIM DL, I have to take a 15 second guider image...
Michael, Turn the gain way up. It will increase the noise with the signal but it is a good win. You should leave the offset set at the default. I usually set...
Thanks Bob I will try with the gain turned up. Not familiar with the MaxIM setting you are describing but will muddle through the Help section. ... but ... so ...
Michael, Look under the 'View' menu. It's labeled 'Screen Stretch' or Ctrl+H. It always defaults to 'Medium'. The Screen Stretch View will show a histogram...
... Do I understand this correctly . I shouldn't mount the guide scope with adjustable rings ? Will I always be able to find a guide star in my guide scope...
Any support for AVI or similar high speed capture software yet? MaxIm and Nebulosity are not the best for planetary imaging. Frame rates are slow. Max...
What sort of frame rates do you get with those programs? Perhaps Bob can enlighten us on the technical details but my understanding is that when you get above...
Max, On the Mac side, we supply the StarLink application that is capable of the frames rates called out on our spec sheet. At least on the Intel based Macs...
Dale, Actually, the Starfish always puts out un-compressed pixel data regardless of the frame rate. It is not like the web cams which try to maintain frame...
Larry "Shouldn't" is a strong term. I have not had good luck with rings and it is necessary to correct flexure out of your system to the highest degree...
... Michael Wow that was expensive . I will have to think about the X-Y table . I'm on a budget and these cloudy days make me think I should get a different...
Hi, I have a cooled Starfish. I tried to use it as an autoguider on my Tak NJP mount using the Tak NJP (round small plug about 7 or 9 pins) to RJ11 (phone...
Hi Greg, It sounds like your cable is an ST-4 style cable. If that is true, you need to flip the connector for the Starfish. I'll bet it will run fine if you...
Hi Greg, with the correct ST-4 cable, delivered with the camera, the guiding worked perfectly for me the first time I used the Starfish. The LED¹s on the...
Sounds like you are using the TAK to SBIG cable instead of an ST-4. I would purchase the shoestring adapter, if this is the case, for a quick resolution. I...
Greg, The Starfish guide port pinout is the same as that of the Shoestring Astronomy products. They have a cable adapter that you can use for your Tak NJP...
Great. Thanks for all the helpful responses. I've ordered the Shoestring Astronomy adapter. What amperage 12V DC center pin positive transformer do I need? ...
Mike, Yes, we have an update coming that fixes the problem you refer to. I'm just cleaning up some documentation and should have it out by the end of the week....
Hi Bob, I wanted to report that I was able to try the new software update out and it worked flawlessly with MaxIm. 28 subexposures of two seperate targets...
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