I just received a Starfish guider and am looking forward to using it when the weather cooperates. I had a question about the Hot Pixel filter mentioned here....
As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm gearing up to use my recently received Starfish so forgive me for my questions if they've been covered. Since there is...
Jeff, I've simply clicked the Hot Pixel box in MaxIm guiding setup. I've seen no need for darks. My Starfish works flawlessly without them. Bob ... recently ...
I am using the 3x3 with same results. The dark current is small when you are talking < 12 sec imaging time. You get nearly the same results if you made and...
Larry, First make sure you have the latest MaxIm DL camera plugin installed. Go to our support page at: http://www.fishcamp.com/support.html and download the...
Thanks for the replies. I have a feeling I won't need to do dark subtraction as others have suggested. But I guess I'm just trying to reconcile a couple...
Jeff, The image calibration features are performed by the camera itself transparently to MaxIm DL. The Starfish camera's design has some dedicated hardware to...
Thanks Bob for the explanation. O.K. I think I almost got it but I'll risk being tedious and ask another: How can the camera do it's on-board calibration if it...
Bob, When you say "make sure you have the latest MaxIm DL camera plugin installed, are you referring to the Maxim DSLR version? I only have the regular...
Jeff, If you really want the details.... we don't technically use a bias frame. We do the next best thing. Besides the 1280 x 1024 visible pixels, the...
Larry, I'm referring to the Starfish camera plug-in that MaxIm DL uses to talk to our camera. Not the version of MaxIm DL itself. Bob fishcamp engineering 105...
Larry, See the "PC Support" item on the link Bob Piatek provided. That leads you to the latest Starfish plugin for MaxIm (should be for all flavors, not just...
Dale, You should still install the latest update from our web site. Running the installer will also copy the latest camera firmware to your computer. This...
Dale, You have to put the Camera Plug-in file into the directory where MaxIm DL is installed. When you run the 'Starfish_Setup.exe' program, a copy of the new...
I hooked my Starfish up to my EM-200 tonight and it performed fantastic! I was in a hurry so eyeball polar align, no Polaralignmax, just fired it up and wow!...
John, Well, the only thing that comes to mind is that Windows will think that the camera is a new device anytime you plug it into a different USB port from the...
do somebody test the cam for spectocopy result like low livel artisanal whit cd Room transmission grating I make such test whit my webcam whit good result A-...
I think you are right Bob. I'm running it through a 7 port usb hub. And I bet that, combined with the 2 ports on my laptop created the new hardware notice. ...
John, I also run Starfish through a 7-port USB hub, but always use the same socket on my laptop, and have not had this problem. Also make sure you're using the...
I see in the installation guide the Starfish requires USB2.0 to work. Do these new drivers and plug-ins allow it to work with a USB1.1 laptop? I am trying to...
I wanted to let everyone know that tomorrow morning, our WEB site will be down for several hours for maintenance. Sorry for the inconvenience. Regards, Bob...
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