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1. #PLATE SOLVING SOFTWARE FOR MAXIM DL 5 INSTALL#
2. #PLATE SOLVING SOFTWARE FOR MAXIM DL 5 DRIVER#
3. #PLATE SOLVING SOFTWARE FOR MAXIM DL 5 UPGRADE#

Once you have all that setup select a low exposure time somewhere between. Lastly under the options arrow display large statistics. Then select continuous on the right so your exposures are taken automatically. Then you want to draw a box around your mag 4 star. Under expose change the exposure preset to focus. TO manually focus you will open up the camera icon and go to the expose tab. The options tab allows you to eliminate the tabs you don’t use and de clutter the window for future use.

After you select the Ascom for everything you can click connect all or individually connect to the equipment you plan on using.

#PLATE SOLVING SOFTWARE FOR MAXIM DL 5 DRIVER#

In this tab you select the black arrows next to each piece of equipment and select the Ascom driver for the corresponding line. We will come back to the other tabs later however we need to connect our equipment first so click on the setup tab. The next few tabs we will skip until later and go straight to the setup tab. You can also set alarms, Add fits header data to be collected and adjust other settings in this window If you have a GPS or you use EQMOD you can click load from scope and it will auto fill. You will do the same for your guide scope and you will need to enter your site location. Here you will enter your telescope focal length, aperture, and for the obstruction of your scope if any. Click on the telescope tab followed by the site and optics button. The first tab is your catalog tab which we will come back to. Click on the observatory button (Dome icon). Now that we have the cameras set up we will move to the rest of our equipment. If you have a color camera select the readout mode to color instead of monochrome.Ĭamera setup 2 will be your guider camera and you will do the same setup as above but select your guide camera. If your filters aren’t para-focal or if they are with a slight offset you can enter your filter offsets in the filter window as well.

Adjust the list to your Filter Wheel setup and you can add narrow band if you have them in as well. The last setup would be the filters if you have a mono camera. Once you have the cool point set you will have to click on the cooler on button. You cant set this until you connect your camera. If your camera has a cooler you can click cooler and set the cool point. Once you select your camera you can then click options and toggle on/off the different options you want to use or turn off. Depending on your camera manufacturer you may or may not have to select your specific model in the drop down menus. Select your Ascom driver from the drop down menu. The camera 1 area should be your main imaging camera. This will make your screen red to protect your night vision and eliminate white light that could compromise your image. Here you connect all your other equipment as well as your site and optics, focus, star catalog and more. This one you setup your main camera, guider camera and filter wheel. You can use this to check your focus, background and other aspects of your image. You will use this to increase the detail of your image during integration and post process. There are 5 main ones you will need highlighted in yellow. Most of these you will not need right away and can seem intimidating.

#PLATE SOLVING SOFTWARE FOR MAXIM DL 5 INSTALL#

Once you install Maxim and open the program you will see many icons under the main menu. Lastly if you have an FLI Camera you will need a special DLL to add to the Diffraction Limited Program Directory. If you want to use a different plate solve catalog you can find them here for download: Plate solve catalogs You can use other catalogs but this is the most popular. You will also need the Plate solve files GSC11. You can see the difference between the levels at the bottom of this tutorial.

#PLATE SOLVING SOFTWARE FOR MAXIM DL 5 UPGRADE#

After a year you can upgrade your software or license at a discounted price, However the cost savings is not that much from full price. The license is good for a year of updates. The cost of Maxim varies from $199.00 to $599.00 depending on the version you want and the options you prefer. The first things you need to get going is the demo version of Maxim: Maxim DL. I will specify what steps to skip if using a OSC. We will focus on integration with a mono camera however we will touch upon the important factors for a one shot color (OSC). We will have a part 2 on Post Processing. This extensive tutorial will focus on the setup of Maxim through Integration. Its practically an all in one program that provides Integration, Guiding, Go to Star map, Plate solving, Focus routines and post processing. Maxim DL is a staple among astrophotographers.