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4. Next, choose Install the software
automatically.
5. Windows may note that the driver
has not passed Windows Logo
testing. This is normal. Click the
Continue Anyway button. When the
Wizard has completed, click the
Finish button.
Windows Vista, Windows 7 and
Window 8 will automatically detect and
install the camera to your computer.
Camera Installation
troubleshooting tip
If Windows is unable to automatically
locate and install the camera (after you
performed the driver installation), then
install the drivers manually by doing
the following:
1. With the camera plugged into the
USB, go to the Device Manager
from the Windows Control Panel.
2. Locate the "AstroImaging
Equipment" device tree, and right
click on the device "AllInOne_B".
3. Select "Update Driver", then
browse the file path to the direc-
tory you installed the drivers,
the default is: C:\Program Files\
Orion\AllInOneDrivers
Getting Started
Let's start by exploring the interface of
the capture software "Orion AstroCap".
Connect the SSAIO to computer and run the "Orion AstroCap" software.
Camera
In order to connect with the camera, select the desired resolution from the cam-
era drop down menu (Figure 4).
When the SSAIO camera is plugged in, the Orion AstroCap software will recog-
nize the camera and display a drop down list of available resolutions.
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Figure 3: The Orion AstroCap software.
Figure 4: Connecting to camera and
selecting resolution.
Figure 5: The video Capture interface
showing Gain, Exposure and Gamma
settings.
Select from the available resolutions to
connect to the camera.
If no camera is seen, check cable con-
nections and camera driver installa-
tion.
Video Capture
GAIN: The fist slider is for GAIN.
(Figure 5) This is represented as a
percentage of the total gain. Move the
slider back and forth to adjust gain. By
pressing the button displaying the per-
centage amount, a number pad pop up
will appear allowing for more precise
settings of the gain to be entered.
EXPOSURE: The next slider is for
EXPOSURE. This is represented in
microseconds, milliseconds and sec-
onds. Move the slider back and forth to
adjust exposure. By pressing the but-
ton displaying the exposure amount, a
number pad pop up will appear allow-
ing for more precise settings of the
exposure to be entered (Figure 6).
Note: Choose between MicroSeconds
(µs), MilliSeconds (ms) and Seconds
(s) when selecting exposure values
(Figure 6).
GAMMA: Gamma can be adjusted
from 0.7 to 2.2.
SNAP: This will take a still image in
the format specified by record options
(Figure 5).
REC: This will record a movie the
format specified by record options
(Figure 5).
Color Balance
Press Global WB to automatically set the white balance (Figure 7).
Or Press SPOT WB and click on image to set white balance.
Or alternatively use sliders to manually adjust color.
Figure 6: Exposure number pad
interface.
Figure 7: Color Balance interface.
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