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QHYCCD QHY367C User Manual

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  • Page 1 QHY367C User’s Manual Rev. 1.3...
  • Page 2 QHY367C This document is an online document. You may save this PDF file or print it out. QHYCCD reserves the right to change this user manual without prior notice. Package Contents please confirm that the package contains the following items: USB3.0 cable(1.5m)

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    QHY367C Table of Contents 01 Software Installation 02 Use QHY367C in SharpCap 03 White Balance Adjustment 04 Use QHY367C on ASCOM platform 05 Use QHY367C in EZCAP_QT 06 Use BroadCast Video Streaming 07 FAQ 08 Camera Maintenance 09 Specifications 10 Mechanical Dimensions...

  • Page 4: Software Installation

    5. Connect QHY367C to your PC with USB3.0 cable. Connect your QHY367C to 12V power supply (Make sure 12V power supply is always connected when you use QHY367C). For the first time the system will find a new device and search the driver. You can skip the online searching by clicking “Skip obtaining driver software from Windows Update”...
  • Page 5 Take QHY367C for example, you can see the drivers we need are the latest versions and don’t need to be updated as shown in the following picture.

  • Page 6: Use Qhy367C In Sharpcap

    QHY367C 02 Use QHY367C in SharpCap 1. Connect your QHY367C to 12V power supply. Connect your QHY367C to your computer with USB3.0 cable. 2. Run SharpCap. If the aforementioned software and drivers all have been installed properly, the video image will appear automatically and you will see the frame rate at the lower-left corner of the software as shown below 3.
  • Page 7 , 5 sec exposure and 40 gain of QHY367C is shown below. 8. After you connect 12V power supply for QHY367C to power the TEC cooling circuit, you can set the CMOS sensor cooling temperature in the “Thermal Controls” section in SharpCap as...
  • Page 8 QHY367C Basically, you can control the temperature of CMOS by either adjusting “Cooler Power” or clicking “Auto” and adjusting “Target Temperature”. You can also see the CMOS temperature at lower-left corner of the software. Before use this function, you should read the content about how to protect the cooler in the...
  • Page 9 03 Color Balance Adjustment SharpCap will start at the default RGB balance for color camera. Here is the screenshot of the QHY367C start up. For color camera, SharpCap will show the WB Red/Green/Blue progress bar. Since the color balance is the ratio between Red to Green and Blue to Green. You can fix the Green color to its default value and adjust the Red and Blue.
  • Page 10 QHY367C The reason is that the Color balance is a ratio of the RGB sensitivity difference. So we use a ratio to multiply the RGB value and get it done. But if there is a bias exist. The ratio will not be correct.
  • Page 11 1. First you have to make sure that both ASCOM Platform and ASCOM driver have been installed. If not, please install it first. 2. Connect your QHY367C to 12V power supply. Connect your QHY367C to your computer with USB3.0 cable.
  • Page 12 QHY367C Normally, you can set the gain=1 and offset=10 to start. Keep clicking “Okay” to return to Camera Control window. Keep clicking “OK” to return to the Camera Control window. Click “Connect” before clicking “start” button in the Expose tab.

  • Page 13: Use Qhy367C In Ezcap_Qt

    QHYCCD deep sky cameras. 1. Download and install EZCAP_QT 2. Connect your QHY367C to 12V power supply. Connect your QHY367C to your computer with USB3.0 cable. 3. Run EZCAP_QT. Select “Connect” in Menu->Camera. If the camera is successfully connected.
  • Page 14 QHY367C 5. You can use the preview tab to do preview. And use the focus tools to do focus. Then use the capture tab to capture image. 6. In EZCAP_QT there is a planner for image tasking. You can capture a series images by using...

  • Page 15: Use Broadcast Video Streaming

    QHY367C 06 Use BroadCast Video Streaming BroadCast video steaming is a special function that QHY367C supports. It can send the video image to multiple target software via QHYCCD BroadCast video driver. For example, you can use the SharpCap software to control the QHY367C camera and at the same time the video appearing on the SharpCap will be sent to any of software that support the WDM camera, like the HandyAvi, Adobe video encoder, online chat software etc.
  • Page 16 QHY367C...

  • Page 17: Faq

    QHY367C 07 FAQ Does QHY367C support 10bit or 14bit? QHY367C supports both 10bit and 14bit output (For 10bit, it is 0-255 and only use the high 8bit, for 14bit it is 0-16383 mapping to 0-65535) How to get maximum FPS? Since QHY367C has very high data bandwidth.
  • Page 18 If you found there is dust on the CMOS sensor. You can screw off the front part of the QHY367C. The QHY367C’s CMOS sensor has the AR coating so you need to be careful to clean it. You can use the clean kit for DSLR sensor to do it.
  • Page 19 QHY367C The cooler in QHY367C can lower the CMOS temperature to a value that’s almost 40 degrees centigrade below the ambient temperature. So you need to be careful to avoid thermal shock, which refers to when the cooler’s temperature rises or fall dramatically, the cooler is subjected to strong internal stress due to contraction principle.

  • Page 20: Camera Maintenance

    The CCD sensor is located in a CCD chamber. This chamber is airproof and connect to the socket of the silicone gel tube on one side of the QHY367C front case. If there is moisture and cause the CCD sensor glass get dew. You can connect the silicone gel tube on the socket to dry Please put the effective silicone gel into the silicone gel tube.

  • Page 21: Specifications

    QHY367C 09 Specifications CMOS Sensor Sony full-frame 36MP CMOS Sensor Effective Pixels 7380*4932 Pixel Size 4.88um*4.88um Effective Area 36mm*24mm Shutter Electric Rolling Shutter. FullWell Readout Noise System Gain Unity Gain Frame Rate (on 8bit) ROI Support Yes. Any Area ROI...

  • Page 22: Mechanical Dimensions

    10 Mechanical Dimensions Drawing of QHY367C without angle adjustment adapter ring The back focal length of QHY367C with angle adjustment adapter ring is about 18.50mm Drawing of QHY367C with angle adjustment adapter ring The back focal length of QHY367C with angle adjustment adapter ring is about 22.50mm...
  • Page 23 QHY367C Drawing of angle adjustment adapter ring Drawing of Spacer to convert M54 to 2 inches...

  • Page 24: Revision History

    QHY367C 11 Revision history Date of change Revision Content of change November 29 First edition 2016 December 20 Added solution to the problem that cameras halt 2016 under DDR mode in the FAQ section Added introduction about broadcast January 5...

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