苏州振旺光电有限公司 Suzhou ZWO Co.,Ltd. Thank you for purchasing a ZWO ASI camera. This guide is brief summary of the installation procedure to get you up and running with your new camera. Please be sure to read the user manual for more complete instructions.
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CD-ROM. After plugging in the camera, you will see your ZWO camera model listed under the “imaging devices” category of the Device Manager if the driver is installed successfully. 2. Download and install SharpCap (image capture software) from our website or CD-ROM.
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Connecting the camera to the telescope The following cameras include an all sky lens: ASI120MM/MC ASI120MM-S/MC-S ASI178MM/MC ASI290MM/MC ASI185MC ASI224MC Please remove the lens before attaching the camera to your telescope. Screw the 1.25”nose-piece Take off the lens Focus through the eyepiece Replace the eyepiece with camera Connect the USB2.0/3.0 cable Refocus so camera image is sharp...
Trouble shooting: 1. The preview image is completely white but the fps is normal. The camera is over exposed, please reduce the exposure and/or gain. Keep in mind that you can only see brightness without lens or scope 2. The preview screen is black and the fps is “0”. Please try to slow down the capture speed by reducing the “Turbo USB”.
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3. The camera can`t preview at the FPS declared in the specifications. 1) Please make sure the camera is connected to USB3.0 host if it’s a USB3.0 camera. Check that the camera is recognized as “via USB3.0”. Please try to update the computer`s USB Host Controller driver if not. 2) Make sure that the “High Speed Mode”...
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5. The camera cannot run continually on a laptop without external power This is because of the power save mode of your laptop, you need to disable power saving of USB port. 6. There is a yellow hint with the camera model name and error code 10. You may have this problem with our USB2.0 cameras, please try another USB Port or PC, then you can upgrade the firmware of this camera on the good PC.
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You can also update the driver manually if re-installation still does not work. Right click the “Unknown device”, choose the “Update Driver Software” and point to the driver directory. Normally the driver directory is : C:\Program Files (x86)\ZWO Design\ZWO_USB_Cameras_driver.
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