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QHYCCD QHY4040 User Manual

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REV 1.0
QHY4040
Scienfitic CMOS Camera

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  • Page 1 User Manual REV 1.0 QHY4040 Scienfitic CMOS Camera...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents PACKAGE CONTENTS ....................3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ..................4 INTERFACE INTODUCTION ..................5 USE QHY4040 IN SHARPCAP ..................5 USE QHY4040 WITH ASCOM ..................7 USE QHY168M IN EZCAP_QT ................. 10 FAQ ........................... 13 OHY4040 MECHANICAL SIZE .................. 16 SPECIFICATIONS ..................... 17...

  • Page 3: Package Contents

    QHY4040 01 Package Contents 3.0 USB cable Power cable with locker 12V AC Power Adapter Silicon gel tube and slicon gel M54 to 2inch T-ring Center/tilt adjust ring Camera Cover Warrentee Card Driver Download Card Test Report Camera body * The 12V power adapter is depend on the area/country. Some country/area has no this item.

  • Page 4: Software Installation

    "ignore obtain driver from windows" to get it faster. The computer will looking for the driver in local disk. Since the QHY4040 system driver is installed before. So it should find it and start to install hardware. After successfully installed, you can see QHY5IIISeries_IO in the hardware manager.

  • Page 5: Interface Intoduction

    3. Turn on SharpCap. If If you cannot find the QHY4040 in the "camera" menu, you can try "re-scan" camera in this menu.
  • Page 6 6. The following adjust tools is for temperature regular control. When set to Auto , you can set the target temerpature. The QHY4040 has maxium -35C delta T below ambinet. You can set a suitable target temperature according the enviroment temperature. Please reserver some degree to avoid the camera working in just -35 delta T, otherwise when enviroment get higher , you can not get the target temperature and cause the dark frame calibration has problems.

  • Page 7: Use Qhy4040 With Ascom

    With the ASCOM driver support, the QHY4040 can works in many software, which support ascom interface. Please note QHY4040 will use the 16-bit mode under ascom and use the single frame mode under ASCOM. Currently it does not support the ASCOM VIDEO DRIVER. The ADC in QHY4040 is 12bit.
  • Page 8 QHY4040 After connecting the software, follow the steps to set the cooling temperature.
  • Page 9 QHY4040 Click "Start" to capture one frame.

  • Page 10: Use Qhy168M In Ezcap_Qt

    It has the basic capture function and working in single frame mode. 1. Install EZCAP_QT software. 2. Connect your QHY4040 to 12V power supply. Connect your QHY4040 to your computer with USB3.0 cable. 3. Run EZCAP_QT. Select “Connect” in Menu->Camera. If the camera is successfully connected. The title of EZCAP_QT will display the camera firmware version and the camera ID as shown below You can change the language of the software at menu->language.
  • Page 11 QHY4040 5. One left of the software there is some TAB. You can use the preview TAB to do some preview. And you can select an area in the preview image area and use the focus TAB to do focusing. And then use the Capture...
  • Page 12 QHY4040 7. There is a planner in the EZCAP_QT. You can do a sequence capture with this planner.

  • Page 13: Faq

    2. How to clean the CMOS sensor and optical window? If you find dust on the CMOS sensor, you can first unscrew the front half of the QHY4040 and then clean the CMOS sensor with the cleaning kit for the SLR camera sensor. Because the QHY4040 CMOS sensor...
  • Page 14 Dry Camera CMOS Cavity The CMOS sensor is located in a CMOS cavity. There is a hole in the side of the front of the QHY4040 camera. If there is moisture in the CMOS cavity that causes the sensor glass to fog, you can connect a silicone tube through this hole to dry it.
  • Page 15 QHY4040 11. Speer settings in SharpCap When the camera is at a high speed, the image may be out of phase. Try lowering the Speed to solve the problem. In the software's Speed setting, the number of steps will appear at 0 frames and cannot be displayed. See the table below to set the Speed.

  • Page 16: Ohy4040 Mechanical Size

    QHY4040 10 OHY4040 Mechanical Size...

  • Page 17: Specifications

    12-bit/8-bit output Note: Due to the limitation of USB3.0 transfer speed.The current USB3.0 version of QHY4040 only supports single A/D channels. For dual A/D channels please wait for the QHY4040 10GigaE version. It will be avalible at the end of 2019.
  • Page 18 GPS Card. Or Multiple Camera Synchronized Port and so on. Cooling System Dual Stage TE Cooler（-35C below ambient） Default setup is fan cooling. QHYCCD also supply the water cooling Fan Cooling / Water Cooling version. Anti-Dew Heater Telescope Interface M54/0.75 female thread on the fast installer/center adjust ring...

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