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- Page 1 GPM174M Manual GPM174M User Manual Version 1.0 Jan 2025 All materials related to this publication are subject to change without notice and its copyright totally belongs to ToupTek Photonics. Please download the latest version from touptek.com.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
GPM174M Manual Contents GPM174M User Manual ..............................1 1 Description and Features ............................1 2 GPM174M Specifications and Performance ......................2 2.1 Camera Specifications ............................2 2.2 Sony IMX 249 Sensitivity .............................3 2.3 12bit ADC and ROI ...............................3 2.4 Frame Buffer................................3 2.5 Binning ..................................4 2.6 Power and Cooling System for Precise Temperature Regulation ................4... - Page 3 GPM174M Manual 4.3.8 FireCapture ..............................14 4.3.9 SharpCAP ..............................14 4.3.10 Registax ...............................14 4.3.11 AstroStack ..............................14 4.3.12 DeepSky Stacker............................14 5 Service ..................................15...
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Page 4: Gpm174M User Manual
1 Description and Features GPM174M camera possesses an exceptionally strong capability to capture faint signal (with a high QE value at 500nm). It also has a large sensor format, high full well capacity, high sensitivity, and low readout noise among other advantages. This results in outstanding performance in planetary photography, as well as in solar and lunar photography. -
Page 5: Gpm174M Specifications And Performance
GPM174M Manual 2 GPM174M Specifications and Performance 2.1 Camera Specifications Table 1 GPM174M Technique Specifications. Sensor Sony IMX 249 back illuminated sensor Diagonal 13.31 mm Image Resolution 2.3 mega pixels (1920*1200) 5.86m 5.86m Pixel Size 11.3mm 7.03mm Image Area... -
Page 6: Sony Imx 249 Sensitivity
2.2 Sony IMX 249 Sensitivity The sensor G Sensitivity of GPM174M is 825mv with 1/30s. Its spectral sensitivity is shown in Figure 1. The sensitivity is measured with a excitation LED light source with a color temperature of 3200 K, an IR cut filter CM500(t =1.0 mm) is placed between the LED light source and the sensor receiving surface to irradiate substantially parallel light. -
Page 7: Binning
2.5 Binning GPM174M supports software to digital binning from 11 to 88 in either stacking or averaging method. 2.6 Power and Cooling System for Precise Temperature Regulation The camera operates via a USB 2.0 interface. - Page 8 RAW 12-bit mode Figure 2 shows the curves of the camera analysis data in Table 3 Figure 2 e/ADU, Read Noise, Full Well and Dynamic Range for GPM174M The camera analysis data is shown in Table 3: Table 3 Camera Analysis Data...
- Page 9 GPM174M Manual Full Well (ke-) 33.43 18.77 10.59 5.92 3.37 1.88 1.06 0.68 Dynamic Range (stop) 11.11 10.41 9.63 8.86 8.04 7.44 11.78...
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Page 10: Product Package And Connections
GPM174M Manual 3 Product Package and Connections 3.1 Packing List Figure 3 Packing Information of GPM174M Table 4 GPM174M Packing List Standard Camera Packing List Carton L:50cm W:30cm H:30cm (20pcs, 12~17Kg/ carton, 0.045m3), not shown in the photo Gift box L:15cm W:15cm H:10cm (0.8~1.0Kg/ box) One GPM series camera with a Type-C-Mount(inner) High-speed USB3.0 A male to C male connectors cable /2.0m... -
Page 11: Camera Dimension And Its Mount
GPM174M Manual 3.2 Camera Dimension and Its Mount Figure 4 Dimension and Mount of GPM174M and 1.25’’ extender series body, made from tough, alloy, ensures a heavy duty, workhorse solution. The camera is designed with IR-CUT a high-quality to protect the camera sensor and block the IR elimination the reflection light. No moving parts included. -
Page 12: Camera Outline And Interface
GPM174M Manual 3.3 Camera Outline and Interface Figure 5 Camera Outline and Interface. Table 6 Camera Outline and Interface List Item Specification A built-in ST4 auto guider port for the easy connection of the auto guider. USB2.0 interface, Type C... -
Page 13: Gpm174M And Its Software
GPM174M Manual 4 GPM174M and Its Software 4.1 Application Installation For software, customers are welcomed to go to our software website: https//touptek-astro.cn, to download the latest ToupSky. The GPM can also be used with ASCOM, DirectShow SDK. If the third-party software is compatible with these SDK, customers can also download the software driver from our website and install the drivers into the third-party software. - Page 14 GPM174M Manual Figure 6 ToupSky and Its Video Window Figure 7 ToupSky and Its Browse Window...
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Page 15: Professional Camera Control Panel
GPM174M Manual 4.1.2 Professional Camera Control Panel Capture & Resolution Set the live and snap resolution and snap the image or record video; Exposure & Gain Auto exposure (exposure target preset) and manual exposure (exposure time can be inputted manually); Up to 5 times gain;... -
Page 16: Gpm174M And The 3 Rd Party Software
⚫ x86: XP SP3 or above; CPU supports SSE2 instruction set or above ⚫ x64: Win7 or above Supported Camera: ⚫ All ToupTek astronomy cameras 4.3 GPM174M and the 3 Party Software 4.3.1 Support Software Software Version ASCOM Native PHD Guiding 2.3.0(2014) -
Page 17: Ascom Platform
GPM174M Manual 4.3.2 ASCOM Platform All AstroCam telescope camera drivers request to install ASCOM platform, free. http://www.ascom-standards.org/index.htm You can download the ASCOM package from : http://ascom-standards.org/Downloads/Index.htm 4.3.3 PHD Guiding A popular free guide software: http://openphdguiding.org/ ToupTek’s telescope camera support Native/ASCOM/WDM driver to run the video. - Page 18 GPM174M Manual 5 Service For software upgrades, please refer to “Download” on our official website: https://ToupTek.com// For customers who purchase the cameras from local dealer, please contact your dealer for more inquiry. For technical support, please contact e-mail address: astro@touptek.com.
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