©ALCOR‐SYSTEM 2
TableofContents
1 Camerainstallation...................................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Camerainstallation...........................................................................................................................................4
1.2 Cameraopticalsettings...................................................................................................................................10
1.3 OMEAcameraconnections(USBversion)......................................................................................................10
1.3.1 Temperaturesensorandhumidityconnector(#1).................................................................................11
1.3.2 PowerconnectorandRS232(#2)............................................................................................................12
1.3.3 USBconnector(#3).................................................................................................................................15
1.4 OMEAcameraconnections(ETHERNETversion)............................................................................................16
2 Software..................................................................................................................................................................17
2.1 Systemrequirementandoperatingsystem....................................................................................................17
2.2 Camerainstallationsoftware..........................................................................................................................17
2.3 EmbeddedEthernetcamerasoftwareinstallation.........................................................................................21
3 Usingthecamerasoftwarecontrol........................................................................................................................24
3.1 Initializing........................................................................................................................................................24
3.1.1 Allcamerastype......................................................................................................................................24
3.1.2 OMEA8C/8Mspecificinitializationphases............................................................................................25
3.1.3 Camerasetup..........................................................................................................................................27
3.1.4 OMEA8M/8Ccoolingsetup....................................................................................................................30
3.1.5 Exposurecontrol.....................................................................................................................................31
3.2 Storageoffilesproducedbythecameracontrolsoftware............................................................................33
3.3 Cameraexposuretimeandgain.....................................................................................................................35
3.3.1 Manualmode..........................................................................................................................................35
3.3.2 Automaticmode.....................................................................................................................................35
3.4 Imagehotpixelremovalusingdarkframeimage...........................................................................................36
3.4.1 Achievingmasterdarkframe..................................................................................................................40
3.4.2 Residualhotpixelsrepair/fix..................................................................................................................42
3.5 Settingtheoverlaygrid...................................................................................................................................44
3.6 CyanogenBoldwoodorSentinelcloudsensorslinkwithcameracontrolsoftware......................................47
3.7 Magnitudepersquareseconddisplayimagemode.......................................................................................48
3.8 Telescopecontrolsoftwarelink......................................................................................................................50
3.9 Starcountforcloudcoverageestimation.......................................................................................................50
3.10 24hoverview...................................................................................................................................................51
4 Spherecondensationheatermanagement............................................................................................................54
4.1 Introduction....................................................................................................................................................54
4.2 Adjustingandstart‐up....................................................................................................................................54
