Player One Planetary Camera User manual

Planetary Camera Manual
V1.1

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Planetary Camera Design
DDR buffer
256MB DDR3 Buffer
It helps stabilize and secure data transmission, it effectively avoids frame dropping and greatly reduces readout noise.
Planetary Camera is first product line we provided
DPS technology
Dead Pixel Suppression
Dead pixels (including both hot pixels and cold pixels) of the image are swept away.
Sensor Tilt Plate
To obtain a flatter image field
When do solar imaging with prominence telescope, the Newton ring is annoying. Smoother solar image without Newton ring could be taken by
adjusting the sensor tilt plate. Besides, when you use a planetary camera for DSO lucky imaging, if you found the stars in corner are not
perfect, you can adjust the sensor tilt plate to obtain a flatter image field. get a much smaller field curvature of the telescope.
Overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanism
Camera hardware protection
Player One ensures the safety of your camera and other equipment through overvoltage and overcurrent protection mechanisms.

Catalog
Driver and software installation and setup
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Familiar with capture through a telescope
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How to use ASCOM
03 How to do real astrophotography
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How to setup your camera
How to get preview image
Start from Lunar imaging
ASCOM platform and camera driver installation

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01 How to setup your camera
Driver and software installation and setup

1. Open Player One website to download:
https://player-one-astronomy.com/service/software/
1.Driver and Software installation
2. Driver installation（Don’t connect the camera before installation）
1) Double-click the driver installation package to enter the
installation page
2) Click “Install” and wait for completion
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3)In first installation, your computer will show up Windows
Security window, please click “Install”.
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4)Click “Install Finished” to finish installation.
For planetary imaging, Sharpcap 3.3 and upper is supported.
For DSO imaging, ASCOM 6.5 is supported.
Windows 7/8/10 is supported.
Linux and Mac OS will be supported soon.

1.Driver and Software installation
5) After installation, connect the camera to the computer USB3.0 port
through USB cable, and the camera will be automatically recognized.
6) View the camera status in Device Manager
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1.Driver and Software installation
3. Install capture software
1) After the installation of the driver, you will need to install
a capture software such as SharpCap.
2) Select the installation path (the default path is generally
recommended).
3) After the installation is completed, open the software.
4) Open Camera: under the Cameras menu, go to Player
One Cameras and select the available camera models.
5) Check FPS
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FPS is a very important parameter, if FPS show a normal value such like 99.8fps, means the camera can transmit
data to your computer normally.

1.Driver and Software installation
7) Check the preview. Adjust the exposure, watch the preview, you will see the change of brightness. That means the
camera is working normally.
6) Remove the camera cover
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02 Level 1 - How to get preview image
Familiar with capture through a telescope