4.Next, choose Install the software automatically.
5.Windows may note that the driver has not passed Windows Logo testing. This is normal. Click the Continue Anyway button. When the Wizard has completed, click the Finish button.
Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Window 8 will automatically detect and install the camera to your computer.
Camera Installation
Troubleshooting Tip
If Windows is unable to automatically locate and install the camera (after you performed the driver installation), then install the drivers manually by doing the following:
1.With the camera plugged into the USB, go to the Device Manager from the Windows Control Panel.
2.Locate the “AstroImaging Equipment” device tree, and right click on the device “AllInOne_B”.
3.Select “Update Driver”, then browse the file path to the direc- tory you installed the drivers, the default is: C:\Program Files\
Orion\AllInOneDrivers
Getting Started
Let’s start by exploring the interface of the capture software “Orion AstroCap”.
Figure 3: The Orion AstroCap software.
Figure 4: Connecting to camera and selecting resolution.
Figure 5: The video Capture interface showing Gain, Exposure and Gamma settings.
Select from the available resolutions to connect to the camera.
If no camera is seen, check cable con- nections and camera driver installa- tion.
Video Capture
GAIN: The fist slider is for GAIN. (Figure 5) This is represented as a percentage of the total gain. Move the slider back and forth to adjust gain. By pressing the button displaying the per- centage amount, a number pad pop up will appear allowing for more precise settings of the gain to be entered.
EXPOSURE: The next slider is for EXPOSURE. This is represented in microseconds, milliseconds and sec- onds. Move the slider back and forth to adjust exposure. By pressing the but- ton displaying the exposure amount, a number pad pop up will appear allow- ing for more precise settings of the exposure to be entered (Figure 6).
Note: Choose between MicroSeconds (µs), MilliSeconds (ms) and Seconds
(s)when selecting exposure values (Figure 6).
GAMMA: Gamma can be adjusted from 0.7 to 2.2.
SNAP: This will take a still image in the format specified by record options (Figure 5).
REC: This will record a movie the format specified by record options
Figure 6: Exposure number pad interface.
Connect the SSAIO to computer and run the “Orion AstroCap” software.
Camera
(Figure 5).
Color Balance
Figure 7: Color Balance interface.
In order to connect with the camera, select the desired resolution from the cam- era drop down menu (Figure 4).
When the SSAIO camera is plugged in, the Orion AstroCap software will recog- nize the camera and display a drop down list of available resolutions.
Press Global WB to automatically set the white balance (Figure 7). Or Press SPOT WB and click on image to set white balance.
Or alternatively use sliders to manually adjust color.
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