From: "Tim" <tjp314@pacbell.net>
Date: January 6, 2006 4:04:37 PM MST
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: 60+ second exposures with Flea
Milton:
Very cool! I will try that when I get home.
-Tim.
--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Milton Aupperle <milton@o...> wrote:
Hi Tim;
For the Flea camera, you need to connect Pins 1 and 2 on the included
round Hirose HR25 Male 8 pin connector. The connector has 2 sets of
pins on it, the very fine ones that fit into the back of camera
socket and the coarser pins on the other side that you will connect
up. The pin numbers are shown in the PGR pamphlet that was included
with the camera (see back page entitled "Camera Interface"). It looks
like this:
N
P1
P2 P3 P4
P5 P6 P7
P8
The N is the "notch" in the ring, so you know how the connector is
oriented. The P1 to P8 indicates the pin number. You connect P1 to P2
and then check the "Allow extended PGR camera exposure times" item in
the Astro IIDC Preferences, which tells Astro IIDC to implement a
Bulb type mode for long exposures of up to 60 minutes.
Their is only about 1.5 mm of distance between the pins, so you can
either drip some solder on them to connect them up (which is what I
did) or bend them over so they make physical contact.
HTH..
Milton J. Aupperle
President
ASC - Aupperle Services and Contracting
Mac Software (Drivers, Components and Application) Specialist
#1005 - 815 14th Avenue. S.W.
Calgary Alberta Canada T2R0N5
1-(403)-229-9456
milton@o...
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On 6-Jan-06, at 12:47 PM, Tim wrote:
Milton:
Now that I have an SBIG camera that can autoguide my Tak and
Nexstar mounts, I'd like to
take images longer than 60 seconds with the Flea on a Megrez 80
piggyback on the main
scope. I remember you once said I'll need to solder a couple pins
together, but I want to
make sure I know which ones before I do that. Is the info on your
website somewhere, or is it
in the Pt Grey Documentation?