Todays subject is mostly for those of you who, like me, have been using phd guiding for a while and now see the handwriting on the wall, thats its time to upgrade to the new version. Use this a to z to find key information taken from the guiding manual. Now, my problem is that i am not able to start indi. This handy utility can be used to dither phd2 from applications like maxim that do not have builtin support for phd dithering. Part 1 covers basic settings on phd2 part 2 covers calibration, drift alignment, reading the graph, and tweaking settings for given conditions.
Phd relies on the ascom platform and drivers to talk to. Phd2 is telescope guiding software that simplifies the process of tracking a guide. Download and install phd guiding phd guiding v2 is also available for download. Pleas for help with phd guiding seem to come up more often than almost other imaging topic. Meades dsi camera control and basic image processing software. Neither the ascom nor oslevel drivers are included with phd2, so they must be located. Just select your star and hit phd guide and let the software take care of it. Often, new features or bug fixes can be found in the pre. A short video showing the basic configuration of phd2 guiding. Connect your mount, your camera, select a star, and start guiding.
If you have been using the development snapshot builds, v2. The guiding manual is now part of the girlguiding website heres how to find what you need for everyday guiding. Phd guiding basic use and troubleshooting imaging tips. Phd2 log viewer phd2 log viewer is a tool for quickly visualizing your guiding performance and spotting problems in your phd2 guide log. Youll find lots of key information taken from the guiding manual on the pages below. Beginners guide to setting up your losmandy equatorial. This means that all the policies and guidance our members and volunteers need are in one. You use this control to quickly set the guide cameras exposure duration. Getting started with phd2 guiding setup, troubleshooting.
But here is some general guiding advice from an old going back to manual guiding in the 1960s imager. Phd2 users can post questions here about troubleshooting. Phd guiding is a free software among the most used for autoguiding since its very easy to use. Today, our expansive product line has become the industrys gold standard. By using autoguiding software such as phd2 guiding, our computer can communicate with the telescope mount. Astro features for digicamcontrol phd guiding post by gwondaleya. This is from a paramount meii owner using sgp and phd2 with no issues, including functioning tpoint model and pec turned on. Our antivirus scan shows that this download is malware free. Mac osx users need only download phd guiding for mac osx as the camera driver is built into that software. Contribute to openphdguidingphd2 development by creating an account on github. I make no claims to be the ultimate expert on the subject, but i have travelled some way along. Phd guiding basic use and troubleshooting imaging tips, tricks.
The linuxcomputer with all the devices connected is outside next to the mount. Once this happens click stop and the guiding assistant will move your mount to check your backlash. Get excellent guiding with phd2 what is phd guiding, how to use phd2 for. Beginners guide to setting up your losmandy equatorial mount for use with phd2 guiding introduction if you are reading this because you just purchased a losmandy equatorial mount, congratulations.
The phd2 guide icon used to start calibration, if needed, and then to start guiding on the selected star. The builtin help file inside phd2 contains a wealth of information, or you can download the instruction manual here. A delay after a guide movement before the next guide camera exposure. Guiding through the ascom gemini2 driver provides many advantages. Phd guiding is designed to be push here dummy simple, yet provide powerful, intelligent auto guiding of your telescope for both pcs and macs. Phd user manual overview bei sensors introduces the programmable hall device phd, an easy way to take control of customizing bei hall effect sensors output. Phd guiding is a handy and reliable autoguiding application worth having when you want to calibrate your telescope through a special camera. Family eating disorders fed manual, guiding families through the maze of eating disorders print edition laura hill phd, david dagg ma, michael levine phd, linda smolak phd, sara johnson msw. Phd guiding basic use and troubleshooting blackwater skies. Welcome to the discussion forum for open phd guiding phd2, a telescope guiding software application for astrophotographers. Phd guiding from stark labs has to be the most popular guiding software in. There is no need to uninstall the older version first. In this tutorial we will explain how to set up this software using an atik titan camera but the same steps can.
Qhy5 guiding port definition guiding by using qhy5 in phd connect. The stop icon used to stop both guiding and looping to the right of the stop icon is a pulldown list of exposure durations 0. Software and drivers are now available for use of the orion starshoot autoguider with apple computers running mac os x. The guys over at the astro imaging channel released an informative video featuring one of the team members of phd who worked on the software. In questo tutorial spiegheremo come impostare questo software utilizzando una camera atik titan. Phd guiding is designed to be push here dummy simple, yet provide powerful, intelligent autoguiding of your telescope for both pcs and macs. During the trial, you will have unlimited access to all avaialble features and, when it expires, you can choose to purchase the pro. Metaguide is a videobased tool for precise collimation using the infocus diffraction pattern of a star. Phd2 is free of cost, open source, and communitydeveloped and supported. We talked about using the manual guiding option on the tools menu to verify that phd can control the mount, so if you havent. Now an employeeowned company, we pride ourselves on an. Phd2 guiding is the successor to phd guiding, which i used for several. Autoguiding a telescope for deep sky astrophotography. View and download drieaz phd 200 owners manual online.
In the sky ascom driver i could never get directguide to. Visit the starshoot autoguider product support section to download. Phd2 is guiding software inspired by stark labs phd guiding. Download the lastest system driver from qhyccd qhy5lii web page and install it. Phd guiding a short tutorial installation yes, i even messed this up. In some cases the mount movement may not be complete or may not have settled when the pulse is done. Family eating disorders fed manual, guiding families. So i just got my new heq5 and trying to rebuild my setup. The guiding is synchronous which means twoway, the gemini2 will acknowledge the guiding commands. Thats partly because of the price free, but it also happens to be a darn good guiding tool.
Sequence generator pro offers a free 45 day trial of the pro version. First, backlash isnt usually the limiting factor and in fact many people overdo it and. Next go to the phd tools menu and select manual guide. Information from the guiding manual is now part of the girlguiding website, it contains everything you need to know to make things happen, from our promise to planning camps and activities it also has. The phd program from the ola grimsby institute is a 12month program building on previous completion of orthopedic residency and a manual therapy fellowship faaompt. But even if it came with excellent documentation it does not, there would still be a need to explain many of the. This software provides an efficient way to transfer, browse, modify and distribute digital media. Often, new features or bug fixes can be found in the prerelease section. Phd guiding, free software for autoguide astronomy academy. Metaguide also autoguides and has several novel features that allow optimal guiding. Phd guiding a short tutorial charlie elliott astronomy. Bruce waddington has contributed a new phd2 dithering application. Phd guiding can be downloaded for free from the website.
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