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Hi Robin Sounds a better plan to sit inside and modern automation. The good thing about outside you can see the clouds and image between them on the not so good days though taking the gear down and inside the hardest job if not blessed with an observatory With Flats I use a Daystar Flat cap, less li...

Hi..nice image..try putting your imaging laptop inside a large cardboard box to give you a dark area...some commercial products are available for this also but this is an easy quick fix.
Regards Les

Thank Robin
Just updated
All seems ok now cam connects and runs .. check properly next clear Day with the Sun
Thanks Les

Hi Robin Having problems when I updated to the latest Sharpcap 4.09063.0 Altair cams not being recognised I'm getting a 'error 800040001' from call to Ataircam.set_RealTime(value=false) This just seems to be Altair cam problem Player One works ok Having no problem with Altair on the older version 4....

Hi Robin
All seems to be working now for some reason. know more when the UK Weather deems it possible
Nothing changed same usb setting just no drops off's while I was checking it getting 79fps on .ser as usual too
Thanks for the help let you know the progress if it re-occurs
Regards Les

Thanks Robin I'll give it a try
Its given not trouble in the past with it set on high
regards Les

Hi Running the latest Sharpcap Pro 4 and the latest ASCOM driver from Altair I've been having problems with my Altair 174M I use for Solar work The camera keeps dropping out and 'disconnecting' and dropping frames.. usually connects for 10-12 seconds then loses it, seems to have no problem with the ...

Hi Robin
Update was the problem
All up and running now... 99 fps with Mono 16.. thanks for the reply,,, regards Les

Hi All Just got a Player One Apollo M Max camera for mostly Solar work Installed the driver as usual from website but its not showing up in SharpCap 4 in the camera list I get the usual noise as you plug the camera in and tried different USB 3 leads and sockets and even tried uninstalling the driver...

Hi All Just got a Player One Apollo M Max camera for mostly Solar work Installed the driver as usual from website but its not showing up in SharpCap 4 in the camera list I get the usual noise as you plug the camera in and tried different USB 3 leads and sockets and even tried uninstalling the driver...