Native driver

[evis49]

Hi Robin,
I am testing the last SC release 4.0.8135.0 using my QHY10. Now QHY10C is shown up in the list of QHY cameras. I can open the camera, set the thermal control properly and select all the other settings but unfortunately the images I get are full of zero level pixels. I switched back to the ASCOM interface and the camera is OK saving normal images. Something wrong is still present in the native driver.
Emilio

[admin]

Hi,

the only thing I can suggest now is to make sure that you have 'RAW16' mode selected. In theory, SharpCap is supposed to detect QHY cameras that do not support 8 bit mode and not offer RAW8, but that is not always reliable, and if you try to select 8 bit mode on a non 8-bit supporting camera, you might get weird results like zero value pixels.

If it's not that then it is back to QHY

cheers,

Robin

[evis49]

Hi Robin,

RAW16 is the only option I can select and those are the settings I used for my test:

[QHY10-C]
FrameType=Light
Debayer Preview=Off
Output Format=FITS files (*.fits)
Binning=4x4
Capture Area=2816x3940
Colour Space=RAW16
Pan=0
Tilt=0
Speed=0
Offset=129
Frame Rate Limit=Maximum
Gain=12
Exposure=2,000s
Timestamp Frames=Off
Temperature=-10,0019715099415
Target Temperature=-10
Cooler Power=85(Auto)
Background Subtraction=Off
Planet/Disk Stabilization=Off
Banding Threshold=35
Banding Suppression=0
Apply Flat=None
Subtract Dark=None
Display Black Point=0
Display MidTone Point=0,351348993288591
Display White Point=1
Notes=
TimeStamp=2021-08-31T06:38:31.0449108Z
SharpCapVersion=4.0.8135.0

cheers
Emilio