Fli software installation kit except for kepler the fli software installation kit installs flis applications, usb device drivers, and ascom driver for the focuser products. Paired well with the asi6200 camera this 7position electronic filter wheelcncmilled from aircraftgraded aluminum blockcan fit round 2inch threadin or 50. Atik filter wheels and off axis guider new atik metal off axis guider oag yes, metal design not plastic new low price. I assume that the filter wheel lets a user to use various filter carousels. I use an atik camera 460ex and sx filter wheeloag with maxim as my capture and control program. I waited a good while for atik to finally come out with a motorized version of their filter wheel, but it turned out to be too pricey for me. Availability of this feature depends on product level. William optics gt81 guiding with wo 50mm scope and zwo asi120mm, imaging train. It doesnt matter if you shoot real flats with optics attached to the camera or just plain flats without any optics involved, when the ccd is just lying on the surface of elpanel. After studying the design of the manual device and taking inventory of my spare parts and materials, i finally came.
Thanks to this new design, you can choose from a wider variety of stars within the corrected field of view. Over the last few months a huge amount has been written about. The lodestar has a c thread while the oag has a t thread. Efw2 body with your choice of 1 filter disk 2 adapter hex key kit screws, plastic washers and orings with specific disk options 3metre usb cable 1. This wheel employs exchangeable filter disks, allowing for multiple combinations, and. Sgp controls the filter wheel using the atik drivers.
Atik electronic filter wheel efw2 50mm 5 positions. On the software side, the efw2 has an ascom driver, so that any compliant software can control it. Paired well with the asi6200 camera this 7position electronic filter wheel cncmilled from aircraftgraded aluminum blockcan fit round 2inch threadin or 50. I make some testing today but i cannot find a sure way to reproduce the problem. This warranty is valid only for use as a filter wheel for visual or astrophotography use with a telescope or astronomical binoculars.
Reloaded the atik software from their website to gain any updates. Installation of the drivers was smooth and ok as long as you had ascom 6 or 6. Atik efw3 electronic filter wheel 7 position for 2 mounted. Atik is pleased to introduce a new motorized filter wheel, with multiple filter capability. Marcus, i have the atik oag and it is a perfect accessory to the atik efw2 filter wheel. When going back to the old software, you must keep the camera plugged in. One problem being that the new ascom driver didnt support the cmos atik horizon in sharpcap, sg pro and others, hence limiting horizon owners to atiks own software, which is great software, but some of us wanted to embrace sg pro, as well as dusk, similar to its range of ccd cameras. Atik 7 position carousel for 36 mm filtersfor the efw2 electronic filter wheel atik filter wheel carousel is designed for 36 mm round, unmounted filters. Please note that the latest software is not compatible with windows xp. Five positions with click stops to indicate each position make the task a breeze.
I can suggest if your running the laptop on a battery make sure your power saving is turned off it can mess with the usb port connections and that your running everything as administrator. First light optics suppliers of astronomy telescopes, binoculars and accessories from skywatcher, celestron, meade, william optics, atik, imaging source, starlight. It may be found useful for both testing the wheel and operating it when the camera software does not support the sx wheel protocols. The additional back focus imparted by the filter wheel and oag is 49mm with the 2 nosepiece and 54mm with the baader t adapter but see below. Turn the filter wheel upside down, the lid should now drop to reveal the inside of the filter wheel. Atik has issued five versions of the core software with dusk in two weeks. The core software installer installs all the software you need to operate an atik camera using our control program, capture, or a thirdparty program, including ascom drivers. Problems with atik efw2 filter wheel astronomy forums. Use the supplied allen key to loosen the two holding screws on the side of the filter wheel to release the black round lid. Dec 11, 2018 atik has issued five versions of the core software with dusk in two weeks.
One problem being that the new ascom driver didnt support the cmos atik horizon in sharpcap, sg pro and others, hence limiting horizon owners to atiks own software, which is great software, but some of us wanted to embrace sg pro, as well as dusk, similar to. If youre still having trouble with an atik 16series camera or older models of the filter wheel with this software, downloading and installing the following usb 1 driver should solve the problem. The carousels are interchangeable and are available separately as accessories. Test images captured both before and after cooling confirmed that it was working well. The internal filter wheel caused a few windows errors at first. Below are links to the latest versions of the software and firmware for the fw102c series and fw212c series motorized filter wheels. May 26, 2016 while this is fine in theory, manually replacing each filter in turn is fraught with difficulty, so it is an absolute joy to have a builtin filter wheel that rotates to present each filter to the sensor in turn, under software control.
While this is fine in theory, manually replacing each filter in turn is fraught with difficulty, so it is an absolute joy to have a builtin filter wheel that rotates to present each filter to the sensor in turn, under software control. Each fli color filter wheel is precision engineered with a highly accurate noslip drive chain and stepper motor. Fail to connect to atik efw2 filter wheel sequence. Xagyl communications warranties each product will be exempt from material or manufacturing defects and will perform according to all published specifications under normal use for a period of twelve months. A builtin filter wheel completes a package likely to tempt those. The atik one is very compact, measuring just 120mm square by 58mm deep, and its attractive finish and. Click here to go to our core software download page for windows applications where you can learn about and download everything you need to operate your atik. Color filter wheels our color filter wheels mechanical design provides the basis for stunning, uncompromising images.
This new wheel employs exchangeable filter disks, allowing for multiple combinations, and has large 54 mm openings on both sides. Were now on the beta 3 release of our drivers, which includes 64bit drivers for the efw2 and performance improvements for the internal filter wheel on the atik one. Automation of filter sequences is available through the usb 2. Nov 22, 2018 the camera is available in two formats. The wheel could be controlled in single or continuous mode, but when start in autosave mode, the connection is off maxim wad blocked and the message was something like filter wheel unrecognized or something like that. It is also used for all obsolete sbig and thirdparty compatible wheels that connect directly to an sbig camera that uses a usb or ethernet connection to the pc. There is one circumstance which the software sgpatik driver still does not handle, but really shouldnt be expected to. The table below lists the drivers that are included with the current release of maxim dl, as well as some drivers available from thirdparty sources. In the list of additional components you must select drivers and infinity if using infinity. I have already change the usb port, and reinstalled the driver normal driver and ascom driver comes with the installer from atik. One issue that i ran into involves the connection between the oag and a lodestar autoguider. The atik efw2 motorized filter wheel is available with multiple filter capability over a range of filter sizes.
Modifying an orion atik filter wheel for remote control. Installation of the drivers, plugging camera in and finding correct driver, shooting biases, testing cooling, checking out readout noise, testing filter wheel etc. If opening artemis capture without a camera connected, the following message will appear. Atik 8 megapixel bw ccd camera cooled low noise sensor.
Atik infinity software update and beta 3 drivers atik cameras. One of the key features of the atik oag is a moving prism system. Atik 7 position 36 mm carousel for efw2 filter wheels atk0079. Electronic filter wheel to add colour to your images. This new wheel employs exchangeable filter disks, allowing for multiple combinations, and. The atik efw2 electronic filter wheel is available in 4 formats supporting filter sizes of 1.
However, to summarise, the use of a software controlled filter wheel means that changing filters during an imaging session can be carried out automatically leading to unattended operation. I now have camera function, ran for about an hour with no crashes. Comes with artemis capture software, for easy, simple and. The star test is very critical and can show even slight aberrations. Beta testing was successfully complete and the latest drivers and software. The sbig universal filter wheel driver is used for all currentlymanufactured sbig filter wheel models. I can connect my ccd, my guide camera, etc, but i cant connect my filter wheel, an atik efw2, 9 position wheel. Download the latest atik infinity software and beta 3 drivers. Mar 09, 2014 i use an atik camera 460ex and sx filter wheel oag with maxim as my capture and control program. Alternatively, precision parts has experience of joining many different imaging trains together.
Changing filters couldnt be any simpler than the atik manual filter wheel makes it. I have a fairly early fw, and dont know if its different now, but i found that if you had auto reverse enabled on the fw, then it wouldnt return to precisely the same position, making flats almost impossible to take. Aug 27, 2016 i can connect my ccd, my guide camera, etc, but i cant connect my filter wheel, an atik efw2, 9 position wheel. Atik efw2 superseded the successor to this filter wheel is the efw3. Atik infinity software update and beta 3 drivers atik. This time i had filter wheel control with no errors. Additional third party drivers may be available but not listed. You can now type in the image number in replay mode to make it. If you press sgp setup icon while the wheel is moving, the atik filterrunner pops up with a filter number of 1 irrespective of where the wheel is. Star testing telescope optics star testing a telescope can be a great way to determine if any errors are present in the optical system and what those errors are. The m54x1 thread used in the oag, efw2 50mm and atik 1 is a standard used by many astroimagers and your telescope vendor should be able to suggest suitable adaptors. If the fw is powered and connected, it should pick up in in this software to test it.
Atik cameras offer a range of cooled ccd cameras for applications such as astrophotography, scientific and industrial imaging. The efw3 7 position electronic filter wheel for large format cameras can be ordered with the ability to either carry up to 7. This wheel employs exchangeable filter disks, allowing for multiple combinations, and has large 54mm openings on both sides. The model of filter wheel should be set to standard for all. I did not have so i had to reinstall my ascom platform 5. At the start of a session, maximdl connect with everything inluding the wheel. The kepler ascom drivers below include support for ccd cameras and filter wheels. While additional filters arent required, we find that ir filters benefit the colour balance and saturation of osc cameras in general, so we attached one to the camera, and mounted it to our refractor. New indi atik driver feedback requested page 7 indi forum. If you have intentionally not plugged in a camera, clicking ignore willopen artemis capture, though a number of features will be unavailable.
Use sheets of white paper or redhalpha filter, if filter wheel is in place to dim the light if needed. An electronic filter wheel allows you to automate your imaging. Atik horizon color cooled cmos camera atik horizon color cooled cmos camera with panasonic mn34230 cmos sensor with 16 mpx resolution 4644 x 3506 px and 3. Contains 9 positions created for use with the atik electronic filter wheel atik electronic filter wheel 1. Weve also taken the chance to update the atik infinity software with a number of new features and improvements. It is very robust and the helical focuser is a dream to use. Atik efw3 electronic filter wheel for large format cameras 7 positions for 2 mounted filters not included this slim, lightweight sevenposition large format electronic filter wheel from atik is machined from solid aluminum just like the 5position efw2. Atik instruments 1616hr camera will allow you to record subtle levels of gray providing you enhanced dynamic range when capturing an image. As you probably know, weve been working on our first cmos camera, the atik horizon.
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