damn QHY

[Somnium]

A pox on the house of QHY for not allowing software to run 2 of their cameras via their SDK ... i can't operate my camera and my guiding with the skyx for this reason.

[E_ri_k]

Have you got all the ASCOM drivers installed? I had trouble getting my QHY's to connect to TSX at first. I found there was quite a lot of little things to install to get it to work. I ended up using MaximDL in the end only because Im familiar with it.

PS. My QHY10 broke down just as I got the scope up and running!

Erik

[Atmos]

If you download the ASCOM drivers you should be able to. At least I think so, I know that there is a warning message that pops up within TSX when using their in house driver.

[Somnium]

good call ... i will control my guider with the ascom driver

[LewisM]

I am sure, based on my twice bitten experience with QHY, that their software and drivers are written by an illiterate house fly.

I hope it goes OK for you Aidan. I never could get anything to talk to my QHY 5.

[Somnium]

hey ! that is an insult to illiterate house fly's all over the world !!

i have had my fair share of problems with them, but i have seemed to Macgyver my way through it and it is working now.

eventually i will get a selfguiding camera or filterwheel maybe the STX 16803 but need to let the bank balance settle down a bit.

[AlexN]

I never had anything but joy with my Qhy8+Qhy5 combo. I ran maxim dl with ASCOM drivers for the 5 and the ccdlabs driver on the 8. It was perfect.

[garymck]

I've also never had an issue with QHY's drivers, and I've used them on all versions of Windows up to the the current Windows 10 - using QHY9S, FW2, plus QHY5l-2...

In the past Used a QHY8 and also a QHY5 guider, also without issues.

I have know drivers of various types to cause issues when:

there is a corrupt Windows Profile (almost impossible to fix - better to create a new profile!)

There is flaky Ram installed - also hard to diagnose without the right tools.

Works fine on my self built clone desktop, and 2 HP laptops...

Gary

[Somnium]

i was being a little unfair, both my QHY's have been really great value for me. i do wish that i could run them both through theskyx without having to use the ASCOM driver though

[RobF]

I've only ever used ASCOM Aidan. Just curious what benefits you had from native drivers/SDK?

[Somnium]

No benefits really this is the first time I have had third party software driving my camera so I have had no need to use the ascom driver in the past. It was more that I had everything set up and working then as soon as I start imaging my guiding stopped. Tbh, I didn't even think of using the ascom driver until Colin mentioned it

[RobF]

Ah, ok. With Maxim and Sequence Generator ASCOM has always worked so well with my 9, was just curious. Hopefully it'll do the right thing for you in TS.

[Visionoz]

When I bought my QHY11 and used the native drivers from QHY (that time they were not as good as everyone knows) I had help from Craig Stark (PHD), Dr Qui and our venerable Theo (Gama) and solved all my issues when I used the ASCOM driver - no more probs using with a Lodestar in an OAG.

Better check that out again as I have'nt use the gear in 2 years since!! :scared:

HTH
Cheers
Bill