feel stupid!

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hello members i have had to replace my laptop and i am busy putting all of my astro necessities back on the desktop
i have put back on my nebulosity and phd2.............. how the hell do i get phd2 to recognise my lodestar and my nebulosity to re- recognise my qhy10?
i'll be buggered if i remember what i had to do!
pat

[Atmos]

You'll possibly have to download ASCOM (now V6.2) and the associated ASCOM drivers. I know this will be the way with the QHY10, not sure about the Lodestar but likely so.

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ah thanks colin, i do not remember having to do that previously though!
do you still use the ascom driver even though i am using the guide port on my g11?
pat

[Atmos]

I don't think you can connect to a QHY camera without ASCOM, not unless a version of Nebulosity comes with the supporting driver natively.

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ok just bare with me here col, i am on the ascom platform site for windows, it is not mentioning any cameras whatsoever, just a 54mb download, is this coreect to download first?
pat

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there is also a separate driver assist tool of 12.8mb?
pat

[Atmos]

QHY 10 Driver: http://www.qhyccd.com/file/repository/Driver/QHY10Drv64V10-11-8.zip
QHY 10 ASCOM: http://www.qhyccd.com/file/repository/ASCOM/QHY10ASCOM-StarSenseSci-V30.zip

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thanks colin, i have downloaded them
a similar thing for my loadstar and phd2 too colin? i am not very tech minded sorry mate!
pat

[Atmos]

There would be something similar around for the Lodestar, the links should be on the manufactur website :)

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thanks again colin, i am pretty sure i have downloaded both sites before but did not seem to work
i will give them another go
pat