No.
The interface is proprietory - the software and firmware to drive it is integrated with the controller which is part of the SBIG camera electronics and uses the onboard SBIG guider chip (second chip next to the main imaging chip) to provide the feedback info.
But I believe as has Greg stated, that others have discovered you can use your own choice of main camera (Non SBIG) and use an older ST series SBIG camera as the guide camera with the AO
Greg - the weight of an FLI plus SBIG ST series camera is probably less than the weight of a STL11000m with 8 filters !
The thing I dont like about the MMOAGs is they only use 4 grub screws in a circular dovetail on either end, it wont fall off, but its hardly the best design for concentrically holding a heavy payload aligned with the optical axis - all the load is being taken at 4 sharp points on either end and they permanently indent the dovetail making fine adjustment difficult later if you only want to rotate it say 1/2 a degree.
Rally
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Originally Posted by codemonkey
Can the AOX be used with non-SBIG cameras?
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Originally Posted by Greg
I wonder about the weight and the space requirements of that setup though. An ST7XME might be pretty heavy as a guider.
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