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Miniature USBs
After a long spell of inactivity due to poor skies I was able to crank up my rig last night in a spell of low temperature/humidity.
I had problems with both my imaging and guiding cameras with their software repeatedly indicating "no camera". Both cameras use miniature usb plug/sockets which are unsuited to outdoor use and owing to their loose fitting are prone to movement as the cameras track across the sky.
I make an effort to restrain the tension on the cable/camera interfaces.
After a few replugs both cameras came good for the rest of the imaging session.
In the past I have replaced the camera leads as regular USB to miniature USB leads are relatively inexpensive to obtain. However, replacing the miniature USB camera sockets would be a difficult task (and what would be the alternative?)
Perhaps there is a good cleaning agent to spruce up the contacts? I hesitate to spray them with WD40!
Any suggestions for possible solutions?
Peter
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