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Originally Posted by Drac0
Good luck Martin.
Most of the confusion probably comes from the original ASCOM drivers. Using them, as you know, you must set a specific driver to a specific camera, for example your imaging camera to ASCOM (1) and guide to ASCOM (2). Then if you change one of the cameras you also need to change it in the ASCOM setup as well, or find another driver.
The ZWO drivers simply does away with that need by allocating the drivers to whichever ZWO cameras are connected so no need to be changing anything. Make sure the right profile & camera are selected & away you go. Note that even if you leave the imaging camera on the ASCOM driver, it will also be detected by the ZWO driver, which is why you need to check the right camera is selected in PHD2.
Hope it goes well, and if you have any problems while down at South Coast Obs let me know, it's only 30 minutes from here. 
Cheers,
Mark |
Thanks Mark,
I’ve had PHD2 set up with Ascom driver for my main ZWO imaging cam and 2 x ZWO guide cameras on the native driver for at least 4 years ,no issues. And yes I had to select the correct camera every session using the little arrow box button.I image from Sydney and Southcoast on two different rigs ,have done this for nearly 4 years ( had my NexDome near Ulladulla for nearly a year now, time flys )
Where I went wrong in setting up for 3 guide cameras , I changed the profile name of one camera and then went down hill from there, got the dreaded dark library warning !!!
After reading CN posts , posts on the PHD2 open forum and of courcse finally your guidance and information,I’m back on track
I prefer to keep my main imaging camera connected through Ascom as APT tends to behave itself and run better that way , I had issues using the native driver in APT.
So I’ll keep the main camera running on Ascom as is and the 3 guide cameras will use the native driver or ZWO ASI Camera in the drop down
Thanks again and hope we get some more consistent clear skies on the south coast. Unfortunate my place has some minor water damage during the last big storm , so lodged an insurance claim ( 3 to 4 week wait for assessor ) I’ll be spending more time there to try and seal off where it got in in three locations ( probably through the valleys )
Oh well gives me more time to run the Dome if it’s clear !!!
Martin