Thanks for your replies, guys
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Originally Posted by Shiraz
Chris, I use basically the same setup as you describe (including ST4 cabling) and it works OK.
the only thing I can think of is that, since phd starts up with 1 sec default exposure and does not support very short exposures, you are getting extreme overexposure in daylight with the QHY5. WDM activates the laptop webcam on mine - are you getting a WDM image from the QHY5?.
phd seems to do strange things with the display greyscale - it is not always what I would choose, but it still works.
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I chose the very shortest exposure time available (0.05 seconds) but still had the same result. Choosing WDM and then choosing the QHY camera option activated the guider camera for me.
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Originally Posted by Spookyer
If there is any light about still you will just get a white image, the sensor is very sensitive. If capped you should get a dark image. If the camera is a lot out of focus you will not really see anything.
I got mine last month and as I recall when setting it up I got caught with it not updating properly as well and it just showed grey or white or black screens. Not sure what I did to get it working specifically.
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Capped resulted in a light grey image. I had made sure it was in focus through EZPlanetary - which gave me a perfect live image in that software.
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Originally Posted by Spookyer
I think I am connecting now though by selecting QHY5ii in ascom (not late model camera). I am also using PHD2, you could give that a try and see if it works with that. It is a better interface than PHD as well.
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There is only one ASCOM option in PHD for me, and that's the Late Model one. Selecting QHY5II in PHD results in the whole program locking up and needing to be forced closed. The QHY FAQ that Bram posted above mentions that using PHD to directly guide the QHY is buggy and to use ASCOM in between. I will give PHD2 a try tomorrow if I get a chance!