Ad Astra Observatory

Jimbo,

You might be interested in the link:

http://www.cyanogen.com/help/maxdslr/Nikon_DSLR.htm

I think you will also need to purchase the DSLR Plug-In Package for MaxIm
DL/CCD. FocusMax only works with MaxIm DL/CCD or CCDSoft and not for MaxIm
DSLR.

Larry

—– Original Message —–
From: “Steve Brady” <sbrady10@verizon.net>

To: “‘Jimbo S. Harris’” <jimbo@jimbo.net>
Cc: “Larry Weber” <larryweber@idsi.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 1:28 PM
Subject: [SPAM] RE: FocusMax camera driver — ASCOM?

> Hello Jimbo–

>
> We have a new version of FMx that provides 2×2 binning that is necessary
> for
> FMx to work with these cameras. I unfortunately do not own a DSLR camera
> at
> this time so will not be much help. You also may want to drop an email on

> the MaxIm yahoo group to see if others are successfully using FMx with
> your
> camera and if MaxIm DL or MaxIm DSLR will work.
>
> If want to write your own driver then I would refer you to the ASCOM
> standard at http://ascom-standards.org/standards.html.
>

> There is a yahoo group called FMaxUG that I use to post the latest FMx
> version and it is located in the files section.
>
>
> Clear skies,
>
> Steve
>
>

>
> —–Original Message—–
> From: Jimbo S. Harris [mailto:jimbo@jimbo.net]
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 7:46 PM
> To: sbrady10@verizon.net
> Subject: FocusMax camera driver — ASCOM?

>
> Hi Mr. Brady,
>
> My name is Jimbo S. Harris, and I’m writing because I love FocusMax. Thank
> you very much for putting this great tool out there for the astronomy
> community!
>
> I’d like to be able to use more of its features; that is, I’d like to be

> able to get my ASCOM focuser to autofocus via FocusMax. Unfortunately, my
> imaging camera is a Nikon D70. So, I’m wondering about the camera driver
> that I would need.
>
> I wrote away to Nikon and got a copy of the Nikon SDK, with which I could
> probably write a driver myself if that’s what’s required; is FocusMax

> looking for an ASCOM-compatible camera? Can you help me to figure out what
> I need to do in order to get FocusMax to work with my camera?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Keep looking up,
> Jimbo S. Harris

> Newark, CA
>
>
>