Re: Jack power connector of QSI683
Hi, Nicola,
My mistake - apologies, I was in rather a hurry! Yes of course, 2.1 mm
Best of luck,
Peter.
Approx. 55 deg N, 2 deg W (Northumberland, UK)
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On 02/04/2023 16:09, NIcola Montecchiari wrote: Looking on a.m.a.z.o.n. I found that exist 5.5/2.1 and 5.5/2.5. I can not find 5.5/1.5, are you sure about that internal measure?
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Il giorno dom 2 apr 2023 alle ore 15:38 Peter Vasey <petevasey@... <mailto:petevasey@...>> ha scritto:
It's 5.5 mm O/D, 1.5 mm I/D, Centre positive.? If possible get the type
with internal springs - they make better contact.? See attached.
Best of luck,
Peter
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Re: Jack power connector of QSI683
Looking on a.m.a.z.o.n. I found that exist 5.5/2.1 and 5.5/2.5. I can not find 5.5/1.5, are you sure about that internal measure?
Nicola
Il giorno dom 2 apr 2023 alle ore 15:38 Peter Vasey < petevasey@...> ha scritto: It's 5.5 mm O/D, 1.5 mm I/D, Centre positive.? If possible get the type
with internal springs - they make better contact.? See attached.
Best of luck,
Peter
Approx. 55 deg N, 2 deg W? (Northumberland, UK)
On 02/04/2023 14:31, Wolfgang Bernhardt wrote:
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> *Von:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *Im Auftrag von *jlm0rris
> *Gesendet:* Sonntag, 2. April 2023 14:45
> *An:* [email protected]
> *Betreff:* Re: [QSI-CCD] Jack power connector of QSI683
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> This is for the 500 series cameras but should be the same for the 600
> series.
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>
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Re: Jack power connector of QSI683
Hi Peter,
thank you very much I'll look for this type then
clear skies Nicola
Il giorno dom 2 apr 2023 alle ore 15:38 Peter Vasey < petevasey@...> ha scritto: It's 5.5 mm O/D, 1.5 mm I/D, Centre positive.? If possible get the type
with internal springs - they make better contact.? See attached.
Best of luck,
Peter
Approx. 55 deg N, 2 deg W? (Northumberland, UK)
On 02/04/2023 14:31, Wolfgang Bernhardt wrote:
> Unreadable for me¡
>
> *Von:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *Im Auftrag von *jlm0rris
> *Gesendet:* Sonntag, 2. April 2023 14:45
> *An:* [email protected]
> *Betreff:* Re: [QSI-CCD] Jack power connector of QSI683
>
> This is for the 500 series cameras but should be the same for the 600
> series.
>
>
-- Nicola
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Re: Jack power connector of QSI683
Hi, many thanks for the info but...it is unreadable, the jpeg resolution is too low to be readable, could you please post it again?
Clear skies Nicola
Il giorno dom 2 apr 2023 alle ore 14:44 jlm0rris < jlmorris42@...> ha scritto: This is for the 500 series cameras but should be the same for the 600 series.
-- Nicola
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Re: Jack power connector of QSI683
It's 5.5 mm O/D, 1.5 mm I/D, Centre positive. If possible get the type with internal springs - they make better contact. See attached.
Best of luck,
Peter
Approx. 55 deg N, 2 deg W (Northumberland, UK)
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Re: CEDIC Team goes Namibia - Part#8 (Nebulae in Sco)
Thank you so much, Bernhard! Perfect images as always. Best Wolfgang ? Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Bernhard Hubl
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Betreff: [QSI-CCD] CEDIC Team goes Namibia - Part#8 (Nebulae in Sco) ? Hello group,
¡®Nebulae in Scorpius¡¯ is the topic of part #8 of our image presentation, where we want to share the results from our astrophotography-trip to DeepSkySafaris in Namibia.
In this part we deal with emission and reflection nebulae in the constellation Scorpius. While this prominent star figure does not rise very high above the horizon in Central Europe, it passes through the zenith in Namibia. In the area of the scissors is the very well-known Antares region with its colourful nebula landscape. A part of it is the reflection nebula IC 4605. A bit to the west we find the interesting reflection nebula vdB 99. In the middle of the Milky Way we reach the emission nebulae IC 4628 and NGC 6357, both are also known as the ?Prawn Nebula¡° and the ?Lobster Nebula¡°. Directly below the Scorpion spine we still find the constellation Corona Australis with the very extended Corona Australis Molecular Cloud.
? IC 4605 with 10¡± Newtonian:
? IC 4605 wide-field with Vixen FL55SS:
? vdB 99 with Baader Apo95:
? IC 4628 with Esprit 100:
? IC 4628 wide-field with Vixen FL55SS:
? NGC 6357 with Baader Apo95:
? vdBH 73A with Esprit 120:
? Corona Australis Molecular Cloud with Baader Apo95:
? ? Overview on all results from Namibia 2022 including background information:
? Greetings from CEDIC-Team Markus Blauensteiner Bernhard Hubl
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Re: Jack power connector of QSI683
This is for the 500 series cameras but should be the same for the 600 series. 
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CEDIC Team goes Namibia - Part#8 (Nebulae in Sco)
Hello group,
¡®Nebulae in Scorpius¡¯ is the topic of part #8 of our image presentation, where we want to share the results from our astrophotography-trip to DeepSkySafaris in Namibia.
In this part we deal with emission and reflection nebulae in the constellation Scorpius. While this prominent star figure does not rise very high above the horizon in Central Europe, it passes through the zenith in Namibia. In the area of the scissors is the very well-known Antares region with its colourful nebula landscape. A part of it is the reflection nebula IC 4605. A bit to the west we find the interesting reflection nebula vdB 99. In the middle of the Milky Way we reach the emission nebulae IC 4628 and NGC 6357, both are also known as the ?Prawn Nebula¡° and the ?Lobster Nebula¡°. Directly below the Scorpion spine we still find the constellation Corona Australis with the very extended Corona Australis Molecular Cloud.
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IC 4605 with 10¡± Newtonian:
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IC 4605 wide-field with Vixen FL55SS:
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vdB 99 with Baader Apo95:
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IC 4628 with Esprit 100:
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IC 4628 wide-field with Vixen FL55SS:
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NGC 6357 with Baader Apo95:
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vdBH 73A with Esprit 120:
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Corona Australis Molecular Cloud with Baader Apo95:
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Overview on all results from Namibia 2022 including background information:
?
Greetings from CEDIC-Team
Markus Blauensteiner
Bernhard Hubl
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CCD not powering up...or it does
Hello All,
I have a remote observatory and currently I can not power on the CCD, but sometimes I can. As a software programmer, things for me are always 0 or 1 so I really don't know what could be causing the CCD powering on from time to time without any repeatable?pattern or sequence....
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Jack power connector of QSI683
Dear All,
does anybody of you have the specs for the jack connector that provides power to the CCD camera? I might be using the wrong one as sometimes I don't get contact.
-- Nicola
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Re: NINA+QSI 532 camera and on camera filter wheel
William,
see my reply to David,? it works.?
Many thanks to you both,
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: WILL B <william.bristow@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:32
Subject: Re: [QSI-CCD] NINA+QSI 532 camera and on camera filter wheel
Hi Eric.
Just to confirm David's reply, I dug out my old QSI530WS and installed the latest QSI drivers from the QSI support site, 2020.07.30, on a clean copy of Windows 10 Pro with a clean install of ASCOM platform 6.6SP1 and ran ASCOM ConformU tests on the camera and filter wheel in 64bit mode, all tests passed ok.
Then I installed a clean copy of NINA x64 v2.1 and was able to connect to both camera and filter wheel (after first clicking the "cog" symbol in NINA to set up the camera and filter wheel options and name the filters).
As David mentions, as long as you make sure to uninstall the old QSI drivers first, and make sure you are on the latest ASCOM platform then you should be ok.
HTH
William.
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Re: NINA+QSI 532 camera and on camera filter wheel
David,
that seems to have done it.? I have all connections, mount, focuser, QSI and QSI filter wheel connecting up and correct filters showing and changeable.? I also managed to get these all working under Astroart 8
I found that I could not? get the camera and filter working together and that I was showing 2 ASCOM QSI camera connections. I turned of NINA and rebooted the PC and then all worked.? 2 cameras showing still.? Camera and filter worked under ASCOM camera 2
I am very grateful to both David and William this means a great deal to me.
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: David Davies <drdavies07@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 9:48
Subject: Re: [QSI-CCD] NINA+QSI 532 camera and on camera filter wheel
Hi Eric,
I'm using QSIinstaller-2020.07.30. A copy of mine is here:
I suggest you uninstall any existing drivers first.?
I'm using ASCOM 6.6 SP1 - 6.6.1.3673
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Re: NINA+QSI 532 camera and on camera filter wheel
William,
Sounds very promising.? I'll give it a go over the next day or so.
?Thank you both.
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: WILL B <william.bristow@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:32
Subject: Re: [QSI-CCD] NINA+QSI 532 camera and on camera filter wheel
Hi Eric.
Just to confirm David's reply, I dug out my old QSI530WS and installed the latest QSI drivers from the QSI support site, 2020.07.30, on a clean copy of Windows 10 Pro with a clean install of ASCOM platform 6.6SP1 and ran ASCOM ConformU tests on the camera and filter wheel in 64bit mode, all tests passed ok.
Then I installed a clean copy of NINA x64 v2.1 and was able to connect to both camera and filter wheel (after first clicking the "cog" symbol in NINA to set up the camera and filter wheel options and name the filters).
As David mentions, as long as you make sure to uninstall the old QSI drivers first, and make sure you are on the latest ASCOM platform then you should be ok.
HTH
William.
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Re: NINA+QSI 532 camera and on camera filter wheel
Wiliam thanks,
David Davies has also sent me a version that he says works on his system.? So between the two of you hopefully I will get something that works if not then I can try your suggested test.
Best wishes.
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: WILL B <william.bristow@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 9:18
Subject: Re: [QSI-CCD] NINA+QSI 532 camera and on camera filter wheel
Hi Eric.
?I¡¯ve never used NINA with my QSI cameras, only MaxIm DL under the overall control of ACP when using the observatory for live and scheduled observing, TheSkyX Pro for maintenance when creating sky models for a Paramount mount in my own observatory and some Linux drivers written specifically for our remote observatory software using the original QSI SDK.
Your error message:
¡°Ascom driver error?Unable to connect to QSI internal filter wheel.
Reason Property read QSIcamera.CCD Camera focus offsets is not implemented in this driver¡±
Appears to be a QSI ASCOM driver error that at a guess is only being relayed by NINA.
With this kind of ASCOM problem I would recommend using the ASCOM developer ConformU tool, connect to the QSI filter wheel in ConformU and run the ConformU filter wheel tests, if you see the same error reported that would confirm there is a bug in the QSI ASCOM driver and it is ATIK¡¯s problem to resolve, if the ConformU filter wheel test pass ok then that is a problem for the NINA devs to fix.
You can forward the run log of the ConformU test to either ATIK or NINA support depending on the outcome although as far as I can tell the QSI brand is dead as far as ATIK software support goes.
HTH
William.
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Re: NINA+QSI 532 camera and on camera filter wheel
Hi Eric.
Just to confirm David's reply, I dug out my old QSI530WS and installed the latest QSI drivers from the QSI support site, 2020.07.30, on a clean copy of Windows 10 Pro with a clean install of ASCOM platform 6.6SP1 and ran ASCOM ConformU tests on the camera and filter wheel in 64bit mode, all tests passed ok.
Then I installed a clean copy of NINA x64 v2.1 and was able to connect to both camera and filter wheel (after first clicking the "cog" symbol in NINA to set up the camera and filter wheel options and name the filters).
As David mentions, as long as you make sure to uninstall the old QSI drivers first, and make sure you are on the latest ASCOM platform then you should be ok.
HTH
William.
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Re: NINA+QSI 532 camera and on camera filter wheel
David,
thanks very much I'll give these a try.
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: David Davies <drdavies07@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 9:48
Subject: Re: [QSI-CCD] NINA+QSI 532 camera and on camera filter wheel
Hi Eric,
I'm using QSIinstaller-2020.07.30. A copy of mine is here:
I suggest you uninstall any existing drivers first.?
I'm using ASCOM 6.6 SP1 - 6.6.1.3673
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Re: NINA+QSI 532 camera and on camera filter wheel
Hi Eric,
I'm using QSIinstaller-2020.07.30. A copy of mine is here:
I suggest you uninstall any existing drivers first.?
I'm using ASCOM 6.6 SP1 - 6.6.1.3673
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Re: NINA+QSI 532 camera and on camera filter wheel
Hi Eric.
?I¡¯ve never used NINA with my QSI cameras, only MaxIm DL under the overall control of ACP when using the observatory for live and scheduled observing, TheSkyX Pro for maintenance when creating sky models for a Paramount mount in my own observatory and some Linux drivers written specifically for our remote observatory software using the original QSI SDK.
Your error message:
¡°Ascom driver error?Unable to connect to QSI internal filter wheel.
Reason Property read QSIcamera.CCD Camera focus offsets is not implemented in this driver¡±
Appears to be a QSI ASCOM driver error that at a guess is only being relayed by NINA.
With this kind of ASCOM problem I would recommend using the ASCOM developer ConformU tool, connect to the QSI filter wheel in ConformU and run the ConformU filter wheel tests, if you see the same error reported that would confirm there is a bug in the QSI ASCOM driver and it is ATIK¡¯s problem to resolve, if the ConformU filter wheel test pass ok then that is a problem for the NINA devs to fix.
You can forward the run log of the ConformU test to either ATIK or NINA support depending on the outcome although as far as I can tell the QSI brand is dead as far as ATIK software support goes.
HTH
William.
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Re: NINA+QSI 532 camera and on camera filter wheel
Hi William,
I have downloaded them and thanks.
Can I confirm that at some time you have had the QSI camera working via NINA ver 1 or 2.
Regards,
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: WILL B <william.bristow@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 0:42
Subject: Re: [QSI-CCD] NINA+QSI 532 camera and on camera filter wheel
Hi Eric.
Here is a download link to my archive of QSI drivers:
My QSI cameras are currently retired and I can't remember which drivers I was using last time the cameras were in use, I think I might have been using MaxIm DL and TheSkyX plug-ins, and not ASCOM.
The official ATIK - QSI support site only lists the original 1.0.0.3 installer and the 2020-07-30 installer but I do have a copy of 1.0.0.5, and one of the early 64 bit installers, 7.4.1824.0, that includes the plug-ins for MaxIm DL and TheSky.
Maybe one of those might work for you.
I'm running short of space on GoogleDrive again so I'll only keep these available for a few weeks.....
HTH
William.
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