In the dead of winter, when the skiesareclearandthetemperaturesare30 degreesbelowcomfortable,itsnicetosit inside while your telescope suffers out in. Until now you had the solution to heat your tube or mirrors as much as you could. Microtouch focuser wont connect sequence generator. Manual focus is also possible using the hand controller. The impact of the coronavirus continues to be felt throughout the world. Astrobin is an image hosting website specifically targeted to astrophotographers. For the health and welfare of our beloved starizona community, we will be temporarily suspending our free telescope viewing on friday and saturday nights. New features include a larger lcd screen, and increased manual focus range. Starizona microtouch autofocuser wireless cloud break optics. Telescope focuser control software for the arduino board and a visual basic ascom driver for windows. This version of our microtouch direct drive motor is designed to work with the new tec large focuser. Ascom drivers for starizona microtouch focuser ccdcmos.
Zwo 174mm mini mono zwo asi120mcs color zwo asi120mms mono piers. Microtouch wireless instructions starlight instruments. I havent tried building it with any of the free express versions of vs. The ascom drivers are installed, and the focuser is controllable from my pc via the microtouch ii controller software. Feathertouch crayford focuser for sct with wireless. The starizona microtouch allows for autofocusing of a ccd camera when. The small controller mounts on your scope next to your focuser. The microtouch auto telescope focuser has been completely updated. After running it, click view last log file in the diagnostic dialog and search for focusmaster all instances to see if it found the driver and if there are any fails. In most ascom focuser drivers, you can enter a backlash amount. The microtouch wireless autofocuser is designed to work with feathertouch focusers from starlight instruments. Links to the project are at the bottom of this page. It sounds like the drivers for the microtouch are installed properly so you need to select the proper option, either the ascom driver or the native starizona microtouch driver from the tsx chooser under telescopetelescope setup. Aug 31, 2015 hi i have installed and used the microtouch focuser with sgp for about a year.
Download and install the ascomcompatible driver and software from starizona and away you go. Included is focusmax software to automatically focus the telescope for imaging. Our products are designed to optimize telescopes performance. Starizona microtouch autofocuser wireless cloud break. I was wondering if there is support for microtkuch microtouch focuser.
Its a well made product and im very satisfied with its performance. Making the system ascom compliant allows it to work with many other astronomical software packages that are also ascom compliant. Older tec scopes use the feathertouch 3545 focuser and would need the feathertouch version of our direct drive motor. It also includes the microtouch wireless controller. Install the microtouch usb driver provided by starizona. Im showing the file paths for my theskyx installation modify the driver letter and folder as needed if you installed it somewhere else. Starizonamicrotouch at master azgilrockstarizona github.
A popular diy ascom focuser with more than 91,000 downloads. Remote control of your homedome or prodome observatory can be complete with robofocus robofocus is a remote focus driver to be installed on your existing telescope focus mechanism. Starizona microtouch direct drive motor for tec large focuser. How to configure the moonlite ascom driver to run 2 separate focusers instead of a focuser with a rotator. Micro touch focusing system 2 piece kithubhand control and motor for. Using sgp with starizona microtouch and feathertoucch auto. The microtouch shuttle uses different firmware than the standard microtouch unit. Adding microtouch focuser to celestron edge hd 1100 duration. This driver is also supposed to work with the old james lacy easyfocus and lazy focus units. Arduino ascom focuser mark2 diy astronomer stargazers lounge. Jun 14, 2015 adding microtouch focuser to celestron edge hd 1100 duration. The latest version of the microtouch firmware is available in the download from the microtouch product page on starizona. One benefit of the microtouch motor is that unlike the robofocus which uses a db9 connector, the microtouch uses a 6p6c rj12 connector.
The install package on the starizona site does not seem to include them. The starizona micro touch system uses motors that are manufactured by starlight instruments which. A stepper motor telescope focus controller diy based on arduino nanouno. The arduino board is used with a stepper motor driver and then connected to a pc. Sep 12, 2011 this is an arduino based motor focuser with ascom driver on the pc side. Mkit20micro touch focusing system 2 piece kithubhand. If you are unfamiliar with objectoriented programming in general, the following probably wont make much sense. Starizona micro touch focus system focusers electric. Focuser and then configure the microtouch from the settings. I can connect to the microtouch autofocuser whose motor drives the feathertouch focuser with byeos but only to nudge it manually through the interface. Ascom and arduino diy astronomer stargazers lounge. Oct 21, 2014 im using the above device from starizona for my auto focusing. It allows automatic focusing with ccd and dslr cameras.
Instructions setting up your moonlite with focusmax online tutorial all moonlite controllers mini v2, dro display, and nitecrawler litecrawlers require a modern uart driver to connect to the pc using the usb port. Robtics starizona microtouch direct drive motor for 3. Celestron 11 edge mirror flop video with starizona. The focuser boss ii digital kit works through any ascom compliant software, such as maxim dl, focusmax, sg pro, and ccd soft. Mkit30micro touch focusing system 2 piece kithubhand. I am using the softwareascom driver and it works fine with focusmax.
Included motor fits 2 feathertouch crayford focusers and feathertouch sct microfocusers except oldstyle c14. Sgpro reads the temperature reported by the starizona hand controller and then all focus temperature actions are predicated on those values. Autofocus is possible with maximdl and focus max but not byeos at this time. Included motor fits 2 feathertouch crayford focusers and feathertouch sct microfocusers except. Microtouch control software, hardware drivers, ascom platform, focusmax software, and operating instructions. The microtouch autotelescope focuser is ascom compatible. Probably better to do backlash in the ascom driver than in sgp. Starizona microtouch autofocuser telescope microfocuser.
I havent changed anything, just been out for a while since may and now coming back to things with darker skys etc. Microtouch control software, hardware drivers, ascom platform. Dec 03, 2019 i even tried renaming the driver to microtouch. Download same drivers but without ascom for users who already have ascom installed. If you are only using 3rd party programs to control the microtouch you should be able to stop right here but we recommend you also install the control gui program. Starizonas microtouch autofocuser kan bruges pa feathertouch crayford. There is however one thing that stands out to me that i believe needs correcting. Starizonas microtouch autofocuser leveres komplet med handkontrol, microtouch software, focusmax. Extremely robust crayford style focusers, focuser accessories, truss tubes and truss tube connector systems, plus telescope accent kits to personalize your telescope. Celestron 11 edge mirror flop video with starizona microtouch. The larger controller connects via usb to your pc or laptop. The microtouch autofocuser is designed to work with the popular. After looking at quite a few options, i decided to purchase the starizona micro touch focus system. This is an ongoing project and i will document my progress on this page.
Run the ascom diagnostic tool that installs with the latest ascom platform locate in windows 7. Included features also include temperature compensation, digital readout, and manual operati. We are a team of passionate people whose goal is to improve everyones astro activities through innovative products. Starizona micro touch focus system focusers electric and. Starlight instruments is proud to release its new electronic focusing system. The microtouch allows autofocusing of a ccd camera when interfaced with a computer via usb. Setting up a focuser with sequence generator pro duration. The micro touch focuser system uses internal software that is ascom compliant. Dec 15, 20 there is a group on yahoo who have created all the software to drive an arduino focuser, they also have an ascom driver as well.
Apr, 2014 because my focuser is a feathertouch, it uses a starizona microtouch msm20 motor, which is a 300step per revolution motor with 48ppr and an internal 6. To verify if this will fit your stock focuser, the outside diamter of the 10. The focuser works fine with the starizona program, just wont connect in sgpro. I dont have a microtouch but that should get you going. Included features also include temperature compensation, digital readout, and manual operation. Does anyone know of a download location for the latest ascom drivers for the starizona microtouch focuser. View the instruction manual for this product download 3264bit compatible drivers updated for windows 10 and earlier. Fbiikit 1focuser boss ii electronic focusing control. Autofocuser kan kontrolleres fra handkontrol eller fra pc, og er ascom kompatibel. Starizona claims that your focuser is ascom compatible. This was built using visual studio 2010 and you will need the ascom platform 6. Maybe it is already installed on your system, otherwise ask starizona for the ascom driver. Ascom is a specification for communication between the computer, focuser and telescope. Comes with the flange to screw directly onto a celestron sct baffle.
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