Camera Model

Installation

Select in MaxIm DL

ASCOM compliant cameras

ASCOM Platform and any drivers supplied with the camera must be installed. See manufacturer's instructions for more information.

Andor Technology

Plug-in is included. Manufacturer's drivers must be installed; see http://www.andor.com/

Andor Tech for all models.

Apogee Instruments

Plug-in is included (provided by manufacturer). Manufacturer's drivers must be installed; see http://www.ccd.com/.

Apogee AP, KX, and SPH are supported via the optional Obsolete Driver pack.

Apogee Alta for Alta cameras

Atik

All drivers are supplied by the manufacturer; see http://www.atik-cameras.com/

For Atik-16 consult manufacturer's instructions. For 8-bit cameras use Video DS driver.

Canon EOS

Plug-in is included. Manufacturer's drivers must be installed.

Canon EOS II (Canon EOS 1 for older models)

Celestron Nightscape

Plug-in is included. Drivers are installed automatically from Windows Update. Also on AstroFX CD-ROM.

Diffraction Limited

Plug-in and drivers are included. Low-level drivers are installed automatically from Windows Update.

DTA

All drivers are supplied by the manufacturer; see http://www.digitaltechnologyart.com/.

Consult manufacturer's instructions.

Fishcamp Engineering Starfish

All drivers are supplied by the manufacturer; see http://www.fishcamp.com/support.html.

Consult manufacturer's instructions.

Finger Lakes Instrumentation

All drivers are supplied by the manufacturer; see http://www.flicamera.com.

Consult manufacturer's instructions.

Lumenera

Plug-in is included. Manufacturer's drivers must be installed; see http://lumenera.com/

Meade DSI series (all models)

Plug-in support via the optional Obsolete Driver pack. Drivers are supplied by the manufacturer; see http://meade.com/.

Meade LPI

Plug-in support via the optional Obsolete Driver pack. Drivers are supplied by the manufacturer; see http://meade.com/. (The LPI can also be operated as a webcam through the Video DirectShow driver.)

Meade LPI or Video DS

Meade 208XT, 216XT, 416XT

Plug-in support via the optional Obsolete Driver pack.

Nikon DSLR

Plug-in is included. Manufacturer's drivers must be installed.

Olympus DSLR

Plug-in support via the optional Obsolete Driver pack. Works under Windows XP only. (XP is no longer officially supported)

Opus I

Plug-in is included. Manufacturer's drivers must be installed.

Optronics Macrofire

Plug-in is included. Manufacturer's drivers must be installed; see http://www.optronics.com/

Orion Parsec (all models)

Plug-in support via the optional Obsolete Driver pack. Also requires driver from http://ftdichip.com/Drivers/D2XX.htm

Orion StarShoot G3

All drivers are supplied by the manufacturer; see http://telescope.com/.

Consult manufacturer's instructions.

Orion StarShoot Deep-Space II, Pro and Mono III

Plug-in support via the optional Obsolete Driver pack. Drivers are supplied by the manufacturer; see http://telescope.com/.

Orion StarShoot Deep-Space I

Plug-in support via the optional Obsolete Driver pack. Drivers are supplied by the manufacturer; see http://telescope.com/.

Orion StarShoot Solar System

Drivers are supplied by the manufacturer; see http://telescope.com/.

Orion StarShoot Autoguider

Plug-in is included. Drivers are supplied by the manufacturer; see http://telescope.com/.

QHY

All drivers are supplied by the manufacturer; see http://telescope.com/.

Consult manufacturer's instructions.

Quantum Scientific Imaging

All drivers are supplied by the manufacturer; see http://qsimaging.com/.

Roper (Princeton and Photometrics models)

Plug-in is included. Roper cameras are supported using the Roper PVCam software, provided with the camera. This software must be installed and configured before you can link to the camera.

SBIG

Plug-in is included. SBIG provides drivers for all cameras that are currently in production, except for the special-purpose SG-4 and AllSky cameras. For Aluma series cameras (3rd Generation drivers) the drivers are available on the supplied memory stick or by download from the product page.

For 2nd Generation driver cameras such as STX, STXL, STT, STI, and STF, the SBIGDriverChecker supplied with the camera, is used to install and update the drivers. It includes a built-in download facility. If you do not have this installed, you can fetch it from ftp://ftp.sbig.com/pub/SetupDriverChecker.exe.

For 3rd Generation driver cameras such as Aluma, the DL Imaging drivers are installed with MaxIm DL and updates can be downloaded from our web site. The low-level drivers are installed automatically via Windows Update.

Obsolete serial port cameras including the ST-4, ST-5, ST-6 and STV are supported via the optional Obsolete Driver pack.

DL Imaging for Aluma series USB and WiFi cameras.

SBIG Universal for all other USB and Ethernet cameras.

SBIG w/AO when using an AO tip/tilt guider option.

SACImaging

8-bit cameras are supported via Video DS. The 16-bit SAC10 is supported via the optional Obsolete Driver pack.

Video DS for 8-bit SAC cameras that support DirectShow capture.

Sigma

Drivers are available from the manufacturer at http://www.nova-ccd.de/

Consult manufacturer's instructions.

Simulator

Useful for testing purposes, this selection emulates the operation of a camera. No drivers are required.

Starlight Xpress

Plug-in is included (provided by manufacturer), but an updated version may be available directly from the manufacturer; see http://www.sxccd.com/.

The Obsolete Driver pack includes 'native' drivers for most of the older USB 1.1 cameras; however we recommend updating the firmware and using SX Universal instead.

SX Universal including AO support.

Video DirectShow

Plug-in is included. Video sources such as webcams, VIVO video cards, frame grabbers, and FireWire inputs are supported using this interface. Manufacturer's drivers must be installed.