Specifications

Getting Started
Although the camera is intended for operation at night (or for very low-light
conditions at day), it is always better (and highly recommended) to install
software and to make sure everything is working OK during day, before the
first night under the stars.
The G2 CCD cameras can be in principle operated under various CCD control
software packages (refer to our web site for available drivers), this manual
demonstrates camera operation under the SIMS (Simple Image Manipulation
system) – camera control and image processing software suite supplied with the
camera.
Camera System Driver Installation
Every USB device requires so-called “system driver”, incorporated directly into
the operating system kernel. Some devices (for instance USB Flash Disk
dongles) conform to some predefined class (USB mass-storage device class in
this case), so they can use the driver already present in the operating system.
But this is not the case of the G2 CCD camera – it requires its own system
driver to be installed.
The simplest way to install G2 CCD camera system driver is to utilize Plug-
and-play nature of USB devices and Windows operating system. Simply plug
the camera to power supply and connect it to the host PC using the included
USB A-B cable. Windows detects new USB device and opens hardware
installation wizard. The system driver installation is slightly different on
Windows XP and Windows 2000.
Windows XP System Driver Installation
The operating system notifies the new USB device was plugged in the “Found
new hardware bubble”. The system then opens the “Found New Hardware”
Wizard.
1. The wizard offers searching for suitable driver on Windows Update
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