Setup Preferences

Currently, FocusMax supports MaxIm DL V5 and 6, TheSkyX Camera Add-on and CCDSoft for camera control.

The Setup Window  is used to specify the hardware configuration and assignments.

Telescope:

Pressing the small button will open the ASCOM Telescope Chooser for selecting the telescope driver and will allow you to set the driver properties.

System 1 and System 2 boxes:

FocusMax V4 currently supports up to 2 cameras,2 focuser's and 2 filter wheels.

The Camera Control combo box allows you to select the camera control software or imaging platforms

The Number combo box is the camera number assignment in the selected imaging software. Typically camera #2 will be the autoguider camera assignment.

If you have two independent cameras, the camera control software can be configured to control different imaging platforms.

Pressing the small button will open the ASCOM Focuser Chooser to select the focuser or open the driver properties.

The table below illustrates the possible combinations.

Filter wheel - Reset filter info buttons:

Pressing the Filter wheel reset filter button will delete the current filter information for the autofocus and AcaqreuiStar windows.

Pressing the connect camera button at the top of the window will reload the filter names for each filter wheel and apply default base exposure time, target flux, etc.

Connect buttons:

Pressing the connect buttons will connect each hardware device and automatically load the associated device names into the text boxes.