Controlling two Atik at the same time

[fabdev]

[ 2014 ]

Hello all,
we had the oppurtunity to command two Atik cameras at the same time. Atik has implemented a smart and easy way to control two cameras: after installation you will find two ASCOM drivers named "Atik camera" and "Atik camera 2".

For the primary camera, inside the ASCOM chooser, select "Atik camera", go to ASCOM properties, select the main camera and click OK.
In Astroart then select "ASCOM" as extra guide camera, select "Atik camera 2" as ASCOM driver, then in the ASCOM properties select the guide camera.

In our case the guide camera was a 16 IC and the main camera the new Titan (which is excellent for autoguide too).

For more information about Atik cameras:
http://www.atik-cameras.com/

The PC was running Windows 7 64 bit. Low level drivers were updated from the Atik website. This procedure requires the CCD Interface 5.10 or newer.

Clear skies,
Fabio and Martino.