Opticstar PL-131 series. © Opticstar Ltd, 2021.
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Updated: 07/09/2021
Opticstar PL-131 Plug-in for AstroArt
Plug-in Version 1.0 - © Opticstar Ltd, 2009.
In order to add long exposure native support to AstroArt v3/v4 for the PL-131 camera
you will need to copy
D_PL131C.DLL
and
OSPL131CRT.DLL
for the colour
camera. For the monochrome camera the files to copy are
D_PL131M.DLL
and
OSPL131MRT.DLL
.
Copy the
files from the folder on the CD e.g.
D:\Plugins\AstroArt\PL131C
(colour model) or
D:\Plugins\AstroArt\PL131M
(monochrome
model)
into the folder where AstroArt has been
installed on the hard disk. For example:
C:\Program Files\Astroart
.
After copying the files, run AstroArt and select the
PL131C
plug-in for the colour camera or the
PL131M
plug-in for the monochrome camera from
the list.
Binning and ROI Modes
Within AstroArt the following camera binning/resolution modes are supported.
•
1x1 binning, 1280x1024 pixels.
•
2x2 binning, 640x480 pixels.
•
4x4 binning, 320x240 pixels
•
ROI 640x480 pixels. This is the top left-hand corner of the whole image.
•
ROI 320x240 pixels. This is the top left-hand corner of the whole image.
Selecting regions is only possible on the top three binning modes. The ROI (region of interest)
modes do not support user selectable regions but they provide the fastest frame rates.
Gain and StarView
The camera supports hardware Gain. The Gain setting can be set on the StarView window by the
vertical slide bar. By default, the Gain setting is at 50%. This setting is used by the StarView
window as well as by AstroArt when it captures images.
