ZWO Camera

This service operates a ZWO camera. The following are the different types of ZWO cameras that have been tested and used with catkit2 so far:

For camera specs, see the website links above. Note that using ZWO cameras requires a manual installation of drivers from zwoastro.com

Configuration

camera1:
    service_type: zwo_camera
    simulated_service_type: camera_sim
    requires_safety: false

    device_name: ZWO ASI533MM
    offset_x: 1038
    offset_y: 1282
    width: 192
    height: 192
    exposure_time: 1000
    gain: 100

Properties

exposure_time: Exposure time (in microseconds) of the camera.

gain: Gain of the camera.

brightness: Brightness of the camera.

width: The width of the camera frames.

height: The height of the camera frames.

offset_x: The x offset of the camera frames on the sensor.

offset_y: The y offset of the camera frames on the sensor.

sensor_width: The width of the sensor.

sensor_height: The height of the sensor.

device_name: The name of the camera.

max_bandwidth: The camera USB bandwidth setting. True uses (default) max USB bandwidth setting. False sets minimum USB bandwidth which can be more reliable in some situations.

Commands

start_acquisition(): This starts the acquisition of images from the camera.

end_acquisition(): This ends the acquisition of images from the camera.

Datastreams

temperature: The temperature (in Celsius) as measured by the camera.

images: The images acquired by the camera.

is_acquiring: Whether the camera is currently acquiring images.