The SkyX Software Plug-in of QHYCCD SDK

RPI3 Linux MacOS QHYCCD SDK TheSkyX Plug-in Installation
1、Decompression SDK package（tar zxvf package name）.
2、Enter the decompressed directory, install and execute the install.sh command（sudo sh ./install.sh）,uninstall and  execute the uninstall.sh command（sudo  sh ./uninstall.sh）.
3、Enter the directory / usr / local / cameraplugins, and replace the new plug-in libqhyccdx2plugin and interface layout qhyccd.ui with the old plug-in libqhyccdx2plugin and interface layout qhyccd.ui in the installation directory.
Windows QHYCCD SDK TheSkyX Plug-in Installation
1、Decompression SDK package.

2、 You should replace cameralist QHYCCD.txt in this path (C:\Program Files (x86)\Software Bisque\TheSkyX Professional Edition\Resources\Common\Miscellaneous Files).

Replace libQHYCCDX2Plugin.dll and QHYCCD.iu in another path (C:\Program Files (x86)\Software Bisque\TheSkyX Professional Edition\Resources\Common\PlugIns\CameraPlugIns)

In order to unify the version numbers of all systems and help customers get useful information directly from the version numbers, from this version, the version numbers of UNIX like systems are modified to “yy.mm.dd”, and the version numbers of Windows systems are modified to “yy.mm.dd. T”,
Only windows system has this version number below
T: 1 for stable version, 0 for test version
Issued by
YY: Yes year
Mm: it’s the month
DD: Yes date

Version record
Note: The Red font is a description of important BUG fixes, green font is a description of existing problems, and black font is a new addition.
V2020.02.28.0（V2.16）

update record:
1. Added the function of getqhyccdfpgaversion
2. Fixed a series camera, if the exposure is terminated during the first exposure and the next image cannot be read out during the long exposure.
Note:
1.This version does not support QHY8 cameras at present.
2. Update record information includes QHYCCD SDK library and TheSkyX plug-in under all operating systems.

V2020.02.19.0（V2.15）

update record:
1. Add an SDK that cannot close debug information.

2. Solve the problem that some cameras (qhy174, qhy5iii174, qhy5iii290, etc.) will have image dislocation when usbtraffic is small in 16 bit live mode.

Note:
1.This version does not support QHY8 cameras at present.
2. Update record information includes QHYCCD SDK library and TheSkyX plug-in under all operating systems.

V2020.02.03.0（V2.13）

update record:
1. Update the firmware header files of qhy294, qhy268c, qhy600, qhy42pro and qhy367pro synchronously.
2. Add the getddr function to the camera that supports DDR.
3. Improve the qhy268c long exposure (more than 10 seconds) function.
4. Fixed the ROI shooting of qhy22. The second photo is wrong.
5. Fixed the ROI shooting of qhy21. The second photo is wrong.
6. Fixed the incorrect ignoreoverscan area of qhy600
7. Initial function improvement of qhy268c
8. Modifying the image captured by qhy168c camera in a single frame will result in a vertical bug.
9. Added the support of qhy410 camera
10. Fixed that the Linux system did not execute the bug to obtain the camera serial number.
11. Fixed qhy183 in 16 bit mode, ROI, the vertical direction of the start position is not effective.
12. fixed that the camera detection module of Linux system did not execute the BUG to obtain the camera serial number.
13. The temperature control of qhy refrigeration CMOS camera is corrected. If the upper computer software is set to – 15 degrees, the temperature control will not be started after connection
14. The bug that the windows scan camera module obtains the camera serial number and the wrong camera + serial number when scanning the second camera are corrected.
15. Qhy367pro-c and qhy367c are modified. In single frame mode, there are several black lines at the bottom of the image (DDR memory resident problem), and in continuous mode, there are two black lines on the right.
16. Add hardware ROI implementation mode of qhy342 and qhy432.
17. Add camera initialization, scanning and other functions of the original SDK. Use the function setqhyccdautodetectmamera to set whether to enable the camera management unit module. This function should be called in front of the initqhyccdresource function. The default value is to enable the camera management unit module.
18. Fixed the ROI of qhy600 in continuous mode. When the captured image is on the right edge, it will cause crash
19. Corrected the possible image abnormal problem when qhy600 and qhy268c are in ROI (the phenomenon is that every two lines are similar pixels)
20. In qhy600, qhy268c single frame mode, the exposure time after connection is set to 5 seconds to reduce the initial CMOS chip heating.
21. Qhy268c is corrected. In single frame mode, when the number of rows is less than 300, the second one will be black.
22. Bug code of series a shooting failure caused by the combination of Series A and 5iii or 5ii cameras.
23. Realize the single frame and continuous frame function of PCIe (currently in the test stage, the customer can’t use it temporarily).
24. It realizes the internal automatic download of firmware SDK of Mac OS system, and the client program can download firmware without using firmware download function.
Note:
1.This version does not support QHY8 cameras at present.
2. Update record information includes QHYCCD SDK library and TheSkyX plug-in under all operating systems.

V2019.11.15.0（V2.1.2）

update record:
1. Optimize usbtraffic, so that most usb3.0 cameras can work stably under usb2.0 port. This optimization is mainly for RPI3 hardware system.
2. Fixed the QHY42PRO in ASCOM. When the OVERSCAN ignore function is checked, the problem will not be displayed after switching modes.
3. Fixed the problem that the ROI does not work when the QHY42PRO is in continuous mode.
4. Fixed the problem that the QHY42RRO returns to the initial value after the SC connection, after the READMODE is switched, and the OFFSET and other parameters return to the original value.
5. Add a single frame 8-bit output of the old CCD camera.
6. Modified the QHY163 camera. Under USB2.0, USBTraffic was added in single frame mode.
7. Fixed a bug that caused the camera scan thread to hang when the camera was turned off while the camera was unplugged.
8. Increase the number of buffers for LIBUSB asynchronous transfer SetQHYCCDBufferNumber, which greatly improves the frame rate of Live mode with poor hardware performance such as RPI3 and RPI4.
9. Add some recovery code and message transmission that libusb causes the camera to not work due to static electricity.
10. Upgrade 5iii174, 5iii224, 5iii185, qhy290, qhy224, qhy174, qhy600 firmware files.
11. Modify the function of the old camera without the filter wheel function IsCFWPlugged returns the BUG of QHYCCD_SUCCESS.
Note:
1.This version does not support QHY8 cameras at present.
2. Update record information includes QHYCCD SDK library and TheSkyX plug-in under all operating systems.

V2019.10.23.0（V2.1.1）

update record:
1. Added qhy411 final Eris version and qhy461 large memory support.
2. Add qhy367pro-c support
3. 8-bit output of A-Series single frame mode is added. (the previous single frame mode can only be 16 bits).
4. Added qhy367c, 128C, 183m, 163, 165 single frame 8-bit output
5. The horizontal dimension of qhy550 is modified to be an integral multiple of 4 to correct the crash problem in RGB24 in SC (debayer must be an integral multiple of 4).
6. Qhy294c is corrected. In single frame mode, there is a bug in ROI image range.
7. Improve the read mode function of x2 plug-in.
8. Upgrade the firmware of qhy411 and qhy411eris.
Note:
1.This version does not support QHY8 cameras at present.
2. Update record information includes QHYCCD SDK library and TheSkyX plug-in under all operating systems.

V2019.10.16.0（V2.1.0）

update record:
1. Added qhy411 final Eris version and qhy461 large memory support function.
2. Modify QHY294C. In single frame mode, ROI image range has a problem with a BUG.
3. Fix bug of memory leakage in Windows version.
4. Add the read mode parameter saving function of x2 plug-in.
Note:
1.This version does not support QHY8 cameras at present.
2. Update record information includes QHYCCD SDK library and TheSkyX plug-in under all operating systems.

 

V2019.10.08.0（V2.0.9）

update record:
1. Fixed the problem that QHY5 could not work properly under LINUX.
2. Fixed the problem of abnormal target temperature setting of A series camera under ARM-LINUX. Fixed the problem that 90A has no temperature control function under LINUX.
3. The white balance red, green and blue gain setting function of QHY600C is added.
4. Correct BUG of memory leak in camera detection unit when the camera is not linked in the system.
5. Add Read Mode settings in the X2 plug-in.
Note:
1.This version does not support QHY8 cameras at present.
2. Update record information includes QHYCCD SDK library and TheSkyX plug-in under all operating systems.

V2019.09.27.0（V2.0.8）

update record:
1. Adding the function module of automatic recovery after the camera video data cannot be read due to static electricity.
2. Adding the camera management unit, the physical connection and disconnection of the camera will become automatic.
3. Adding message processing unit, some messages run by SDK can be sent to the client in time, so that the client can run correctly.
4. Increase QHY600, QHY411, QHY411ERIS series cameras.
5. Optimize the code and enhance the user experience.
6. Correct the BUG problem of QHY90 automatic temperature control mode under RPI3.
7. Correct the problem that Series A can’t capture images on RPI3.
8. Correct the problem that 174 series cameras can not capture images on RPI3.
Note:
1.This version does not support QHY8 QHY5 cameras at present.
2. Update record information includes QHYCCD SDK library and TheSkyX plug-in under all operating systems.
V2019.06.28.0（V2.0.7）
update record:
1. Repair the BUG of QHY9S camera which cannot read the temperature control data in Unix-like system.
2. Perfect some code of Burst mode.
3. Add the support of QHY8 camera on Windows platform.
Note:
1.This version does not support QHY8 QHY5 cameras at present.
2. Update record information includes QHYCCD SDK library and TheSkyX plug-in under all operating systems.
V2019.06.21.0（V2.0.6）
update record:
1. Perfecting the function of filter wheel.
2. QHYCCD SDK Code Structure Optimization.
Note:
1.This version does not support QHY8 QHY5 cameras at present.
2. Update record information includes QHYCCD SDK library and TheSkyX plug-in under all operating systems.
V2019.06.05.0（V2.0.5）
update record:
1. Correct the runaway problem of QHY12-C camera.
2. Add QHY8Pro to Windows platform.
3. Adding QHY8 to Windows platform is still a problem.
4. Perfect and optimize the function of QHY411 QHY550 QHY6060 camera.
5. Regulate and optimize the code.
Note:
1.This version does not support QHY8 QHY5 cameras at present.
2. Update record information includes QHYCCD SDK library and TheSkyX plug-in under all operating systems.

 

V2019.05.27.0（V2.0.4）
update record:
1. Fix QHY174 initializati