I am very interested in taking the plunge into TheSkyX Professional ecosystem (which would include the camera add-on and possibly others).
My main goal is to be able to complete an entire imaging session in OS X - I have Bootcamp installed, and I have been reluctantly using Windows as my imaging OS for the past 3 years, but I would love nothing more than finally leave Windows forever.
I have been looking through supported camera tables and supported mount tables and it is hard to get a definitive answer, but I believe from what I can piece together, the QHY5L-ii is not supported by TheSkyX on OS X?
Is this correct? Are there any plans to ever support the QHY5L-ii on OS X? Having a look through the github repository, they have indeed released (at least a static driver) for OS X - so the excuse of no formal support no longer holds up. Also, the QHY5L-ii is the same hardware as the Orion AutoGuider Pro, right? I still haven't figured out why one camera would be supported but the other wouldn't be. Is this simply because the USB product ID is different for the two cameras?
I am simply looking for a solution that allows me to complete my imaging session on OS X. If that entails selling my QHY5L for a better supported guiding camera then please let me know if that is what is required.
My current imaging setup:
- Sky-Watcher AZ/EQ 6 Pro
- QHY5L-iim
- ZWOASI 1600m cooled
- ZWO EFW-7