Imagestar 9000 Camera System Quickstart Guide 20100902d RJB Iss2

Photonic Science

Imagestar 9000 and 16000 Camera System Quick Start Guide

This guide tells you how to install the PSL Software and hardware for your camera to get you

up and running quickly.

If you purchased the camera with a computer it will already be setup for you. If so jump to step

4 of the PSL software installation.

Follow the instructions below to install your Imagestar camera.

Install the USB interface software

Install the USB interface software from the supplied CD as follows: - insert the Photonic Science CD and open folder Imagestar generic USB 32 and

64 bit driver installers. - Doubleclick PhotonicScienceDeviceInstaller64.msi - Follow the on screen prompts - press any key to exit the command window which now appears

If the camera is water cooled, ensure the water is connected and flowing. Do not run the camera with no water flowing.

Connect the USB cable between the camera and the host PC, and then turn the cameras power supply on.

PSL Software Installation

1. Install the Photonic Science Imaging application by copying the complete PSL_Software folder from the CD to a location of your choice on the PC. (The

PSL_Software folder may have characters appended to the folder name to indicate the

version number).

2. If this is a new installation of a system the PSL Software folder on the CD will already contain the unique configuration files required for your particular camera. The folder

may be called PSLViewer-2f-std for example. Skip to step 4.

3. If you are upgrading or changing between camera types then you will need to copy the configuration files yourself. To do this, copy the entire PSL_camera_files folder from

the CD, and paste the whole folder into the PSLViewer-2e-std \ImageStar9000

directory on the PC. An empty PSL_camera_files directory already exists in this

location as a placeholder: just overwrite this empty folder.

Imagestar 9000 Camera System Quickstart Guide 20100902d RJB Iss2

Copy the driver file imagestar9000control.dll from the CD to the PSLViewer-2e-std

\Imagestar9000 folder.

Copy the file libpsl.dll to the PSL_Software folder

4. Now connect up all the hardware, as described in detail in the cameras hardware manual. In short: connect the camera to the computer using the USB cable, and connect

the mains power supply to the camera.

5. Connect the power supplies to the mains using the IEC leads, and turn on the system using the switches on the power supplies.

6. Now you are ready to start imaging. If provided plug the dongle into a spare USB port in the PC. Double click on PSLViewer.exe, the Photonic imaging application

executable, which is in the PSLViewer-2e-std (or later version) folder. You may want

to put a shortcut to this program on your desktop for future use.

7. On the Setup tab of the application, select Camera, then Imagestar 9000 to open the camera driver. Two dialog boxes will open, Camera setup, and Snap setup. These allow

you to set the exposure time, binning, and post-processing options, and to snap and save

images.

This Quick Start Guide is intended as an overview only. For more details, please refer to the

camera hardware and software manuals also provided on the CD.

Revision number

Date Changed by

Approved by

Details

Issue 1 2nd September 2010

RJB SY Initial version

Issue 2

10/1/13 RJB SY New installer and software instructions.

Issue 3

17.7.13 SJY SJY Updated with 16000, PSLViewer.exe, and dongle references