Manuals, drivers, etc. for Wa- chur- ed Observatory products
Power*Star:
Power*Star Application (download both files, run Setup.exe)
ASCOM Drivers (download and run each installer as needed)
Adim Controller (download .zip, extract all, run setup.exe):
PerfectStar B (for bipolar motors):
User Manual:
Standard ASCOM driver – works with most applications whether 32 or 64 bit:
https://wa-chur-ed.com/PerfectStar B Focuser Setup.exe
64 bit ONLY ASCOM driver – if the standard driver doesn’t work with your 64 bit app, use this instead:
https://wa-chur-ed.com/PerfectStar B Focuser 64Bit Setup.exe
PerfectStar (this is the original PerfectStar for unipolar motors):
User Manual (updated 8/26/2014)
(extensive updates to graphics and instructions)
(fixes awkward handling of unexpected disconnect)
Controller Firmware version 5.1
Controller Firmware version 5.2
(adds “Permanent Focus” feature & minor bug fixes)
Other Files
Over the years I have authored several papers, presentations, and such related to astronomy and astro-imaging. The presentations were created for private use and contain copyrighted material that I can’t publish here, but eventually I hope to edit each of them to either replace the copyrighted material with equivalent original material, or get permission from the owner.
AstroCalc
AstroCalc is a spreadsheet I created years ago to simplify some of the calculations that must sometimes be done in astronomy. It contains 4 separate sheets; the equipment sheet, where you enter specifications of your telescopes, eyepieces, cameras, etc.; the visual sheet, which shows you various parameters for each combination of telescope and eyepiece; the imaging sheet, which shows similar parameters for each combination of telescope and camera; and the PHD Adviser sheet, which is intended to help you select the best parameters for the popular PHD Guiding program (used in imaging). I used to include this spreadsheet on my Astro-Flash product, but found that most buyers were non-astronomers and didn’t care about this tool, so I have decided to make it available to everyone. You may freely distribute this file as long as nothing is altered from the original file here, including the copyright notice.