Optec Instruments Product Reviews, Data Sheets, And Other Interesting Articles

Optec Instruments: Accessories, Manuals, and Interesting Articles
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• Cousins/Bessell vs. Johnson Filter Standards. The six page illustrated article written by Gerald Persha, President of Optec, Inc. about the selection of photometric filters for photometry with CCD. Copyright Optec Instruments, from Company Seven's Library. Download size is 768,694 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).

• Cousins/Bessell vs. Johnson Filter Standards. The illustrated article written by Gerald Persha, President of Optec, Inc. in HTML format. About the selection of photometric filters for photometry with CCD. Copyright Optec Instruments, from Company Seven's Library.

• IFW - Intelligent filter Wheel Technical Manual. The Optec 33 page illustrated instruction manual. Copyright Optec Instruments, from Company Seven's Library. Download size is 1,744,345 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).

• Model PFE-1 Photometric "Front-End" CCD/Telescope Adapter Technical Manual. The Optec 27 page illustrated instruction manual. Copyright Optec Instruments, from Company Seven's Library. Download size is 215,867 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).

• TCF-S & TCF-S3 Temperature Compensating Focuser: A technical manual for theory of operation and operating procedures. The Optec TCF-S 43 page illustrated instruction manual. Copyright Optec Instruments, from Company Seven's Library. Download size is 2,093,399 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).

• Focus Changes Of 8 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain Telscopes. Charting of temperature and associated temperature changes measured over fourty (40) degrees by Optec. Copyright Optec Instruments, from Company Seven's Library. Download size is 24,559 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).

• Maxfield Telecompressor Frequently Asked Questions. FAQ's regarding the MAXfield 0.33X telecompressor, a three-element lens system designed by Optec to work specifically with Schmidt-Cassegrain f/10 telescopes using medium to small format CCD cameras. Copyright Optec Instruments, in HTML format from Company Seven's Library.

• Maxfield Telecompressor Frequently Asked Questions. FAQ's regarding the MAXfield telecompressor, a three-element lens system designed by Optec to work specifically with Schmidt-Cassegrain f/10 telescopes (SCT's) using medium to small format CCD cameras. Copyright Optec Instruments, from Company Seven's Library. Download size is 1,185,914 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).

Optec Informational Movies

• IFW Filter Carousel Change.mpg automated presentation showing how easy it is t change the Filter Wheel Magazine. This is an "mpg" MPEG movie clip, and so your Web Browser must be suitably enabled with a player plug-in such as Apple QuickTime, or WIndows Media Player. Clip size is 295,958 bytes.

Optec Instruments Electronic Support Files

• TCF-S Temperature Compensating Focuser Serial Interface Protocol. Valid for TCF-S PIC versions 2.10 and higher. The Optec TCF-S one page document. Copyright Optec Instruments, from Company Seven's Library. Download size is 14,734 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).

• TCF-S3 Temperature Compensating Focuser ASCOM Driver for MaximDL. Users of MaximDL/CCD Version 3 and later** by Cyanogen can use the software to remotely and automatically control focus of the TCF-S3 focuser. However, For users of MaxIM, it may be necessary to copy over this TCFS ASCOM driver. Copyright Optec Instruments, from Company Seven's Library. Download size is 71,247 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format). To install simply:
  • find the file at C:\Program Files\Common Files\ASCOM\Focuser

  • download the ASCOM Driver (link above)

  • Unzip the dll and copy to the folder described above.

• TCF-S.EXE, version 1.21. TCF-S.EXE, version 1.21. Control program for the TCF-S and TCF-S3 temperature compensating focusers. This is the current version and has added options for compatibility with the TCF-S3 3-inch focuser. Requires firmware 2.32 and above. Will work with earlier versions with some loss of function. Copyright Optec Instruments, from Company Seven's Library. Download size is 1,785,536 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).