Apogee 1.5

These are drivers for the range of scientific CCD cameras manufactured by Apogee Instruments Inc. The drivers are accompanied by a full GUI interface designed for use in an astronomical environment.
The .tgz binary can be installed using the following commands
cd /
tar -xvzPf /path-to-archive/apogee-driver-1.5.tgz
/opt/apogee/apogee-post
/opt/apogee/modinstall
Whichever distribution is installed, the camera driver needs to be prepared (per-user) before use. Log in with the username you will be using to operate the camera, the open an xterm and type
/opt/apogee/install
Prompts for the type of camera, and I/O port will appear. In the event that the .ini file for your camera is not listed, you may need to obtain the latest version from Apogee. (alternatively, examine the new .ini file format, and edit your current .ini file to conform to the same parameter names). Once the driver is setup, the GUI interface can be started using the command
~/startapogee
Main features:
- Support for all ALTA-E and ALTA-U models
- Support for parallel port and PCI, and ISA interface models
- Full-frame, binned, and sub-region readout
- Image read/write to FITS format disk files
- In memory buffering of an arbitrary number of images
- Automatic image display using DS9 image viewer
- Calibration image library construction
- On-the-fly calibration
- Drift-scan mode
- Focus frame readout
- Graphical User Interface to major functions
- Tcl level scripting interface to all aspects of driver
- Tcl level scripting interface to image buffer management
- Tcl level scripting interface to manage FITS images, tables, headers
Enhancements:
- Add support for ApnCamData_CCD models
- Update codebase for 2.0.43_57 changes