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# SVBONY Astronomy cameras

## Installation

The INDI SV305 driver supports the SVBONY SV305 and SV305 PRO cameras on Intel (x86, amd64) and ARM (armv6, armv7 and armv8) Linux.
The SV105 and SV205 are UVC devices, please look at this page https://www.indilib.org/ccds/web-cameras.html
The SV305M PRO support is in progress.

In order to install the driver on Debian based distributions, use:

> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mutlaqja/ppa
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install libsv305 indi-sv305
## Features

The driver supports single framing and streaming.

### Supported features:

- ST4 guiding on SV305 PRO
- ROI (software)
- Binning (software)
- Slow, medium and fast framing
- RAW8 and RAW12 frame format
- Dynamic stretching in RAW12 mode
- Color bayer pattern

### Known issues (mostly firmware related):

- Exposures can't be aborted
- Intensive configuration changes could lead to a crash
- Some shifts in frame order had been reported (frame N-1 uploaded instead of frame N)
- SV305M PRO should work, but not tested yet

### Work in progress:

- Full SV305M PRO support
- MacOS X support

## Operation

### Connecting to SV305 cameras

Simply connect the camera via USB to your PC or SBC (Single board computer).
The camera can be connected to an external powered hub as well.
You can connect multiple cameras.

### Main Control

![Main Control panel](./control_panel.jpg)

The controls tab provides settings to adjust common camera parameters such as gain, gamma, contrast..etc.

You may choose between RAW 12 bits depth or RAW 8 bits depth frame format.

For planetary imaging or fast streaming, use the ***Fast*** framerate. For long exposure, use ***Normal*** or ***Slow***.

RAW 12 bits depth frames are stored as 16 bits FITS files.
By default, the driver use the 12 least significant bits,
resulting in very dark images. You can then choose a *stretch* factor.

### General Info

![General Info panel](./info_panel.jpg)

This provides general information about the currently running driver and driver version.
It also lets you set the Observer and Object Information for the FITS Header.

### Miscellaneous

The other panels are common to all CCDs drivers.

## Details

Website : https://www.svbony.com/
Tags : CCD, camera, SVBONY
Driver name : SV305
Driver executable : indi_sv305_ccd
Family : CCDs
Manufacturer : SVBONY
Platforms : Linux (Intel, ARM)
Author : Blaise-Florentin Collin
Version : 1.2.4

![SV305 camera](./SV305.jpg)

![SV305 PRO camera](./SV305PRO.jpg)

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