SBIG Software Archive

These Software Resources are for discontinued SBIG Products like the ST-4, ST-6 and STV. There will be no further development of these software versions.

	Final Release for Serial/Parallel Port Based Cameras
Download Ver 5.53B28 Nov 2011	CCDOps (Windows) This is the last official release of CCDOps for Windows for Serial and Parallel Port based cameras. Subsequent releases of CCDOps for Windows are not guaranteed to work with these cameras.
Download Ver 3.11B4 Nov 2011	DriverChecker64 (Windows) This is the last official release of DriverChecker64 for Parallel Port based cameras. Subsequent releases of DriverChecker64 are not guaranteed to work with these cameras.
	ST-4 Software
Download Ver 2.08	CCD (MS-DOS) ST-4 users can use CCD to control the ST-4 camera for image acquisition. The ST-4/CCD Manual is avalable in PDF format.
Download Ver 1.10	CCDUTIL (MS-DOS) ST-4 users can use CCDUTIL to make TIFF and FITS files from ST-4 images. It also offers other handy image processing functions not found in the CCD software. The CCDUTIL Manual is available in PDF format.
Download	CCDBLINK (MS-DOS) ST-4 users interested in using the ST-4 as a blink comparator can use CCDBLINK. The CCDBLINK Manual is avaialble in PDF format. This program allows you to load two ST-4 images and blink them in rapid succession to easily see if any object in the field of view has moved between the frames.
Download Ver 2.12	CCDTRACK (MS_DOS) ST-4 users can use CCDTRACK to remotely control the tracking functions of the ST-4. The CCDTRACK Manual is avalaible in PDF format. For a full description of the program see the CCDTRACK Page. This program transfers all of the autoguide functions of the ST-4 to a remote computer up to 100 feet away from the ST-4 control box. CCDTRACK also offers a number of features not available with the ST-4 in stand alone mode such as text and graphic displays showing the tracking accuracy in real time during the guiding session and the accumulated error of the guide star image.
	Serial/Parallel ST-4X/5/5C/6/7/8/9/10/1001 Software
Download Ver 3.97	CCDOps (MS-DOS) Serial and Parallel port based ST-4X, ST-5, ST-5C, ST-6, ST-7, ST-8, ST-9, ST-10 and ST-1001 users can use CCDOps for DOS to acquire and process images. The CCDOPS Manual is available in PDF format. Please note that the manual covers all the features of CCDOPS for DOS, Windows 95 and Macintosh OS-9.
	STV Software
Download Ver 2	STV Remote (Windows) For remote operation, the STV video camera and autoguider has its own remote operating software provided with the camera named (STVREMOTE) that runs under Windows. STVREMOTE allows you to control all of the functions of the STV from a remote computer, apply flat frame correction to STV image files and also saves STV images as bitmap files. STVREMOTE only works with an STV camera. This archive file contains the setup files for a complete installation of STV Remote which included support for the internal CFW-5C color filter wheel. *Instructions:* Download the file then unzip the archive into a temporary directory. Once you have extracted all the setup files run Setup.exe to install the program. You will also need STVREMOTE software installed on your computer to update the firmware in the STV
Download Ver 1.06H	STV Firmware Version 1.06 The firmware in the STV may be upgraded by the user over the camera's serial interface. The instructions for installing updated firmware are in the STV manual. To install version 1.06 firmware in your STV download the file and then follow the directions at the end of Chapter 6 of the STV manual for programming the STV using STVREMOTE. An Application Note describing the feature of the Version 1.06H Firmware is available here.
	Linux
Download	CCDOpsLite for Linux This link downloads a zipped tar archive containing a Qt 3.3 project that allows to to acquire images from our Parallel and USB based cameras. It displays the images and allows saving them in SBIG and FITS formats. In addition you can open images saved in SBIG Format. We offer this as a starting point for the adventurous.
View	John Kielkopf's XmCCD Web Page This link redirects to to John Kielkopf's XmCCD Web Page where you will find an Application that supports Parallel and USB based cameras under Linux.
View	Justin Pryzby's ST7Ctl This link redirectes you to Justin Pryzby's ST7Ctl Web Page where you will find an Application for acquiring images from SBIG cameras supported under Linux.
View	Filip Hroch's NightView NightView is a software package to control SBIG's CCD cameras under Linux. This software allows full control of a camera and a filter wheel. It can be used for either interactive or a batch processing. It fully replaces the commercial SBIG utilities. Homepage: http://www.physics.muni.cz/mb/nightview/