Astromechanics Light Pollution Meter PRO
Features
The Astromechanics Light Pollution Meter is a handheld / PC based monitoring tool to measure sky brightness in mag/arcsec2. Measurements are compatible with Unihedrons Sky Quality Meter (SQM). It features :
- Measure sky brightness in mag/arcsec2
- Store measurements in FITS-Header of your astro images
- Store measurement logs for later analysis
Main Control Tab
- Connection: Connect or Disconnect device
- Readings: last measured sky brightness, its average, minimum, and maximum values. All measurements in mag/argsec2. NELM (naked eye limit measurement) based on the conversion formula found at http://unihedron.com/projects/darksky/NELM2BCalc.html.
- Reset: Reset statistics of readings.
- Record file: directory and filename to store measurement log of LPM.
- Save and Discard readings.
Connection
The USB connection is made on the default port, or by autosearch. The device is recognized as a USB Serial converter. Baudrate at 9600 is mandatory.
Options
Polling period in ms.
No additional option as been implemented. Debug mode and configuration files are available.
Unit
Unit factory calibration data.
Driver Name
Astromechanics LPM
Driver Executable
indi_astromech_lpm
Family
Auxiliary
Manufacturer
Astromechanics
Platforms
Linux, Mac, BSD
Author
Christian Liska
Version
0.1
