SVBONY SVBONY ccd driver
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This package is a CCD driver for SVBONY's SV305 or later cameras.

Requirements
============

+ INDI >= v0.9.6 (http://indi.sf.net)

	You need to install both indi and indi-devel to build this package (libindi-dev).
	
+ cfitsio

	cfitsio-devel is required to compile support for FITS (libcfitsio-dev).

+ zlib

	zlib-devel is required for compression (zlib1g-dev)

+ libsvbony

	SVBONY SVBONY Camera SDK binaries (1.10.1 or higher), also provided by indi-3rdparty

Installation
============

	See INSTALL
	
How to Use
==========

	You can use the SVBONY INDI Driver in any INDI-compatible client such as KStars or Xephem.
	
	To run the driver from the command line:
	
	$ indiserver indi_svbony_ccd
	
	You can then connect to the driver from any client, the default port is 7624.
	If you're using KStars, the driver will be automatically listed in KStars' Device Manager,
	no further configuration is necessary.

Features
========

	+ Full access to camera settings
	+ Bayer color pattern
    + Analog gain
	+ Subframing (snapshot and liveview)
	+ Software binning (snapshot and liveview)
	+ Streaming
	+ ST4 port supported.If the camera has a guider port.
	+ Monochrome camera supported
	+ Cooled camera supported

Known issues
============

	+ Intensive configuration changes could lead to a crash
	+ The driver crashes when Native file format is selected and exposed.
	+ "Correct Dead Pixel" switch is alway turn off.
	+ "Banding noise" is likely to occur.

Limitations
===========

        + None

Changelog
=========

	+ 1.4.1 : SVBONYCCD: Workaround for an issue that rarely retrieves the previous image.
	+ 1.3.8 : SVBONY CCD firmware and SDK version information logs added.
	+ 1.3.7 : Fixed Conflict of private variables in SVBONYCCD class.
	+ 1.3.6 : Disabled workaround code for bug #666 "the problem that the last exposure image may be read in soft trigger mode".
	+ 1.3.5 : Added process to initialize Camera parameters when Camera is connected.
	+ 1.3.4 : Switch for dead pixels corrector added
	+ 1.3.3 : Generalization of driver names. Some issues and improvements below:
        + Support for format selection in Capture Module
        + Fixed out-of-order image data search
        + Determination of functions by camera properties
        + ROI size optimization
        + Fixed problems with Mutex
        + Fixed unstable behavior with automatic parameter saving
	+ 1.3.2 : AbortExposure added, better handling of GetVideoData TIMEOUTS in TimerHit, streaming timeout fixed
	+ 1.3.1 : SV405CC temperature regulation fix, code cleaning and fixes
	+ 1.3.0 : SV405CC support added
	+ 1.2.10 : SV905C support added
	+ 1.2.9 : binning and subframing enabled in liveview
	+ 1.2.8 : fix broken .ser file record with SV305M Pro. Cleaned some FITS entries
	+ 1.2.7 : fix on RAW8/RAW12 formats selection on SV305M Pro
	+ 1.2.6 : SV305M Pro frame format fix
	+ 1.2.5 : Mac OS X 64 bits support added
	+ 1.2.4 : SV305M Pro support added
	+ 1.2.3 : min/max exposure values fix
	+ 1.2.2 : Fix SV305PRO detection
	+ 1.2.1 : Camera gain issue fixed
	+ 1.2 : Updated with the last SDK (20200812)
	+ 1.1 : Ability to stretch camera's 12 bits pixel depth to 16 bits
	+ 1.0 : Refactoring with the new SVBony SDK (1.6.1)
	+ 0.9 : First version, with the CKCamera SDK
