My Poseidon-C runs under NINA and Sharpcap either using the native driver or the ASCOM driver, however the ASCOM driver version lacks many of the useful controls. For example, in NINA, fan speed, sensor window heating, and cooling power is not available under ASCOM, whereas all the bells and whistles are available under the native driver. No a problem, I just use the native driver.
However, I recently purchased the newly released Uranus-M Pro (IMX585) and found that under the native Player One driver, the camera is not available at all in NINA or Sharpcap. The ASCOM driver "works" but with missing features.
After a bit of research I came across another user with a similar problem on a different forum.
So here is the fix.
1. Download the recent Camera SDK file "PlayerOne_Camera_SDK_Windows_V3.8.1.zip" or later from https://player-one-a...rvice/software/
2. Unzip the contents and navigate into PlayerOne_Camera_SDK_Windows_V3.8.1\lib\x64.
3. In there you'll find a file named PlayerOneCamera.dll
4. Copy this then navigate to either Sharpcap or NINA at one of the following locations
- NINA - C:\Program Files\N.I.N.A. - Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy\External\x64\PlayerOne
- Sharpcap - C:\Program Files\SharpCap 4.1 (64 bit)
5. In these folders there is an older outdated DLL file that you simply overwrite with the new one from the SDK.
6. Restart NINA / Sharpcap and you have the camera available under the native driver with all the native features - no need for the ASCOM driver, although it does no harm to have them both installed and might be useful in some cases.
PHD2 is only a 32 bit program, you can do the same thing, however, you must be sure to copy the dll file from the SDK kit from the 32-bit folder "PlayerOne_Camera_SDK_Windows_V3.8.1\lib\x86". Having said that, there isn't really any benefit to doing this with a guide camera.
Hopefully this will be automatically updated in later versions of NINA and Sharpcap and PHD2, but for now this works.
BTW, I'm running under;
Windows 11 64bit,
NINA 3.1HF2
Sharpcap 4.1.12660.0
PHD2 2.6.13dev7
Edited by archiebald, 10 May 2025 - 01:25 AM.