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Using 2 cameras with BackyardEOS is a Premium Edition feature.
If you have BackyardEOS 3.1.5 or BackyardNIKON 1.0.3 Premium Editions this feature is a built-in; you do not need anything else. If you have the Classic Edition or an earlier version you can still achieve dual camera support. Please read below if this is your case.
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In order to use 2 cameras with BackyardEOS you need to start 2 instances, each camera will connect to its own BackyardEOS instance. Using this method ensures that each instance will have its own application configuration separate from one another.
This is not possible with BackyardNIKON as the Nikon SDK does not allow for 2 cameras to be connected/operated at the same time.
Setting it up...
Now you have the standard BackyardEOS icon and a second BackyardEOS icon pointing to the camera2.exe; use this second for the second camera.
Connecting both cameras...
You now are ready to use 2 cameras
The implementation does have it's limitation however. You can not dither for instance if you have both cameras mounted on the same mount. This is because both instances are insular from one another, meaning one is unaware of the other one. So if instance 1 is dithering instance 2 has no clue that this is occurring and instance 2 will continue imaging just the same.
Hope this helps,
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