BackyardNIKON 1.0.0 Is Now Officially Released.

[admin]

The title says it all, BackyardNIKON is now released to the wild.

 

Please refer to it as either BackyardNIKON -or-  BYN when posting images on the web.  Having a consistent naming convention helps building a brand.

 

Thank you to everyone who participated in getting it there by testing it out for the past 11 months now since the first BETA release last year.

 

The price schema follows the same as BackyardEOS and it too has a 30-day free trial

 

Thank you

 

Guylain & Chris.

[s3igell]

BYN should work JUST FINE on your Older Laptop.  Vista shouldn't be an issue - either 32-bit or 64-bit - as long as you have working Drivers for your DSLR.

Simply confirm that BYN or the Camera Control App that came with your Nikon can successfully control the Camera - taking note from the BYN Camera Support Grid that you will NEED a Serial Shutter Controller.

 

BYE/BYN has been confirmed to run on Older Processors - down to old Dual Cores as well as many of the Current Tablet-oriented CPUs.

[admin]

Couple of questions.  I have an older laptop that I use on occasion that runs Vista.

Will BYN work with the older laptop?

Also do I need to purchase another key or use the one I currently have to install BYN?

 

So far I really like BYN.

William

 

It should run just fine on older laptop running vista, or even xp for that matter.

 

You can use the same activation code on your second laptop provided you only use one laptop at a time, otherwise you need a second license.

 

Regards,

[willcarney]

Thanks.  I only have one Nikon that is controllable by BYN right now.  Even if I get lucky and get another I don't foresee using two BYN computers at the same time.

Basically I want one computer to control the mount and guider while the other the camera.  I prefer it this way.

William

[ABPiecka]

Just saw it was available and got it downloaded....thanks.

 

Al

[s3igell]

Basically I want one computer to control the mount and guider while the other the camera.  I prefer it this way.

 

Does that mean that while you mention Guiding, you don't intend to use Dithering ?? (which requires BYE to communicate with PHD)

Or do you intend to build a Network between these two PCs, so that BYE can access the PHD Server Protocol ??

[willcarney]

No network.  No dithering.  Complete separate running computers.  In the past I had one computer running a SBIG and one the mount and PHD.  Preferred it that way.  I use PHD2 for the guiding.  I will do the same even though BYN could run the guider.  Problem is that often I got conflicts in the past with Cartes program running the mount.  So I always did things separate.  Then I never had issues.  My new computer could probably handle things ok but will still probably run separate computers.  I have not tested the new Cartes and BYN yet in the field.  We'll see.  I have not had the weather or my health to get my mount out and do any work.  Right now I can't lift more than 10lbs.  A single weight of the Atlas mount is 11lbs.   I might try and guide with the BYN but I still need the Cartes program running the mount for asteroids and comets.

[cicsprog]

Cool....I have ordered.  Was fun working with you.

 

Jason