Astromechanics LPM
Features
Section titled “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
Section titled “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
Section titled “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
Section titled “Options”Polling period in ms.
No additional option as been implemented. Debug mode and configuration files are available.
Unit factory calibration data.
